The Dickinson press., 1909-10-02
RANCH AND r

Wanted-a carload OF lambS Reply,
stating price. H. J. Wesley, Eldridge,
N. D. In
D. A. Dowd]e of Bridser. Mont, has
been here the past week to buy cattle
and sheep. He is the man who paid
the high price for the Jensen steers
last year.
T. G. Saunders received S.. so for his
steers in So. St. Paul cows, So. IS.
Joe Cuskelly sold at the same place at
the same figures. while Mike Cuskelly
received IS. IS for is head of steers.
Edwin Johnson recently purchased a
band of 1, 200 prime ewes paying S.. so
per head. The sheep were put out on
shares. Sheep were never so high in
the history of the country, evidences
of which are on every hand. rhe J. E.
Cobb band Of 2. 200 at Bowman were
sold at 81. 80 per head.
The macaroni wheat at the L. R.
Strang farm averaged Is bushels to
the acre. oats so. E. J. Strang has
4. 900 bushels of grain this year.
B. S. Townsend will have an auction
sale of draft horses at Belfeld on the
18th and at Hebron on the 10th. His
horses for these sales will be taken from
his home ranch, including a few
drivers, mares and colts. from the well
known bunch Of 0 Y and Dot Bar Do,
horses.
Ormanzo Brown has some very fine
samples of clover grown in his 25-acre
field this season. The field has made
him a large quantity of very fine clover
hay.
Billy Chaloner holds an auction sale
this Saturday afternoon at the German
hotel in South Dickinson. He has quite
a bunch of horses listed, including ten
of the Jerry Hayes teams. household
goods. E sets of harness. wagon, buggy,
chickens. ducks, eggs, butter and many
other things. He plans to hold weekly
auctions and will endeavor to make it
a good place for the farmers to get rid
of their surplus stuff.
1t is understood that the opening of
q portion of the Sioux reservation will
not in any way interfere with Dan
Zimmerman's ranching operations. His
present ranch is neal Mcintosh and he
will be given a large lot elsewhere. 1t
has been reported that Mr.. Zimmerman
plans to increase his herd by q thousand
head. *
Geo. Martin of Martin Bros. cattle
growers in the Kildeer mountains coun-
try. returned the first of the week from
shipping seven cars of beef cattle. His
steer stuff sold in So. St. Paul at SIS. 40
per cwt. Returning Mr.. Martin visited
a few days at Grand Forks. The Martin
ranch is but half a mile from the new
postofice of Northrop, On the road from
Fayette 10 Oakdale. John Northrop is
postmaster there.
In the locality north of Gladstone.
where the S. D. Gregg machine has been
working this fall, the wheat yield runs
from 20 to rs bushels per acre, oats IS
to so: all good quality of grain. The
old time farmers are not surprised at
theil yields and they say that it is
the ne corners who open their eyes
in wonder at the productiveness of
our soil.
E E. Cook has contracted his lambs
from the home ranch to A. F. S. Rankin
at Sc per Id. live weight with a 10 per
cent cut back. The lambs are to be
delivered in Dickinson. Mr.. Rankin
also expected to get the lambs from
the S. Sedole band but Mr.. Sedore had al
ready bargained the same at what he
considered a better figure and declined
to turn them over. Mr.. Sedore has a
half interest in the crop. 1t is esti-
mated that the Cook lambs will weigh
about so lbs. per head.
Knute Stanger. is one of the e%nterpris-
ing farmers Of this county who believes
in identifying his land and making his
surroundings enjoyable, : as well as
making money. Mr.. Stanger, whose
farm comprises a section of land south
of Taylor. planted 1000 trees last
spring, on his section line. He also
has about 2, 900 trees growing on his
farm and around the buildings. file is
also getting apple trees started. Mr..
Stanger had 100 acres Of wheat this
season that yielded Is bushels per acre.
Wind and rain lodged his oats badly
and he had only 800 bushels from q
prospect of l., 800 bushels, normal yield.
He has five acres of good corn and a
large crop of fine potatoes. With a crop
like this, with the home surroundings
beautified and sheltered by grass and
trees. life on a farm is surely worth
livi M in this favored section on the