Ranching with lords and commons, or, Twenty years on the range: Being a record of actual facts and conditions relating to the cattle industry of the North-West Territories of Canada, and comprising the extraordinary story of the formation and career of…

Ranching with lords and commons, or, Twenty years on the range: Being a record of actual facts and conditions relating to the cattle industry of the North-West Territories of Canada, and comprising the extraordinary story of the formation and career of a great cattle company

Author: Craig, John Roderick, 1837-1930. (author)

Year: 1903

Craig, John Roderick: 1837-1930. Stock breeder from eastern Canada who organized the Oxley Ranch Co. in England, 1881; manager of the ranch until its sale in 1886; manager of Meadow Creek Land and Ranch Co. for many years; president of the North West Livestock and Ranchers' Association for five years; died in St Thomas, Ontario (Morgan, Canadian men and women of the time , 1912; Maple Creek News , January 30, 1930). // Reprinted, New York: AMS Press, 1971. The story of the Oxley ranch, written by the manager. Craig arraigns the general director, Alexander Staveley Hill, for his mismanagement of the Company and pomposity. Craig also describes ranching in southern Alberta, in general. See also Peel 1055, 1243, and 4906.