Show s NEVADA TALKS OF FLOCKS y 51 tiro tho I mc Is lu III Good Shane and The of Grows Eastern Nevada from Wells eUs on tho north to and on tho Routh Louth forming a broad ribbon hundred miles In length bordering the state line Is one or of the groat winter grazing regions In ht the tho hl high h plateau Over Ocr the broad valleys hemmed In by br great mountain chains some 0 of the peaks or of which pIerce the ok sky nt at feet teet hundreds or of flocks of sheep and droves or of cattle find ex cx excellent John Rickman or of Lund Is nl at the New Windsor lIo ho has spent nearl nearly W 10 years In that part or of the state engaged ed In the stock and sheep business lie knows In summer when the tho d desert rt Is dry and parched where to drive his cattle Into the cool recesses or of the tho I mountains there thero to find hidden sprIngs and to browse on the succulent bunch grass In winter the tho flocks and droves arc driven down out or of the mountaIns Into great broad valleys there to reed feed fat on the white sage and the desert rush The Tho desert rush Is believed to on Nevada deserts only It is IR isa a single reed wIthout leaves and re remains remains mains gr green n the year round Aided b by bythe till the several varieties or of sage brush that there thero abound It has hILS proved a most satisfactory foraging food tood for both sheep and cattle The Tho company compan has hall about head of oC cattle and probably head or of sheep out In that coun country try tl Bald Mr HIckman who Is con connected connected wIth the tho company The Tho sheep and stock men out our way have done dona donawell well the past few years This has hass s been the longest and coldest winter I remember and Ive spent 37 31 years ears In Intern L Eastern tern Nevada Novada And yet ot tho stock has not suffered Buffered much The cold got down to 15 below too Under such weather conditions with a foot Coot or of snow on the range and no shelter whIch Is the tho custom throughout the tho west our sheep told and cattle do not get gol on as well as the they might under moro more favorable conditions But ut In spite of oC this new cows are coming In every month of oC the year and the stock flour flourishes I have havo many man times seen calves cales barn bom out In the tho deep deop snow which In a aday aday day or two to were ns as strong and frol as It If the they had been born In midsummer I believe b several genera genora having to endure the tho rIgors of oC our winters put additional strength and ta Into the tho offspring Practically Practical all the beer beef from the herds hords Is marketed rIght at home You know EW Ely mines and smelters give gle employment to 2000 men or more This daily dall consumption Is considerable The cattle are arc ored ered and sold from the compans own plant cI Up to a short time ago ngo the sheep 11 wore were kept principally for tor the tho wool but lately and other othor bloods have been Introduced Into some somo of the locks flocks the tho Intention being to increase I the size of oC the animals making them theft moro more valuable from the tho butchers point or of view This is II proving very cry satisfactory too And yet et the quality of wool Is III being maintained |