New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-26

| w e'oes '"ieJ VI SUBJECTS. They become
stepped 10 the subject; hey talk sheep think sheep
s"a a'osm sheep They and their doga are we'll
maschod Tho very boks Of a sheep.n.n /, different
nom anothor mans. 1t indicates shrcwdness. quick.
ness and reflection Cns OF them well posted can .eI,
tho value and quantity Of any sheep the moment he
2ats mis- eyes OMIT While they know the full vain, Of
good stock they deny that bucks fer growing DUR
poses worth the oney sny ask for them They ,au
sec through the tricks Of Eastern breeders They are
not caught by wool growing over bucks hoois, and
thus Layirg the wool pulled over their eyes All OF
them osndldy confess that sheep do not thrive 50 well
IN large ID ia small iooks
PIoPIrs or sBEyr GROWING.
1t has been stated b those best informed that very
few have abandoned the business and that if it
Quoted with common Industry every one has made
money There have been no failures whether the
wet or dr.. whether prices we're nigh or low
True there have been losses but they have been quickly
repaired. The Of business docs Lot exist WHO
yearly docs not NEE. with Iossef, and enoug, duihg
twenty years to make him independent. Tho lcs' Va
this business 4. less than IN any other The reifon
probably ia that supplies two Of to frst and no. s.
Indispensable nscessites Of 5uman beings and
clothing.
was told of The OF young lshy who csme rom
Scotland 70 Wisconsin where she sncd the miilinefs
trade; she was smart enterprsing sad good looking;
soon she set up shop OF her own. and went oven u
New York for her goods. Having Accumulated about
500 which she could not in hor business. che in
q1irod of friends how best TO invest It, hhe was In
dlced 70 lay it oct in sheep and hire man to ke care
Of them shares Tho sheep we're Kept on the prairie
In sanrne, aud led on shockcorn in the Winter For
several years she bas been receiving annually over ~
per cont ber n,n.y Sue has no care OF ihe sheep
wha,evcr
Another caso is II q widow woman !ea with poor
hsa,ih several young children. 40 OF hand aud
some other property Sle was advised 10 get together
al her spare and bay saocp. Thicn she did, and
her brother in.aw took oere Of them. The result 40,
she dresses hcr children well sends hom 60 schoo, and
IL laying up p ley. There ia nj all why others
may Lot invest their spare capital in the same nsnner
Jew years ago. whom la Tie Prairie iG"sr office.
nan came in on some business during which lie said;
Your paper Ia 'Fss rate every subject but oae'
All. WIN, u fha.i" PAIRING" sad he dad not
,nlrsc who ho was The other day got 10Y 1inner al
popular ting iouse. ard remembered had sean the
p-opriet,r boare Aner some crslion Re t'd mo
his ,sory Heb II ads large sun Of money ~ the
lumber business, food sgert cyt! hius. aud he YVES
poor lie came ~ Chicago aud started hotel AfIer
While he found bis cerk cheating. he charged him
With IT, srd made ,im Civ, back half He said he
Sometimes thought &, Tho most foolish thing he ever did
FOR the clerk quit set up hotel close by andsot away
his customers. Howeyc. this ce.k doing business ia
tho p,nitentiary now lis vic then came into POS.
session % money. pith ~ ioh he tonight large farm
AID stocked aud improved 1t 1t cost of s5ooo When
the groai frost came It lOd s's corn he lad to pay
dollar boshe for 20 feed to oo stcok hogs TIM: he
-, all u tue q
other stock ,hro, n tie Winter frst saw him ebou;
this tine Ths wa, why he did not IKE farming. Then
lie sod al lis cattle and bought large fook ~ sheep
Last Pun be sold bis wool At ,9i ceuts pound. getting
over tI0ool Vs toli mo tha. daughter o. bis nine
v.ars old a. yuutel ON nico biloxi hone wish the help
Of two dog, berded 900 sheep through mos. OF last
snmner Irsn his wife sntreetel him u 90 bsci t.
a. city. Uc bought the eatlnghonse and the good VII
for large SUM- und In few months has cleared the
nore, And yet be srys 10 "a going back on tho fum
city IS horrid place for Children. nnf he can mako
moro oloar money with sheep thar ANYTHING LIN.
| One day last March ~ was coming down on the
traip young very plainly dressed came on board
at Copperheai station. took hin TO be one Of TO
natives. Twas surprised to see him boy peper 1
asked hin II he lived near No no lived in Ohio. He
spoke 40 spright.y was aroused. what part o.
Ohio r. inquired. "In Asitabns County. "Oh no.
and whs, brought you r.o this part Of tho country~
Iro said thai last sammer he lad brought ont 800
sheep hcrded them ill Fail. then went back taught
schoo. and hid ,ist been out 10 see how the sheep
fared only few hid died the rest were Ia FIRST rate
condition. Thorr young msn who had found Out
way nearly to double his hardcsrned money every
vear he VIII prosper snd f. full likely 10 go 10 Con
gress s many young man now studying law.
There are plenty Of pieces In Illinois where sheep
NAV h, kent IN the rene way and II Yankee boys
leave tie grs long enough Trey had better bring cut
sheep, or Whit s better. and which has more money IN
H. and mr,h comfort, bring sheep. girls and ell III
they have money TO bug only 40 acres they can keep
thou Nd shcep-sPpes will grcv-they can have grass.
vuest oats no end Of corn and plenty of wGicrnel
Ions or " they have very little money, they can buy Of
the ra!lgcfd on time Forty acres ~ the black prairie
OF Central Illinois can 10 made into better ana more
product tive farm. and all things considered, he more DO
srabc than any other 40 acres In TIE world And the
time IL coming when improved farms In this region viii
bring money than anywhere else and be worth H.
IL Eansss The stock men told that other State
hss so many sheep The time win come when this VIII
be trne n it Is not l EN- convinced 1t Is the best
State in the Union for sheep Texas would he ~ good
were II not for tho Norrhers which frequently kill
~ s.p ard cattle, cold Is it, The regon along the
Big Blue Ia most favorable for there l. water and Tins
almost Is cash article in Kansas and the grass IS so
good stock thriyes In 1t the year round One who likes
sheep and would mako Il specity should go thi.her
II will be necessary hst TO dispose Of the savsges II
Is more profitable to rase shsep than Indians There
are other Ststes Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa md
Missouri ~ wen as Nebraska, offering groat indtce'
ments, An that is required is FOR our cnterprising
Young men 10 take hold Of tho business starting even
with few sheep or takng them on shares and making