Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-03
RAN CHING
Cattle and Horse Ranching in
Western Canada - Steers
Brought 10 Cents a Pound
on the Seattle Market.

That big money is made by the large
cattle rancller in Western Canada, and
also by the small farmer as we'll, is
shown by the undisputable facts pre-
scented from time to time. a rahcler.
near Gleichen, Alberta, wkp com
menced in a small way nine years
ago., recently disposed of f,243 cattle
Mt a total OF $l01, 3O4.50, and This was
only his surplus stock for the present
season.
A December shipment of 2i7 iead of
ranch steers brought the owner an aNs
erage Of ovc $50 PEI head. They were
taken straight from the range without
any gl;,in feeding and were III excellent
condition to be sold for the Christ
mns trade. Another shipment of 100
head, averaging $40 each, was ,lnade
10 Seattle. The highest price pnid on
the Seattle market was for an A:ber-
tan steer, which weighed LOO HIS.
md brought the fancy price of zoe
per H., or $40.
Six carloads of live stock from
ranches G5 miles from pinruef, AL
berta, shipped to Spokane. excited
keen competition there on account of
their exceptional quality The price
realized was S10.02S. American deal
ers say they must look to Canada for
beef supplies.
A livestock firm, which has shipped
over 1000 head or beef cattle to the
American farmer since the middle of
November, reports Il splendid refrp-
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 $G.7O per 100 lbs. and, later on, a lot
from Carstairs brought $6.9O-the
highest price paid since the spring OF
1915. Shipments from Calgary live
stock yards during 1915 we're: Horses,
S.675: cattle, 30,577; hogs. 44,515;
sheep, 12,410. A course in agriculture
and livestock demonstration which
has been conducted by the Provincial
i 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. MS quoted in a>local paper:
:" bought a bunch Of fifty ewes,
which cost me $262.5O. With this
little flock l demonstrated just whit
can be one In the sheer: business.
This fall l sold fifty fat lambs ut $3.50
per head, 1925, and Is of the best eve
lambs. which I kept, I value at $500
per head, $144. The wool sold ut an NV
erage of S2.07 per head, $103.5O. This
lakes the very nice total OF $512. 5O.'
They ran out nearly every day all
winter. The value Of hay and oats
was small, and one can make them
very comfortable through the winter
with Very little expense. For shelter
/ have a shed, about 1875 feet long and
IA feet wide, which I cover with straw.
This gives them protection from the
cc!a4 winds; yet it Is always cool
enough to be healthy"
Il intend going in more for sheep
this fall, as I believe them to be the
most profitable stock on the farm"
Desire of farmers and ranciers to
Increase their sheep holdings is indi-
Gated by the sale of $500 head re-
Gently at 5000 each. High wool
y s:itsas and nrntitah!c GIe1n;lni for nut
ton ire the reason given for such Il
figure.
Manitoba sheep breeders arranged
last year for the Provincial Depart
ment OF Agriculture to handle their
wool output on a cooperative basis
and obtained most satisfactory results.
About 10000 lbs. of wool were han
a'eds, netting the shippers over 25c
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