The Dickinson press., 1911-09-02
RANCH AND FARM.

buyer, early in September. The sheep
will be turned over at the Randall ranch
near Midway.
The Marmarth Mail wants to know why !
J. E. Phelan does not take up his per-
manent residence in Marmarth instead
of in Bowman. Possible it i~s.because
j. E. is tired of the strenuous life of
the city.
A large deal was pulled off in Mar
marth recently. when C.. 3. Randall sold
the old Bud Oevasher ranch east of Yule
to George Clark of the Cave Hills
country. The consideration was in the
neiehborhood of SIC. 000. -Marmarth
Mail.
The stock men north of the railroad
will commence rounding up the beef
about Sept. 10, when G. E Burgess
mess-wagon will start. What cattle
have been gathered were collected only
by individuals, without any organized
roundup. Medora Herald.
Chas. A. BaIIinger, who has charge
OF the national forest reserve in the
vicinity of Camp Crook. was recently
attending t o business matters in con-
nection with the forest reserve in Bill
ings county. This is the gentleman who
made the favorable report on the pro-
posed forest reserve in Dunn and Nc
Kenzie counties.
McClusky Bros. recently c~onsummated
a deal whereby they became the owners
of the McQuillan ranch, north of town,
comprising two sections of land and
about 12O head of horses. In connection
with the deal they also sold their section
of farm land about four miles north of
town. but their is a lot of farm land or
the newly acquired property and the ex-
pect next year to put in a large acre
age out three. This horse ranch propo-
sition will work very nicely with their
large farming operations Sentinel
Butte Republican.
August 26, Allenberg & Co. said
Receipts of grass range cattle this week
IS, 600; same time last week 8. 500
increase this week 4. 500. Some fancy
alfalfa fed steers and sprayed heifers
from F.. M. Heinrich's range in Wyom-
ing sold this week the highest of the year
and and for quality. fat and flesh
could not be improved upon. All choice
range steers and heifers sold higher than
a week ago, but all classes of common
to medium steers are IS to SOC lower
than the opening of the season and cows
are Csc lower.
Since D. N. McPbee had such poor
success with a renter on his place, he
has decided to 60 after it himself. and
last week took out a Rumely Oil Pull
traction engine with which he will
hereafter do his farming. 1t is a fifteen
horse power, guaranteed to pull six stub
BILE plows. Mr.. McPhee was a cattle
rancher in the country south for many
years and some time ago last year
moved to Medford, Oregon. but found it
necessary to move back this year. The
McPhee farm in on Spring creek, south
west of Bowman.
In Mckenzie county the Farewell bro
theirs are constructing a dam and bridges
on Bonnie Pierre creek and are plan
ming within the next few years to put
in several hundred acres of alfalfa for
stock feed. The success with alfalfa
under irrigation in North Dakota has
been phenomenal. On the ranch Of John
Yegen, southeast of Bismarck, over
two tons of alfalfa seed will be har-
vested in addition to several hundred
tons of hay. The seed finds a ready
market at Is cents per pound and the
hay at S12 per ton, stacked, and the
yield of hay under irrigation being about
five tons per acre at three cuttings
makes the raising of this fodder crop a
very valuable proposition.
The following from the Chamberlain
Is. d. Register of thirty years ago
will be of interets 10 the newcomers
as we'll as those who consider them
selves old timers in this section of
the country and especially to those who
are now residents of the Cannon Ball
country: Jas. Dugan called at our
landing last week on his way to St.
Louis with ten tons of buffalo neat. His
party consisted of four, who killed last
winter 1000 buffaloes. Dugan himself
killed $50 buffaloes. 122 black-taildeer,
8Qan1elope, IS elk in one setting. He
states that owing to the severe winter
over 20, 900 buffaloes were killed and
still, he says the country between the
Cannon Ball and the little Missouri is
full of them.