The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-01-25

tNLo LID 10y.
Where's the antelope, the white tail
Where's the old-time faro play,
Where's the f~rolics, circles, pas.
times,
Where's the life of yesterday?"
The swan song has been sung and
range days are but memories. Pleas
ant they are to those who live and
remember. Sad is the knowledge that
they will never be again.
The COW man of range days has
trailed over the big divide or has
been caught in the ever encroaching
net of barbed wire fences, pastures,
and farms.
To the stockman and stockWOman
of bygone days, we of the newer and
present generations bow our heads
in deep and worthy admiration.
Theirs is the knowledge of work
well done. Ours the heritage of an
industry founded on a solid basis.
But what of the present and flu
ture?
Problem of Early Maturing
We must no longer figure on how
little hay we have to feed to bring
our COWS and calves through the win
ter. We must now figure on feed
ing every animal we have in such a
way as to not only bring them
through the winter, but to keep
them growing. The problem of to-
day is how to mature our cattle and
get them ready for market at as early
an age as possible. To do this we
must no longer chance the accumu-
lative results of hard winters and dry
summers. We must build adequate
sheds, we must secure an adequate
water supply for both summer and
winter and we must secure sufficient
feed to make the dread of a hard
winter a thing of the past.
Artificial Protection Necessary
A few years ago, when range was
plentiful and not over-stocked, when
cattle could travel into bad lands
and brush bottoms when shelter was
needed, this was not necessary. With
the coming of the homesteader and
barbed wire fences the natural pro-
lection afforded by our country was,
many instances, closed to our live
so that tOday-as has been
;tated-we must build artificial pro-
%.ection, drill wells to take the place
If the fenced in water holes, and
eed our live stock.
Actual expense of raising live
took is more today than it was in
he days Of the open range. To off,
ct the additional cash outlay, we
ave our cattle maturing faster, less
oss, better quality of stock, better
hinninn foni1ifiac ond haffor rrioa1t
Or early matured young beef.
With the coming of the homestead
r our expectations increased due to
ne closing out of many of the larger
utfits. Our cattle decreased to an
farming extent. We were not used
, fences and many of us thought the
avs of the cattle industry were on
le wane. These fears, we realize
ow, were unfounded, but whether
or not they were real and
any thousands of breeding cattle
ere shipped out. Better would it
been If they had remained in
10 country, and better would it have
cen for u stockmen had they re-
aimed in the stock business instead
selling out, and, as in many cases,
ling victims to promoters of for
gn enterprises simply because they
I'd a surplus of money, were out of
@ stock business, and wanted some
ing to do.
Mistake Soon Realized
Fortunately we, as a people, were
It long in realizing our mistake and
r the past few years we have been
up a stock industry founded
the new methods of stock raising
that today the stock industry of
has a better future, a more
able foundation, than it ever had
the past.
Our future is indeed bright. As a
ate we offer that which few coun-
es in the world can offer. Our nat
al are unsurpassed, our
y climate during the greater part