Montana farmer-stockman. [volume], October 01, 1948, Page 32, Image 32

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Selling
at Malta, Oct. 15
1,500 Ib. Junior Yearling
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Some Pasture-Raised Yearling Heifers
Moderately Priced
1 or 50 Weanling Heifer Calves, After Oct. 15
See Our Consignments at
Great Falls, Oct. 7
Dillon, Oct. 11
Malta, Oct. 15
Glasgow, Oct. 19 .
Miles City, Oct. 25
Havre, Oct. 30
Butte, Nov. 13
BECKER HEREFORD RANCH
Witsall, Montana
Harry Liggett
Herdsman
Eaton Becker
„ Manager
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—Montana Farmer-Stockman Photo
With pork at the premium it is these days, a view like this is pleasant on any
farm. These belted beauties are part of the 140 pigs Levi Shelton, Phillips county,
raised this spring from his 20 top Hampshire sows. Shelton has topped the market
at Spokane for three years with his hogs and last year had one car sell for 2S
cents over the market. Registered boars are used at the farm.
32 Cents Top Paid
weighed with a shrinkage of 2 per
for Select Steers
A TOP of 32 cents a pound for 50
selected steers from the Augusta
area was noted in contract cattle
sales reported for early September.
These steers were from one of the
state's best herds and were selected
for special purposes for shipment
to California.
Other early September trans
actions reported included;
Augusta area, 443 3-year-old
steers at 26% cents and 168 2-year
old steers at 25% cents, weighed
with overnight shrinkage, immedi
ate delivery; Highwood area, 125
wet cows, $170 per head, fall de
livery, and Great Falls area, 130
whitefaced yearling steers, fall de
livery at 26% cents. Of this last
group 14 were out at 20 cents and
Sales Bred
They've Got to Be Good!
Herefords bred at West Gallatin Hereford Ranch, always easy
feeding, fast maturing, yet carry the bone, the scale, the
POUNDS, that the breeder, the commercial cattleman and the
feeder are all looking for.
Sales Bred Herefords of the Following Sales This
Fall—We Hope You Will Look Them Over
Dillon
Montana Futurity Sale, Oct. 11.
2 Bulls by Our Now Famous DOMINIE Herd Sire
Miles City
Tri-State Futurity Sole, Oct. 25.
2 Bulls, One by Dominie, One by Our REAL 4 SQ.
DOMINO BULL
Butte Western Montana Hereford Ass'n., Nov. 13.
4 Bulls, All 4 Sq's.
2 Open Heifers
—and other sons of Dominie or 4 Sq. that will sell either
at the ranch or at later consignment sales.
West Gallatin Hereford Ranch
Boxeman, Montana
Everett Welsh, Herdsmon
Oscar Sales, Owner
cent.
Wool Shrinkage
STAPLE LENGTH and a lighter
shrinkage go together in some
coarser grade wools just as they are
found together in some of the finer
wools.
This information is contained in
Study of 1944 and 1945 clips of
Wyoming wool which was made by
R. H. Bums, head of the University
of Wyoming wool department.
Burns said that a study of 1944
and 1945 clips in Wyoming showed
the shorter wools of the three
eights blood fleeces giving a shrink
age, on the average, about three
per cent heavier than the shrink
ages of staple length in the same
grade.
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