The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1865-06-03

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The importance of sheep husband
- = .s,ls beginning 20 b< ie's ana
unprecedented ~ the American peog.s'
Frrrx ,n.n- xomsn. and child who
80. mutton 80 wears elorh y interest
"A n Ia sscccss. Bat % I'll vhers'
-. sh~.,h<ru. 81 course. ie<ls The deep
- interest. Th~ ohjcct ~ the shesP|
master i .. lr-.ucr and retain the
animal which will bst pay ior t's
-. -sso~ ID ul~sn il and the con-
sa,nusiou "a us had. But the ques-
:. Enthusiastically occnrs, whether the
rsrc.-s Yr the fisece prcdcmiuAtes an0
,nIs. the investment Ifsls question
,.nss 81 course, IL decided By every
80. ~ himself. taking into v'ex he
Docssion and the uniissm deuisnd ~
~pl .ud mutton in his vicinity ror
~. Isst lev years some OF cur must
-c,..,,r;sine farmers have been mai
ing -, effort a. combine these objects
h the same ~ NAL BY crossing the
S,.,swo,d buck ~sth the hue ewes
common in this vicinity Different
r.-asops LEAD unx iodcu5s lise lfoPsiet.
~ his experiment The Co's~0id L
srulv : noble shesp. barring good
fI~ece 81 rr<pecfsbie scci- ccmbioinA
- IT, pros,<r,lss ci carly maturity.
lsrvr size. aptitude % lake % '@f, and
= res'lv sbo1s al 'issst the Prcducers
mnsson can desire. Bat / confidently
believe the correct policy l. 70 breec
them seperzfe and distinct a nun
her Or y~srs since l made similar
exper;9,esf wish the Leicester. but.
sfter fxo years experience, sbsndcn-
n II a q Move in the wrcng direction.
The Cos<~cd will pay well. u TAR
" and iuiiciously managed. yi-idinl
m annual fleece Of ircsu SIX To 'ei.
hounds Of wool per head, and whsi
fhrer Or tour years old Will VEL
trum 900 to 800 pounds gro-s. -Four
u.uuds Of wool to one hundred pounds
ii carcass il probably about TAR e.
innate This wool is aboui % IL
,,er CENT. lee valuable than the com
mon fine wool u the cunntry- Within
the lsss lev years the Messrs- Laid
a Jefferson county. Ohio. 81 much
expense. imported flock Of the Sile
SIAN variety These sheep are mucl
ADMIRED. producing heavy fleece Q
fne wool. and, BY those best qnalihes
20 Judge correctly, are admitted to D
= very decided improvement uPo'
the f3ocks common in the county :
Having no experience with this var
CIV o. sheep. ! cannot give the rels
tive weight Of wool and carcass A
most ali the good hocks Of easter
Ohio. Western Pennsylvania, and w
giuia. were originally based on Il
iu,tly celebrated fiocks OF Wells an
Dickinson. fo:mely Of Steubenyili'
Ohio. These. however have zee
crossed and recrcssed again. with 81
IN. and almost everything else, VI
III I much doubt whether there =
che present. time . pure bred Wei
and Dickinson sheep IN the Unite
Sssss-. cr In the world. A lev yea
aeo the Saxon mania prevailed and
lev tasty ~oolgroxers- and those 2
string the glory Of producing q
meet superior wool, do yet and '
continue TO breed them inasmuch
shis il confessesiiy The most b-autli
wool in the world A goo IlccK
ewes ii this variety viii average
weight eighty cr ninety pounds gro'
and wllI yield fleece ~ two % .
and : halt pcunds per bead At
present time, and pretty general
throughout this region the current
popular favor j. vergIng, o. rati
setteling down, IN favor Of the Sps
ish sheep. or II Ieass in strong cr'
from that variety; and with this gTo
ing sentiment in their favor ~
ccncur. In physical form and ~
metrical proportions they are aim
perfection. and an by no means y
JARED to grant that even ior NUT
purposes they are not the most pro
able sheep. II Il can Be ssc<riAs'
that % acre Of grsss land will =
ducs : greater number Of pounds
mutton in carcasses Of from eight
to twenty pounds per quarter thar
carcaSses from thirty 10 fcrty POM
chen every one must admit that