Nebraska advertiser., 1861-07-11

there will be a greatly Increased demand
for wool. The higa tariff that maslne-
eessarilv exist for several years 70 pay
the expenses incurred during the war
viii exclude many foreign cloths, and
viii consequently increase the demand
for wool 10 supply our home m~auufaetors
These causes combined VIII certainly
ensure a very remunerative price for
wool for years TO come. The profits on
sheep is not alone confined TO their WOOL;
the editor OF the .4merieaa .AgrieaAHrist
has reiterated a thousand times thatitis
cheaper 10 raise two pounds Of mutton
than one pound of PORK" We urge the
farmers Of Nebraska to turn their aiten-
ton Us much as practicable % raising
sheep.
Cattle, though probably less profitable
in large numbers than either horses or
sheep, are, nevertheless, much more nu-
merous in Nebraska. In this country,
where fencing Is scarce aud dear, il Is
perhaps useless for some farmers. who
possess but limited means, 10 attempt to
raise sheep. But it is almost ~indispensi-
bic TO every farmer to possess a certain
number of cattle-oxen aud milch cows
they can live on the open prairie with
less care than sheep; they Will be in no
danger from dogs or wolves,
We do not think itgood policy to keep
cows for the purpose of raising calves.
If farmers want TO raise stock, better
sell the cows for half price and buy calves
at a year old, as long as they can be had
for four or FIVE dollars per head.
There is no doubt bur the DAIRY bust
ness would be very profitable to a limit
ed number. There should be enough
cheese made in this Territory for home
consumption. Cheese here retaiIs at
from 10 to 25 cents per pound. In The
northeast of Ohio, and southwest New
York. where land is worth so dollars
per acre, Cheese is the great staple. al
though it sells for only five or six cents
per pound.
But for the present, nothing bat we
have mentioned can become the staple
production of Nebraska; simply for the
reason that the majority of our farmers.
have not yet accumulated enough money
to engage in them. Horses, sheep and
cattle, increase but slowly. IF a man is
unable to procure more than two or three
breeders, it will take half a Lifetime be-
fore he can get his farm stocked. The
question arises, what should such farm.
ers engage in? Must they depend on
the mos. uncertain Of crops. wheat? Or
must they continue the laborious business
of raising corn, to sell il, after hauling il
to market for 30 and 25 cents per bushel?
To such farmers-and they constitute
two-thirds of the population Of Nebraska
we say, by all means, raise pork. There
Is no man so poor that be cannot pro-
cure a few pigs. Hogs breed rapidly. The
offspring Of one SOW, if all could be rails.
ed, would in half a dozen years. amount
to several millions. This country Is as
well adapted to pork raising as the re-
gion in Ohio aud Kentucky around Gin
c@innati. But even IN raising hogs (hke
every other business a nan must under
stand it to make it profitable. Some men
will make more to sell their corn al Is
a bushel than to feed il to hogs.
If you engage in III. pork business, ia
the first place get a good breed Of hogs.
Keep them the year round IN good grow
order. If they can run IN timber they I
IAN be raised comparatively cheap. But (,
the prairie stock hogs must be fed.
They will lilcrarlly slarve to death on
1raIrie-grass, in less than a month. It's :
however very bad economy to feed your =
hogs the year round on corn. Every hog .
should have a hog pasture. Thy
will live and thrive on clover. If YOU have
orty acres under cultivation sow ten iu ,
fence It of IN two fields if possi- :
lie, one field however, will do. This
vll keep from one hundred to one hun.
red and fifty young hogs, from the mid
lie Of May to the middle Of Summer.
IN the balance Of your land (the thirty
cres) you can raise one year with an
iher 1900 bushels Of corn. This should
ltten from eighty 10 one hundred hogs.
saving enough for your own use.
f you have good thrifty stock hogs with
thousand bushels Of corn you should have
). 1000 pound Of pork. One great advar-
ICE from raising hogs over other stock r.
), you do not lay out Of your money! :,
t present Pork should Be TIE sigple oil
,ebraska.
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