The Dickinson press., 1908-10-24
RANCH n FARM.

Mead Bros. on the Cannon Ball. are
fixing to winter 1000 lambs at their
home ranch. They will also winter 100
to 200 calves at the same place.
G. R. Wannemacher shipped 40 fine
wether lambs to market the past week.
He loaded 2 cars. a half deck Of mutton
sheep-dry yves and wethers-included
with the lambs.
Michael Schaff has taken up the sheep
business again at Bentley, having pur-
chased $50 at 81. so per round, including
lambs. He has also purchased a section
of land which gives him 1, ESQ acres for
arazing purposes. r.
VIM. David is of the opinion that
Supt. l. R. Waldron of the Dickinson
experiment station is apretty good judge
of grain yield. When at the David farm
six weeks ago he estimated that the
yield of a certain 25-acre field would
average % bu. The thresher's measure
is 6S4 bu., or a fraction over % bu. to
the acre. Mr.. David is ,b%ack-settine
about rs acres this fall and the bal
ance of his stubble will not be turned
until spring.
Paris &Co. report the following sales !:
Frank Chesrown, 20 steers, 1,158, 81. 70
19 calves. 1868. 81. 10: Hoerauf Brothers.
81 steers. LIT, 81. IS; IS steers, 1923,
IS. is: II steers, 1 ,124. 81. so; II cows,
1, 146 So. 90: Matt Crowley, rs steers,
l, los. SIS. 10; IS steers, 1920. SIS. 10:
10 steers, 1.105. S AGO; 30 cows and
heifers, 1,010. $4.60; 8 heifers. 1,O10.
81. so; II cows, 1.151, S3.75;7 cows.
I. POI, 81. IS Dick Dohrman, 10 steers.
1,096. 81, IS; IS cows. s65, $3.45; s
cows. 1908, So. 90; 1 bull, 1850, So. IS.
The tops of the Keogh sold this week
at SIS. rs.
While in Dickinson the past week, o.
S. Chase disposed of a section of land
eight miles south of Mott to A. N.
Jeferies. This $40 acres of land in
cludes Mr.. Chase's buildings, but he is
allowed to remain until spring and win
ter his cattle and horses. About the
year 1883 MI. Chase settled on the Can
non Ball river a mile and a half below
Mott. Eventually the settlers crowded
him out and recently he suffered the
same fate in the hills south of the coun-
ty seat town, and where he will 60 next
is not settled. MI. Chase is a good citi-
zen and is willing that the farmers
should have the country as fast as they
wish to acquire it under the homestead
law.
Ormanzo Brown of the Brown Dairy
has a very good report to make on his
farming this fall. His oats sowed on
corn ground April list averaged AZ BUSH
els to the acre while the oats on sod
yielded 81 bushels. He raised a. guam
tity of beardless barley that averaged ~
bushels. This vas put in part On corr
ground and part on sod and as it was
threshed at the same time it was impos-
sible to give the separate yield. In all
he had 81 acres in crop and a sum total
Of 1, 344 bushels of grain was threshed.
MI. Brown also cut 218 tons of extra
good wild hay from three quarters Of
land. His. oats were the banner crop
and many people, who saw the grain
growing. thought that the yield might
run as high as IS bushels to the acre.
asMr. Brown is well satisfied with this
year s crops which were much better
than the same grains a.year ago.
w. r. Everett in making a trip into
the country south Of Gladstone one day
last week met and counted 50 wheat
teams en- route to the Gladstone elevators
and on another trip. south of Dickinson
to Antelope creek in less than n hour
IS teams were counted that were loaded
with grain to be taken BY the Dickinson
elevators. It is true that tons and tons
Of wheat come from the country south
but 1t lie also true that a vast amount Of
the grain handled in this city comes
from the country north. In good weather
the grain taken in at the local elevators
averages 50 loads at the Lyon elevator,
50 loads at Walton & Davis and, 40
loads at the Lyle elevator o. q total Of
100 loads per day, not taking account Of
that handled at Dickinson Roller Milling
Cos elevator or the grain shipped out by
private individuals. The elevator man
ayers know from their regular ca stomers
about the amount of grain to be expected
and they say that if the Grain keeps on
coming at the present rate that there
will still. be some to deliver after Jan
uary 1st.
FIFTY YEARS A. BLACKSMITH.
Samual R. Woriey Of Hixburg, Va,
has been shoeing horses for more than
fifty years. He says: "Chamberlain's