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of my fine brood-mares. I think the Smith Brothers 

 feed a very little hay to such of their sheep as need 

 extra care. They have sheds to protect them from tHe 

 storms. 



" I believe Montana is as good as any country in the 

 world for stock of any kind. It is peculiarly adapted 

 to sheep on account of the dryness of the climate. All 

 that is needed is a good shepherd and experience to cure 

 sheep of scab, and the herd will thrive. The scab is the 

 only disease I know of prevalent among the sheep of 

 Montana. I have made no changes in either bucks or 

 ewes in my herds since I commenced raising. Mr. 

 Burt has bought all the sheep he could get afflicted with 

 scab, and cures them in a short time. It appears to be 

 a disease easily cured when one comes to understand it. 



"H. F. Galen, 

 " Stock Grower." 



Charles Cook, of Cook Brothers, who are very ex- 

 perienced herdsmen, writes to me : , 



" Our ranch is located on Smith River, in Smith 

 River Valley, eighteen miles from Camp Baker, Mon- 

 tana. We have been in business since July, 1873. 

 We have 1300 head, 900 of them ewes. They were 

 for the most part common, ungraded ewes and rams, 

 with coarse wool. I drove them from Oregon to Mon- 

 tana. We have made no additional purchases to the 

 herd since starting it, and have sold about $4000 worth 

 of mutton and wool, as follows : 



" Old ewes $1000 



Graded rams 1700 



"Wool 1700 



