Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-29
MONTANA After
FLOODED STOCK
John Ringing Makes Record
Shipment Of Best Grade
Of Animals
Smith River Valley District
Properties EARNED on a
Big Scale

States Will be raised IN Montana.
Those who are engaged in the bust
ness are starting to stock their farms
with a better quality OF cattle. They
contend 1t is less expensive to raise
good stock, and that the latter brings
better prices and will meet with more
ready sale, at all times, than an IN
ferior grade.
The Smith River valley, surround.
ing White sulphur Springs, II of the
famous Montana cattle-producing sec
tions, and Within the last few years
the common range stock IN that sec
ton has been replaced with Hooded
animals. John Ringing, the circus
nlagnate, is one OF the men who are
engaged In cattle and land business
in that valley, and The is stocking his
various ranches with the best stock
to be found OH the market. Concern.
ing a train load of stock which Mr..
Ringing shipped into the valley last
week, the Meagher County Republican
gives the following account:
All From North Dakota.
Last week the largest single ship
ment Of cattle ever brought into the
Smith, River valley IA made. The
consignment consisted of breeding
stock, a fancy product, the output OF
Il North Dakota stock farm. III at
were 400 horses and mares, 1,20O fan
cy cattle and $500 sheep. These were
all sent to the Birch Creek ranch, one
OF the Ringing properties.
Temporarily. at least, this nagnlil'
cent ranch will be devoted to the
raising of draft horses and high grade
beef cattle. Expectations are held for
the making of it one of the largest
stoCil ranches in the west, where at
tention will be paid to the quality or
the stock handled. 1t will be of ut
most influence and Importance to
stock raisers in this vicinity, for Ire
will teach them to raise fewer, better
grade cattle and use the land for 9th.
er purposes as well.
Four Big Tractors at Work.
'That the Big Meadow farm, for.
mcrly the Catlin ranch, lis going to be
the biggest grain producer for a SIN
gle property in this state is without a
doubt. All this summer the big trac.
tors in the Ringing properties llave
been at, work, breaking bench land
principally, and this season, although
short rainy, saw nearly 1000 acres
broken.
"On the Big Meadow farm four trac-
tors are working every day that the
weather will permit. Two big steam
ers go over the heavily sage-clad
benches at more than forty acres a
day, and two gasoline tractors follow
them, breaking the ground and con-
ditioning it at the same time. IT is
expected that by the time planting is
next spring There will be 1900
acres OF flax, winter wheat, oats anu
barley sown.
Viii Be States Biggest Ranch.
This property is going to be the
biggest and most Important RANCH in
the state inside Of the next four years.
The owner, John Ringing, lis sparing
no expense in equipment, and the ma
chinery department is the finest and
most complete in the state. New sep
arators arrived recently, and five pow
,tr tractors are breaking the bench
A complete new equipment OF
the smaller machines has been Install
ed. and every instrument is up to the
minute.
This ranch will cut about 1000
tons OF hay next year from hay land
that has been reseeded and workcd
over. A power baling press has been
put in and any surplus HAY crop Will
be Shipped.
Practical Farmers at Helm.
"'The Rirgling properties arc under
direct working control Of practical
farmers. Messl:s. Strang and Nusser
are authorities ON soil and farm
methods, and are determined to chow
their ability by results, and the super-
here of the various Ring.
ling properties, r. M. Calkins, Jr., Will
see that no cog ever gets rusty
'..TNhis big company is going to add
more wealth to this end Of the county
than any other scheme yet attempted.
1t will be a transferable wealth, from
the soil to the people, and will give
this section a high place as a pro
Queer.
Colonization Scheme.
IA few miles above the Big Meadow
farm lies another unit of the Ringing
properties, about $4,000 acres. This
land has been decided upon by the
Catholic authorities in this state as q
site GOr a settlement of people.
Church authorities RECENTLY gave out
that they hall completed arrangements
for the town and settlement. A con-
servatiye estimate Of the e~olonists
who will come ito this settlement al.
most Immediately Dis 200 families"
For good, clean ignite Goa, phone
No. 5G,--Adv.
The. state OF Illinois recently open.
edato the public its new gchoolafor the
study and prevention of o~ccppational
diseases and industrial accidents. The
school ds part Of the new sheadduar.
ters OF the state factory inspector. IT
comes into existence by virtue of the
safety and comfort act, which
requires the state factory inspector to-