The Dickinson press., 1909-10-09
RANCH AND FARM /,

The Dickinson Horse Sales Co. cold
So. 600 worth of horses at private sale
at Belfeld recently.
A. S. F. Rankin loaded out 1, 500
lamb and, mutton sheep the first of tho
week. The shipment included the E.
E. Cook lambs.
C. M. Dinsdale has several orders to
fill for lambs and mutton sheep. He
took a contract this week for 500 year
lings from R. .F1eck. Of Richardton.
S. Sedore of South Heart has sold out
his band of sheep. A a bv the name
of Emery of Valley City bought the
lambs and wethers.
George B. Bagley, % miles south Of
Dickinson. in the Herstein neighbor-
hood, has been hauling wheat to Dick
inson. His 4O-acre field, on new and
old breaking. averaged 22H bu.. his
twenty acres of oats, 50 IL bu. He had
a 40-acre field of fine flax. sown about
the tenth of June. that he expected 10
cut this week Mr.. Baaley told the
PRESS last Saturday that very little
of the flax in his country had been cut.
Generally it appeared to be taking no
harm and the farmers were all busy
with other work. Mr.. Bagley has been
in the country two years and is getting
along we'll. He came here from South
Dakota. Mrs. Bagley is teaching a
fall term in the Klupp school and
enjoys her work.
Fire from unknown origin on the
Downing farm near Wahpeton Wednes-
day, practically made a clean sweep of
the barns. live stock, hay, grain
harness. buggies, machinery. etc., on
the farm. The total loss was $3S, 900.
partly covered by insurance. There
were 145 horses and mules in the great
barn when the fire broke out and not an
animal was saved. The Downing farm
is--one of the largest in Richland county
and.the loss is peculiarly unfortunate
at this time. as fall plowine had just
beer. started.
James Little of Gladstone recently
sold a pair of mares and colts for $425.
He has reduced his bunch to 50 head
and is breeding for fine draft horses.
He is farming 50 acres but depends
principally on horse raising for his
money. Mr.. Little says that it is sur
prising the number of horses that can
be grown from one mare. In IL years
he raised 80 head that could be traced
back to M mare. The next 8 years of
his horse raising career he was unable
to keep as close track. Mr.. Little has
been a..resident of Stark county for over
Is years.
sAllenbere & Co.. Receipts. of grass
range cattle for the first three days of
last week, "a. 600. same time last
week. "a, 00O. 8. Choice heavy fat, good
quality steers selling fully as high as
anytime this year. One car fancy
Montana dehorned Hereford steers sold
a. To- ACSOAu pAASCaAOA tAAo yO0A w "
date. Half fat. light and rough steers
are fully SOC per cwt. lower than at
the beginning of the season. Cows and
heifers:. selling STEADY. and...in good de-
mand. We quote part Of u sales
made the past week: L. F. Crawford,
Sentinel Butte, N. D. "a steers, 1911,
SIS. IS; ~ steers, 972, 81. so; Sc heifers,
gil, 81. so: 7 heifers, 907. 81. IS; 10
heifers, 1913. 81. IS; 10 cows. 9e5. 81. 90;
3 bulls, LAO. So Is. Sven E. Egge,
Fallon, Mont. 81 steers. 1.231, 81. 90;
8 steers. 1,1S0, 81. 60. A. L. Field,
Walker. S. D. sc steers !, 1903, 81. go.
Field & Ludolph, Walker S. ID. 81 steers
/. 203. 81. IS; 10 steers. 1 ,1322, 81. 80:
81 heifers. S91, So. IS; 6 cows. LOTS
So. IS. Wayne B. Howe Jr.: Walker,
S. D., IS steers. 1. ISL. 81. IS; 7 heifers,
874, So. 80. L. l. Sticka, Dickinson,
N. D., 16 steers. 973, 81. so; "a stock