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yoming
Agriculturally
& Industrially
for the rancher.
One of the old-time flockmasters,
whom we have known for thirty years j
now, said the other day: “I am going |
to stay in the sheep business even |
though the politicians are doing all i
they can to take most of the profit
out of it. I figure it that the tinkering l
that hns gone on with the wool scho-j
dale has already damaged she sheep '
men of every western state a millions [
dollars, and the injury has only begun.
This hits some of the flockmasters |
pretty hard as they were Just in the
middle of setting down to present con-'
ilitlons, many of them fixing up breed- 1
ing farms and headquarter ranches
nd the slump in prices binds opera
tions very considerably, affecting r.t
< ourse even the humblest sheepherd
rs. It iB going to be necessary for
heep men to sail close to the shore
;,fter this and trim all possible ex
pense.**
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A shrewd speculator at Powell, Wy
ming, has been going back to Mis
uari. where the stress of drouth has
on felt so keenly and has been pick
:g up great bargains in dairy stock.
These are shipped out to the Big Horn
basin and peddled out to farmers who
;r. glad to get them. In a short time
it Is expected to establish creameries
there nnd In this way a new industry
will be built up the same as we have
been doing In Colorado for the last
thirty-five years.
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Increases on freight ratees on feed
ing cattle filed with the interstate
commerce commission by several rail
ways have been suspended until Dec.
13 1911. The advances In rates,
amounting to one-third were produced
by cancelling out of the tariffs the pro
vision that the rates on feeding cattle
should be seventy-five per cent of the
rsre on fat cattle.
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H. I, Summers of Bozeman, Mon
tana. maintains 100 pure bred Short
horns on 160 acres and this Is a little
better showing than any other west
era ranch has been able to make, nor
If you have a Good min
eral claim of any kind
where the title is good and unquestion
ed we will purchase the same for cash
Oil and Gas,
Sulphur and
Similar Min
real Proposi
tions Wanted
Full Details Must be Sent and Only by Mail
Big Horn Basin
Mineral Agency
CODY, WYOMING
do we understand exactly how he man
ages to do it. But few of these ani
mals have ever tasted grain and live
I ver y largely on timothy hay which
serves as a substitute for corn. We
presume that this is given In connec
tion with some leguminous crop like
alfalfa or clover.
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L. A. Brown of Moorcroft, Wyoming,
unfolds a tale of woe regarding his
section, when he says: “There is no
use complaining and we must simply
j make the best of It but we are sure
up against it hard in Wyoming. Last
j year was a had one and winter fee*!
was extremely scarce hut the cattle
came through fairly well and would
1 have done first rate If we had had any
spring grass. We had neither grass
nor water, however, this year and It Is
| a marvel how the Rtock have managed
to exist. Both cattlemen and sheep
1 men have moved their herds wherever
possible but even this has been dl*B*-
cult on account of the scarcity of
1 water. Recent good rain have improv
ed the situation somewhat in this res
pect. e
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The settlers out on the plains have
for years been puting spuds Into their
rotation to keep up their grain pro
duction and It looks like a pretty good
scheme, especially in utilizing the
land instead of allowing it to lie
fallow all summer. No crop the set
tlers can grow, nor summer-fallow it
self. can put the soil in such good con
dition for heavy small grain yields. It
is not believed by any one. that potato
growing puts any enrichment Into the
soli, for it does not. The cultivation,
growing and digging liberates much
plant food, however, and otherwise
puts the soil into almost perfect con
dition for small grain of any kind.
Such a plan will serve very w’ell for
rotation until alfalfa is brought in as
it gradually will be to aid In the great
economic problem of reclaming tn
desert withoutt irrigation.—Field and
Farm.
1
COMING OUR WAY.
The rails of the Colorado Sc South
ern's Wellington extension have been
laid past the city limits of Cheyenne
to a connection with the local yards
of the corporation. While there Is noi
as yet an uninterrupted system of
trackage between Wellington ana
Cheyenne, the laving of rails into the
city argues the early completion ot
the connection. Trains, it Is said, will
he running regularly over the new line
THE HERALD, CODY, WYOMING, AUGUST 25, 1911
some time in October.
Which is a development gratifying
to Cheyenne. The Oulf-to-SoufftT sjns
teem of the Hill interests will not b*s
completed for some time, it is manl
f< st, but progress is being made to
ward completion. The approach of
completion of the Cheyenne-Welling
tin lino is an important of the
work. An indefinite period will elapse
before Cheyenne is on two transcon
tinental railroads, hut consummation
of that desire approaches. Things are
coming our way.—Cheyenne Leader.
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Oil Prospects Near Shoshoni.
James J. Rodgers on whose farm .
strong indications of oil were en
countered at a depth of 200 feet two
weeks ago. passed through Casper
Sunday en route to his home at Sho
shoni after a short business trip in
the east. Mr. Rodgers says that they
arc still going down, the drillers bw
ing under contract to reach a depth
of 1,500 feet if necessary to develop a
rs tisfactory flow of oil.
The man in charge of the work has
operated in both the Salt Creek fields
near Casper and the Lander fields,
and states that the oil Indications re- !
'cully tapped are fully as promising
as any that he has ever seen.
As soon as the oil bearing sand was '
encountered, drilling operations were
temporarily suspended, the word was
passed to holders of unpatented land j
who proceeded at once to stake their
own claims, then the oil drillers
placed filings on all remaining avail
able land in the neighborhood.—Na
t-cna County Tribune.
Souds Wilt Be Spuds.
R. P. Campbell of the firm of
Domke & Campbell of Greeley, Colo
was in Casper on business the latte*
r.'art of last week. In conversation
with a representative of the Tribune
Mr. Campbell stated that Greeley |
potato growers will realize greate* '
profits from their crops this year than
ai any time previous, owing to the
i Dlversal shortage of the production
and thn consequent advance in price
The iKitato crop in Colorado is con
servatively estimated at 80 per cem. ‘
in production and while usually the ,
market is opened at from 70 to $0
cents per hundred weight at digging j
time, buyers are already on the
grounds offering to contract at $1.20
and are finding but few who are wUI
, lug or compelled to accept the price 1
offered.
While other crops will yield pro-’
llflcally in Wyoming, the potato crop
will fall far short this year on
account of a blight which exists in
some parts cf the state. It is re
ported that in the Big Horn Basil
country, when* thousands of bushel.,
are marketed each year, there will be
little or none tor sale and the same
conditions exists in Converse ann
two or three other counties. In the
irrigated sections of Fremont countv
the chances for a potato crop are re
ported to be fair and the farmers are
expecting to realize $2 per hundren
weight or better at harvest time.—
Natrona County Tribune.
A COMING BEEF SHORTAGE.
The east will wake up some morn
ing with an unappeased appetite for
the steak that will not be there and
then some of tin* dough-heads may
come to a fuller appreciation of what
the west has been doing for them in
the way of meat production in the last
half century which covers the period
of our new civillzationo. Before that
time people lived on their farms and
grew their own beef. Now they live
in cities and towns and the most of
them never saw a sieer so that they 1
have been altogether dependable upon '
the west for the good eating they have I
enjoyed without stopping to question i
from w’hence it came nor to worry I
over the possibility of the supply run
ning out. Even should all the diver
sified farmers in the United States
start in to breed beef animals they
could not avert a stringency within
the next two years Were there any
considerable numbers of well bred
beef animals within the United States
the stringency might he averted by
the raising of baby beef which as the
name signiflies is baby only in age.
Steers and heifers fourteen months old
and upwards have been made to weigh
as high as fourteen hundred pounds.
This is indeed almost unbelievable
when we recall that often the average I
grade range animals weigh less than
half this at a similar age. We can not
depend however on the babies for they
are only transitory at best and some
body may have to fall back on mush
and milk to piece out the daily dietary i
and they will probably be better jft .
for it at that.—Farm and Field.
LARGE FLOW OF OIL.
The Ben-Jo Oil Co. struck a large
flow of oil yesterday in their w’ell No.
1 which filled up to a depth of 300
feet before the tools could be remov
ed. As soon as they were taken out.
More Good
Ranches
Wanted
Our ad in The Herald brought to us a
number of fine Park County Ranches,
we still require more for our purposes.
€J Submit by MAIL ONLY, your ranch
with full description, location, size, if
fenced, and nearness to Cody.' Cash
paid for good ranches. Address--
CASH BUYER
Care of The Northern Wyoming Herald
Cody, Wyoming
oil and gas blew out with great force
the gas ignited with the fire in the
forge and set fire to the machine,
which was extinguished by prompt
and strenuous efforts of the men.
The management of the Ben-Jo Oil
Co. certainly used good judgment In
locating this well, It being changed
from the first location onto what has
proven a good strike; this well being
over 900 feet deep, and In good pay
sand. It promises to be one of the
best producers In the field. Great care
will be taken in setting the casing
with wall packer so that no foreign
substance can be forced Into the well.
This well is located on the SWI-4 of
the NEI-4 of section 14, Twp. 15, R.
118, joining Texas-King and Roberts
Oil Co's, holdings on the north, which
promises them not less than three
good locations, making stockholders
and management of Texas-King and
Roberts Oil Cos. feel very good over
their holdings.
The manager and secretary of the
Texas-King Oil Co. are now’ on the
ground installing a new power plant,
which will operate and run the Texas-
King and Robert Oil Cos. and the
Ben-Jo syndicate.—Evanston Times.
HOW TO CARE FOR
ALFALFA SEED
When the alfalfa seed Is stacked,
unless threshed within two or three
days it should be allowed to pass
through the sweat, which requires
several weeks at least. The best plan
is to cover the stacks well to prevent
damage by rain and thresh late in the
fall when the weather is cool. Farm
ers differ in their opinions as to
whether it is preferable to thresh with
a huller or with a common grain sepa
rator provided with a huller attach
ment. Some growers favor the use ot
the latter machine because the work
can be done more rapidly. As a rule,
however, when farmers have had a
chance to use both kinds of machines,
and have compared their wrork, the
huller is preferred* Although it takes
longer to thresh with a good huller.
yet with a good crop enough mor--
seed may be secured to amply pay foi
the extra time and expense required.
In fact, the owner of a huller will
often pay something for the privilege
of threshing over again the straw
stacks left by the common thresher.—
Farm and Field.
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CREAM PUFFS SATURDAY AT
DEW’S HOME MADE BAKERY AND
CANDY KITCHEN.
Page Seven
BIG HORN BASIN BEST PLACE TO
FEED STOCK.
The Breeders’ Gazette (Chicago):
George F. Rice, vice-president of the
Stock Growers’ National bank, Wor
land, Wyo.. writes an eastern commis
sion firm to the following effect: “The
past w’cek some Colorado lamb feed
ers have been here looking the ground
over. The prospects are that some of
them w’ill feed lambs here the coming
season. The hay. crop Is the biggest
ever grown, something like 12,000 to
15,000 tons being put up around Wor
land in the Big Horn Basin. The alfal
fa grown here is exceptionally fine,
the winter weather Ideal for lamb
feeding—cool and dry, with very light
snow and w-ind; in fact, about every
thing that lamb feeders want. Hay
can he bought at $5 a ton, just about
one-half what it will cost in Colorado.
These men expect to secure their
feeders on the range here.”—Drovers
Journal-Stockman.
WANT S3OO.
Big Horn County Is Asked To Furnish
S3OO For Advertising.
At a meeting of the representatives
of the commercial organizations ot
the state held in Cheyenne, W. J.
Wood of Sundance was selected as
chairman and H. B. Gates of Worlaml
secretary.
The finance committee, of which
C. J. Williams of Greybull was chaftr
man, reported that delegates from
the various parts of the state should
meet with the boards of county com
missioners and urge upon them the
advisability of appropriating money
for the work of advertising and ex
hibiting at laud show’s. The amounts
tc he requested from 'he varous coun
ties are:
Laramie, SSOO.
Albany, S4OO.
Carbon, S2OO.
Sweetwater, S2OO.
Uinta, S4OO.
Fremont. S4OO.
Converse, S3OO.
Crook. S2OO.
Sheridan, SSOO.
Big Horn, S3OO.
Weston. SIOO.
Natrona. S3OO.
Park. SIOO.
It was also decided to pass up the
Omaha land show and exhibit at
Pittsburg, New York and Chicago.—
Basin Republican.