The Dickinson press., 1914-05-09
RANCH AND FARM

N AND FARM
am standing q Jack mule at my;
farm, known as the Jack place, 10
miles north Of Richardson. c. Erb-
stosser & Sons.-adv. 4-11-3mp.
The next Miles City horse sale
will be held on May 25th, 26th, 9th
and 28th. sE
FOR SALE-1O grade Holstein
cows fresh and coming fresh. And
Registered, tuberculin tested bulls
and bull calves. The Brown Dairy.
adv. Lisp
Abandoning raising small grain for
the market, Fred Heaton Of Shenford
township has been devoting some at
tention to beef cattle and yesterday
sold six head of steers for $557.57.
He is turning off a number every
few weeks and finds he is securing
much larger returns by feeding the
products of his farm to beef cattle
than when he attempted to raise all
grain crops.
Bowman Pioneer:-T. F. Roberts
Of Cottonwood Grove ranch, was in
town Saturday. He has 40 acres
seeded and some of his wheat is UP
and showing green. His rye came
through the winter and is in great
shape. It is very seldom that one
hears of twin colts but such a thing
occurred this week at the Cottonwood
Grove of Mr.. Roberts. The colts are
mares and grade Percherons.
A federal and state veterinarian
were testing horses for dourine at
the Keogh ranch near the Berthold
reservation the past week. It was
expected that the inspectors would
be at the Wilcox ranch about the 18th
of this month. Under the new rules
of The Live Stock Sanitary Board,
owners of deceased horses can get
full pay for animals destroyed pro-
viding the value does not exceed 500
per head. The government is making
a vigorous effort to clean up all
horses affected with dourine and the
state live stock board is working in
conjunction with the federal authori-
ties.
Hugh Chittick, formerly live stock
agent of the Milwaukee railroad, re-
turned to Montana recently from
South America, where he has been as
ISOLATED with aAlarge cattle company.
Speaking of cattle he said little was
to be feared from the beef from the
south. The Brazilian cattle were
much smaller and inferior to our |
common stock. In Argentine the
cattle, as a general rule, we're much
better than in Brazil. The short
horns were superior to our native |
short horns, but our Herefords were |
much better than those raised in Ar |
gentine. The climate where he was |
much the same as in Montana, |
but MI. Chittick says that he is de-
lighted to be back. h.h ..,ssE
j. C.. Erb states that he will soon
have in 80, acres of wheat. They
will be milking Is cows loon to help
in supplying cream for the Manning
creamery, which was supposed to
open this week. It was expected that
there would be over 400 cows MIXED
for the new Manning creamery.
"A picture and article recently ab-
peared in the Breeders Gazette; show /
ing and selling of the Siberian, sheep
purchased by; Prof. N. p. Hansen%for
the South, Dakota experiment station
on his recent trip to Siberia. This is !
probably the first Importation of this
breed Of sheep into the u. S. It is
not a fat tailed sheep as, was first !
reported in many farm papers, but
is a fat rump breed; as two lambs
have come already this spring and
are tailless. This breed is exception
ally hardy and it is said that they
can go weeks at a time without food
or water, depending meanwhile upon
the fat stored in their rumps. It is
the intention of the officials at the
to experiment in crossing
these with various breeds Of native
1t is hoped that the new breed
will have broader rumps, will have no
tails, will, be increased in size, will
have heavier feeces and will have
the vitality greatly increased. A tuft
of wool taken from one of the sheep |
measured y inches in length. The
fleece appears to be light and fluffy,
but upon examining, it, is found to
be very thick and close, near to the
hide. Sheep men r eagerly watch
ing for the results from this station
as it means the establishing of. a
very valuable breed.