Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-11-03

We find an excellent practical cs.
say OH Wool Growing in Iowa, in
the report of the State Agricultural
Society for 1869, by Thomas
McGiffin, Esq, OF Fairfield, Iowa, an
experienced wool grower, both in the
State ant Pennsy wanna. As every
department OF wool growing is in
cludcd in this essay we shall extract
from 1t as required those parts only
which are applicable to the season
when they may be published. For
the present we only publish the fol.
lowing:
"In every pursuit OF life, we should
take into consideration the items and
points that make up the beginnings;
should look well to location, selec
ton of stock, and, in short, all the
Inducements, advantages, and pleas
ures, also, that are the body aud soul
OF the venture.
These make the ''stock in trade"
and, made corelully, will, II pressed on
to success, make the man and money.
No man can have success anywhere,
without pressing on in spite of mis-
takes and losses, so intimately wound
up together in all occupations. These
are the general principles governing
all nature and all arr, and that person
who neglects his reckoning on land,
is no wiser than the sailor who neg
lects his ON the wide sea; shipwreck
and ruin are for the first as well as
the last. None should grumbIe or
find fault; because all this is the wise
ordering OF the gre t Creator, who
gives us our "daily food" upon con-
dition that the "sweat of the brow"
only shall bring forth fruits Of the
earth
A d in no calling can these things
be seen and felt more wildly aud
surely than in the sheep fold or sheep
walk. Any error IN location Of e.
Their will as surely be followed by loss
as that there is error. An error in
selecting the kind Of sheep bears its
fruits in the lambs and wool, through
many generations-the lambs insult
ed to the wants of purchasers Of
sheep and the wool unsatisfactory
also TO the manufacturer, because
unsnited to the wants OF his estab-
lishment and trade. And right here,
At the very threshold, is one matter
that wool growers aud factorymen
should know, and knowing should
improve, mutual good will toward
each other is absolutely needed aud
must be given to have all the par.
ties feel safe and agreeable in COM
panionship and in business. In deal.
ing with this important subject, let
US begin at the
LOCALITY OF THE FARM. 1t il
very desirable that this should be on
naturally dry laud; or,it on flat land, il
must be thoroughly drained, with
little delay as possible, after for rath
or before) tho stock is obtained; foI
if delayed untilthe wet seasons come
as come they will, diseases Of tn,
feet, skin and body will be produced
These, it called durable ut the start
soon become incurable, and are at
tended often by more damage t,
flock and owners health, aud il
work, trouble, and expense OF cur
than would have been the cost 0
complete drainage. And beside
these calamltios to tie immediate
owner, by contact they may intec
whole neighborhoods with contagi
GUS diseases, thus producing untol'
losses, upon innocent parties, other
wise we'll located. Right thinkin,
men should consider well the interest
and danger OF their neighb0rs' flockt
On every sheep farm, there sould b
some tame meadow and also tam
grass to supply TODD when the viii,
as deficient or frosted, and It at al
possibly, be there before the land
FULLY stocked. Sheep love the run
ming brook. In great number OF III
counties Of this State, they gladde'
the eye. lfnot obtainable, prove
wells or cisterns full, tor all demand
and then know it is given them t