Excerpt from Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Sheep Commissioners of the State of Montana, 1902: Containing Also Information of Poisonous Plant Investigations, Comparative Profits of Sheep Raising, Governor's Quarantine Proclamation of 1902, Rules for Guidance of Deputy Sheep Inspectors
Mr. Cornelius Hedges, Secy., State Board of Sheep Commissioners, Helena, Montana.
Dear Sir: Your courteous letter of November 8th, stating that your Board, which has its annual meeting on December Ist, would be pleased to hear from me at that time in regard to the results of our last season's work on poisonous plants, and about our plans for continuing our investigations in Montana, was duly received. In reply I beg to state that, although I have not had time to go over our extensive series of notes and prop erly collate them, it gives me pleasure to present, for your con sideration, the following summary of progress.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book presents the Sixth Annual Report of the State Board of Sheep Commissioners for the year ending 30th November 1902, being a record of the sheep industry in Montana at that time. The author includes a table showing the pros and cons of sheep raising in Montana at the turn of the 20th century, and also the health conditions of the sheep flocks in different counties, along with information about the use of poison and the prevalence of the loco weed, which were seen as problems for the ranchers. The report also includes the results of scab testing in Carbon and Choteau counties. There are tables showing the price of wool per pound according to the grade of wool, the number of sheep entering and leaving the state, the number of sheep that died or were slaughtered, and other useful statistics from 1890-1902. This book provides a useful insight into the sheep industry in Montana 120 years ago, and will be of interest to historians or anyone with a special interest in the subject. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9780331256185_0
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