Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-06

cover The value Of their shsep. end q Oa'ea-
70, offered to cell 10 me Of tSo est neeo ~
coin, II would 70 aiser then. Inc sewess
Cotswold saw at the IIliooe steec feas,
vas $50. and I would have pseiefss9 him .
the came price 70 the 1900 Mersoo buck,
sold at that fair.
is. 1 lose 10 per cont, Of ny sheep every
year; cannot attribute Il 10 any specific
disease. l bought one with the foot rot, and
cured Il With solution Of blue vitfiol.
l6. l shall have to class dogs and wolves
together; I believe they destroy 10 per cent
Of the sheep Of this county. Ny farm Is oil
under fence. Ny foreman left my sheep in
.. 80. acre lot, near my ba:nyard last june
and 10 single night, wolves and dogs 20
company, believe, killed II lambs, cn''hy
Cotswold. M.
II. II has and TO very great eA'en'' .ne
loss Of lambs to me this year takes away the
entire urotit OF the business in an ordinary
az SO-Cotswo!d sheep cost me last yeaV
1850 II lambs At go per head Is SlIo.
The relative .oss would be the same for the
Merino or common sheep.
IS. The number cannot state, the br~eds
chiefly .merino 40 Cotsvold sheep were
brouehe from Canada, by myself and apotn.
CT party in Sept. and Oct. 1866; imported
| two this fall, buck lamb weighing los lbs.
and On eve lamb weighing IL ibs., q cost
Of sos each. or course they were high
bred shesp lhs cost 1t Merino ewes. sinee
| Nov. 1865, has been g to $3.50; rams -
70 $500 chiefly from Michigan aad Ohio; .
few from Illinois and Vermont.
10. I have . small flock 200. but too
large for good husbaadry. In summer, my
shecp are herdcd in large yards at night,
snd let to pasture carly in the morning;
keep no shepherd with them. In winter
they are housed at night in the basement Of
. large barn. IN cold or stormy weather.
| A early % the middle Of October, | begin
b feed them corn or turnips; iced ont Of
doors when can; corn and hay in boxes,
made with hay box sbove and corn box
below, with ten inch opening Il
pull the hay down from above -
This feed box is described in Randall's book
and is the best ever saw. water from
Z well pump. Corn fodder is fed in oper
ground and upon it. To grade the fect
properly, the corn is husked out Of the fod
der and fed Separately. make no limit n
TO coarse feed except 20 give them pleni!
without waste. require them to have plent
Of wster twics . day this adds much =
the cost. II could sec . certainty Of fai
profit in wool growing, should bring wate
10 the barn by water ram
but don't believe the Western members q
Congress will demand high duty, 40 cent
; . pound, say, upon wool, and I am afrai
Of the success Of sheep husbandry. hav
!. made no money from mine, except III
| .cl nnswonA;s;n.. G.~ns~r 1900
will soon reduce the price Of that. ! q
making an experiment with the mutto
sheep, the result Of which do not yet %
Your ob.t. serv't.
r. Sewers and othess.
Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Interesting - Donaho1aers.
The following from the Hamilton (Cans
0 da) Spectator, Of October 10Th, 10 but
b counterpart Of The issues expressed ups
the same subject by other foreign journal
and is entitled to the serious considerable
: Of every man. directly or indirectly int
csted in maintaining the credit Of the Fe
eral Government:
Tho late rapid decline in United Stat
securities in England has excited consider
bio surprise. When ws read the incsndisl
speeches Of the radical leaders, hewcvs
% theft open threats Of civil war, and fixed
l. termination to regard the Southern Stat
as conquered provinces, and not Is porto
. Of restored Union, We can scarcely VOL
e der at this decline. Until the difficulty
e present existing between the President q
the Congress 10 settled, confidence cam
y be expected to revive. Capitalists will n
o dare to invest their money in country
70 torn by political differences and unsettled
political uncasincss. We learn that invcs
mcnts in United States securities have 4
?, most ceased, not only IN London but d
81 in Frankfort. the quotations being alme
70 entirely nominal. At the same time all OF
Sc cr securities maintain their prices, Austri
" included. which are deemed more worthy
st e, niilence than these Of the American
IA Public. The consequence Of the decline
&c American securities in Europe will in d
n e ursc Of time be corresponding deprs
y sion in the States, coupled with dcpr,
sion in the currency, and consequent rise
c the price ofgold.
- - The existing depreciation in American
70 caliIies is not temporary evil under rat
cal rule-but an evil which must contin
% aud increase every day that the conpls
restoration Of the Union is postponed.
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