The Ordway new era., 1916-08-04
RANcHING7'''
Cattle and Horse Ranchinq 4
Western Canada = Steer,
Brought 10 Gents a Pound
on the Seattle Market.

Tint big money Is made by the lar,.
cattle rancher In Western Canada. and
also by the small farmer us well h,
shown by the undisputable facts prs
sented from time to time. A rancbpr
near Gleichen, Alberta, who com.
menced In n small way nine years
ago. recently disposed of l,243 cattle
ut n total of Sl0l ,304.50, md this wa,
only his surplus stock for the present
senson.
A December shipment of 2l7 head Of
ranch steers brought the owner an ay.
erage of over $50 per Head, They were
taken straight from the range without
any grain feeding and were in excellent
condition to be sold for the Christ.
mas trade. Another shipment Of 100
head, averaging $40 each was made
to Seattle. The highest price paid on
the Seattle market was for an Alber.
tan steer, which weighed 100 lbs,
and brought the fancy price Of lOc
per h., or s170.
Six carloads OF live stock from
ranches 65 miles from Pincher, Al
berta, shipped to Spokane. excited
keen competition there on account Of
their exceptional quality. The price
realized was $lO,O2s. American deal.
ers say they must look to Canada for
beef supplies.
A livestock firm. which has shipped
over 1000 head Of beef cattle to the
American farmer since the middle Of
| November, reports a splendid recep
ton of Alberta stock in the United
States.
A carload Of choice Alberta steers
were sold early in January for ship
ment to the British Columbia coast
at S8.7O per 100 lbs. and, later on, lot
from Carstnirs brought S6.90-the
highest price paid since the spring Of
1918. Shipments from Calgary live
stock yards during 1915 were: Horses
S,675; cattle, 30.577; hogs, 144,5l5;
sheep, 1910. A course In agriculture
and livestock demonstration which
has been conducted by the Provincial
Dept. of Agriculture here was well at
tended, showing the interest taken By
city residents in agricultural progress
John Young. of Sidney, Man, gives
his experiences in sheep-raising as fol-
lows, as quoted in local paper:
81 bought bunch of fifty ewes
which cost me $262.5O. With hS
little flock l demonstrated just what
can be done in the sheep business
This fall l sold fifty fat lambs at w."
per head, 1925, md 1S Of the best eve
lambs, which I kept, value at W."
per head, S144. The wool sold at an aV'
crage of S2.O7 per head, Sl03.5O, Ihii
makes the very nice total OF so'zV,
"They ran out nearly every day al
. winter. The value Of hay ana oae
!, was small, and one can make then
: very comfortable through the winte
with very little expense. For sheile
I have a shed, about 125 feet long an
! IA feet wide, which cover with straw
!. This gives them protection from IN
:. cold winds; yet 1t Is always e~
enough to be healthy
= 81 intend going In more for shee
" this fall, as I believe them TO De III
4 most profitable stock on tie tatm
Desire of farmers and ranchers
4 increase their sheep holdings Is inu
~ Gated by the sale Of $500 head
" Gently at 5000 each. High Wo
- prices and profitable demand for nav
: ton are the reason given for sucn
le figure.
Manitoba sheep breeders arrans
h. last year for the Provincial Depa
II. ment Of Agriculture to handie wv
q. wool output on u cooperative ou'
IA and obtained most satisfactory resui
II. About $4,000 lbs. Of wool were ns
"a died, netting the shippers over
n per lb.-Advertisement.