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Show WINTCH fEEPINO. Tie (lid ao.1 Kl War .f trlnlerlnc Ranar (aula. In orerylhliK th're li a right and wronjr way Often the. rendltioni are uch that In following out tl.o wrong way there la conalilerablo pront, anl after a while the, engajrwl In tho bnal. ne4 come to btllcrt that thla really wrong way la In reality the right way. The ranM cattle induitry at the out a tart and aa n wilier of necwalty waa conducted on thla pUn. Cntlle were in'orol into tho monntalna nnd tunied loom In the high valley an I pirka and nllowe-1 to rintlu Thrrawainnrtnn rn.i ntnao of Iom each winter, viryltu In neoorlauce with tl.o auion.it of anow fill and the wn erily .t tho n 1 1 I'rlcea rule.l fcr yean .. lilnh that the death loaae only i nt down the alio of the illvl ilenib), while atlll leaving a haudiotne balance in the treatnry. H luatlera ronllnud The rvigea !. came ocrftocVrd, anl following Ihla I rice Wan to tumble. From bed the nffalri and general tlnancea uf tnoit rat-llo rat-llo enterpriiea rvnliuuel on the down grade, an 1 failure after failure folio . At n certain perlvl n fw of the more enterprising en-terprising atorkmcu liegan to cut bn) f .r winter . Thla waa found to pay, an 1 other followed In the amoputh Their object In feeding waa alinply to give the )oor nnlmala aurlldent food to pull them through aljre, until they were able to l gin to rtulle again in tho t rlug Thla waa all that waa aimed at No thought or rare waa given to improve the Individual Indi-vidual animal. The Idea of tho trade waa that thla woull not pay. If the critter llted tin aumnier and fall fml ct. tho nngo would niakn it fit for mar let. All thla waa wrong lloweter, until the farmer rrowdrd In upon the fn rtitif, nnd frncM hia homestead or preemption pre-emption claim, thing Wf re allowed to drift along In thla f al.lon of taking dca-perale dca-perale thance and hoping Ihemarkela woull mend. llatlurthaiiiaendl.ig,the fanncra' claim Uvame morn nuinerout and the range cattle Indutryinnredlt4-rrona. Indutryinnredlt4-rrona. 1-jich year tho cattlemen wom obllge.1 to cut mnro bay to pull tho ever Increasing i.umbtr of weak anlmala throngh the winter. Will tliilr obji-rt waa (Imply to keep life In the.n nnlll tlM grau waa strong enough In tho spring to build them up again. Tiila, in a f.w brief worda, 1 the outline of Iherang rattle Indnatry. There labut Utile wonder won-der that there hivobrtu ao many dire disaster lu the bmlnesa That it p) alwaya to do thlnga right la eiempllHM In the winter feedlngof range cattle na lu oilier calling, lly winter feeding wo mean wlmt thq wnnla iroplv, not the meager giving out of enough liay to limply preterit tho weak anlmala from turning up their lioofi.but feeding ao aa to kctp the animal in a healthy condition la where there la gool cImii money fur the atoekman. The lininanl t tariau queallou dot not eut r into the I preatnttJe of Iho gain or Ka of the nimble dollar, wblt.ii la what the tattle grower are after. Kwrr nuinbera and nnlii.nla of larger frame an I Utter condition con-dition nnd mora weight are wltatglvA tho best return when the ihii minta are A day or two ago the writer waa goln anulh from Denver, and on the car were two brothrri returning to Archuleta county, having dir poel of n good bunch of cattle at thu top market price. In com creation we atked if there waa not good t lean money In winti r feeding oti tl.ll plan, audit they had evirgitrnit good trial. To our aurpriee an I gratification grati-fication they Mid the cuttle they ha I J.ut rold were winter fed. anl every animal waa given luy in plenty to hoi I It In healthy form. The reault waa that In tho ipring they grew io much fatrr than the name grado of cattle that had Uen doing at beat they could for tlieiuathea on the range, during the luonthaof anow nud ice, that wht u they were laarlitcd they wrro 30 jcr Lent. Utter an 1 hrat ler anlmala, anl-mala, and brought fro.nlMU.i.Optrt'ent. higher price. When they atartcd from homo they thought they would have to gu to O.uabi or Kanaaa City to aell. SVhllo the )ardi in LVnter w.ro full of common raugo catth. that bu)era dlt not want rnto at botlout 11 rum, they male n quick aale at the top price, and were tia their homeward way, leaving the owner of tho common, non-winter fed atoik aetking in vain for customer. Yen, It pa) i to do evirjlhlug in the right way. Now that thu ruuge. cattl bualiua hna lietu curtailed wlthlu audi narrow lirulta aud tho tlmea not aa they onco w. re for tho quondam cattle barona, thoao who do not ulopt tho gtnUnu win-ler win-ler fvidlng Uu can look forward to ultimate dlaaitcr and failure, tiuihia. the lunl writing on the wall.-ricld and 1 arm. l'oli.li or Inlarrst. When o.i aet tlie I una for ipring chlckena thia yeartuko aome dried tnhac-roleavea tnhac-roleavea and line tho noata with them. 'Ihla will keep all ilea and vermin effectually effect-ually away from the nuat M long aa the beualta, buuielluie when rltllug btua lew e their uesta from unknown c-u-o It la tho vi null, that drltea tin m nway. It rolla nrxjjtpt (u Gel la adjoining railroad trackvl.e they tralna waa nud repaaa cotutautly, there la little danger Hint they will Iw f rlghti nod after-ward after-ward by railway tralna. Haiaoa few leave of tobacco on our fanu iveryiur. The dried lent ue will keep tho vermin from hena' mail, anl thole uc or atema ateeped to a atniug dixottlon will, sulphur, four ounce of tobai co to one uf aulf hur. In n gallon of boiling water, will kill tl.o aheep sx.ib. Canada la making tuaneloua progrce In the llveatoek inliutr). We of the United Mate niunt atlr ourwlte to keep up. l.itllellu No II, MlsaUlml Agricultural Agricult-ural KiKrime.it ktattoii, la devoted to the dlagnoaU and treatment of unthrai or (hartan. X. Mori, of lloimuui, wo the firt lunii who ever drove a henl of cattle Irnm Teiaa to (.Vlorado. lie anva atoik mlilug la nothing like aa proCtublo a It waafornisrl). ' |