New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-14
sheep In California.

Our remarks on the subject Of California cat
tie hsyirg appeared 70 attract general interest," re are
persusGed 70 make further elrsory obseTv atoms
On sheep The object Of attracting public s'ent'on 70
te,e s,iers 20 sford uefHl hints 10 those who con
tsrrrlefe turning their attention 70 stock Tasng u Ca
frrs and 70 tOse emqrants who may be about 70 ieaTe
their homes in the Atlantic States by way Of the Plans
bringing stock with them.
Tfore gpocustors who have brouzh; sheep the pas;
seston his State, viii realize greater prohi on ,he
outlay Than they who have imported other Ah1- ..
steb owing 70 The hgh pce Of mutton IN this market
it indeed icing regarded altogether a. laxu-y never
realizing less than fry cents per pound hos' q III
sheep thst have hitherto killed nave been recei'e1
from sorors in MEXICO The qualify OF the 5on9rs
sheep delicate for the table but II e coarse Foolel
animal and inasmuch wool wi ~ douot eyentlaiy
form so article Of commerce in California, an improve
ment il matter Of some eonseqrep>e, consinerihs
we DO that Californian pasture and climate are Superior
certainly 10 Australian Indeed the tria has been male
several iruportafiOns from Australia having arrived
There sheep have thrived admirably and may be seen IN
vnrious psrts Of the state l. - remarkable fact that
,heep in California almost free from disease sucn
sitsek them eevhere-the foOtrOt, &c, oeing sito
eefher unknown In some bands, where care has been
taken they have increased in size, weighing some hun
bred Ioards each, the common SOnori4n sheep previ
ousy averaging some forty pounds tOr example, nan
dali Grover Co. their ranch IN the nelghOorhOod
Of this city. have fine Aock Of California sheep the
Target ever saw
We would recommend deslers who are bringing stock
across the plains, be e careful in the selection OF
their sheep especially choosing those which are Inc
ent high rate ~ obtaining for any long PERIOD
and particularly because las have before Intimately
this State will necessarily eventually become ~ famous
for IL wool o. IL now il for it, gold
Those sheep which hHve arrived this season, look re-
msrk1bly well and the peTBons who brought them -ay
that tey had no difficulty in bringing them over, and
that thew are lees trouble than any other kind OF stock
Messrs Patterson brought a band Of about lJD
they are ell looking well and worth in this market
elsa head We might instance many other cases OF the
came kind
sheer will prove very valuable 70 the breeder N Can
frria when properly taken care o. AZ present The
buck nun with the flock al the year round aud the
luftbers .sy that the lambs Invariably with
nb thefclvcf before they quit king It's Of course
bad management when lambs come in 10 the rainy sea
fCns A. regular snd - much % be- feiit
on here we know with certainty how 81 treat the sheep
Tuto tlis no advantage has hitherto been taken.
Sheep will also De valuable acquisition to California
owing Ia the scarcity Of water the plains in the sum
msr time and Thu description of stock requiring 80
little Of H. doing better dry pastura-e than on wet
They viii grow larger with water only three times
week than with M re- has been proved IN many IN
stances One Of thee cases we VIII mention. Aarmsr
had stock creek where they had water every day,
and is con had another band tax from the same stock
on the psin where they only had II twice week. Il
iLTivod better In every reFpcct,
We ere indebted 10 Mr. Joel Clayton, Of ihis City, for
his experience on tie subject lsan Joaquin Repao