Williams news., 1916-08-17
RANCH|NG
Cattle and Horse Ranching In Western Canada - Steers Brought 10 Gents a Pound
 on the Seattle Market.

That big money is made by the large cattle rancher in Western Canada, and also by the small farmer as well, Is shown by the undisputable facts pre- sented from time to time. A rancher, near Gleichen, Alberta, who com menced in a small way nine years ago, recently disposed of 1,243 cattle at a total of $1O1, ,3O4.5O, and this was only his surplus stock for the present season.
 ADecember shipment of 217 head of ranch steers brought the owner an av- craze 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 lOO head, averaging $7O each, was made the Seattle market was for an Alber- tan steer, which weighed 1,7OO lbs, and brought the fancy price of lOc per lb., or $170.
 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 $1O,O2S. American deal CTS say they must look to Canada for beef supplies.
 A livestock firm, which has shipped over 2,OOO 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 S6.7O per 100 lbs. and, later on, lot from Carstairs brought $6.90-the highest price paid since the spring of 1915. Shipments from Calgary live. stock yards during 1915 were: Horses S,675; cattle, 3O,577; hogs, 144,b1b sheep, 12,410. 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 bJ city residents in agricultural progress
 John Young, of Sidney, Man., gived his experiences in sheep-raising as fol lows, as quoted in local paper:
 q bought bunch of fifty ewes which cost me S262.50. With thil little flock I demonstrated just wha can be done in the sheep business This fall sold fifty fat lambs at $6.5( per head, $325, and IS of the best ew' lambs, which kept, I value at $8.O' per head, $144. The wool sold at an av craze of $207 per head, $103.50. !Thi makes the very nice total of $572.5O.'
 "They ran out nearly every day al winter. The value of hay and oat was small, and one can make then very comfortable through the winte with very little expense. For shelte I have a shed, about 125 feet long am IA feet wide, which cover with straw This gives them protection from tn cold winds; yet it Is always COG enough to be healthy"
 ''I intend going in more for shee this fall, as I believe them to be tn , most profitable stock on the farm. Desire of farmers and ranchers t increase their sheep holdings is ind cated by the sale of 2,500 head re
 gently at $500 each. High woo
 prices and profitable demand for nut ? ton are the reason given for such 7 figure.
 7 Manitoba sheep breeders arrange
 last year for the Provincial Depar \ ment of Agriculture to handle thel , wool output on a cooperative basl , and obtained most satisfactory result About 75,OO0 lbs. of wool were hal
 dled, netting the shippers over 2!
 per lb.-Advertisement.