Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-12-26
Farmers CIu6. Wdrner, ". II.
IN, PROFIT. of Wool and Beef Raising.

Nr " u DtVi, was in favor of Keep
iu4 sheep, and hneN by experience that
ibcy PAID him better than cattle; he
Judged chat ,e Ms,iuo sheep Were equal
60 one beei creature IN cost of Keeping
from Year o. year. surprising both To be
kept uuu. three Years old. aud also that
the beet sells tor 500 al that time. Mean.
while thc sheep have given Us one humid
rel aud twenty pounds OF wool worth
500 and hue,n lamo> worth $50, and the
sheep ia m elves are Just in their prime
and would uriug $50 more, MAXI = S,2O
ju favor OF The sheep To 500 in favor OF
the byri; 0hi., The risk, loss and work
D, much les in Tie lolmer than in the
.ucs.
1ir IS. Sargent was in favor of cattle
raising, auJ considered the Deyons the
best suited 60 the rocky bills OF New
England; although much smaller. they
mature 10 ,a cartier age aud acquire, &c
cJrIuS Go their ,ecpiag. more flesh in u
given time than DO the larger breeds,
and assumed that u steer weighing 1850
poCud- viii CO sumo one hundred pounds
OF hap and seven quarts OF shorts per
week tor twenty weeks. and the remain.
iug tbuiy-two weeks be shall be turned
ou.,a grass.
Ouc hundred pounds Of hay per week
fer thirty weeks makes 5000 pounds.
which al 90 per ton amounts 20 81 80,
and seven quarts of shorts per week tor
tlry wc +, makes 2lO quarts, which at
1IZcyu,- amounts to - 10, allowing
= ior pa,,mug. We have The sum Of
$500 ., tic Gust @. keeping FOR one
Year. ,hyu >uppu>e the gain TO be $50
Pounds. which :.t IL cents makes total
gain yi IS so, deduct the cost OF keep
iug aui there remain, = 50 as the ac-
tual gain
L. regard 90 sheep, il has beea IS GER
tanned ,hj sheep viii consume three
p12u1~ oi t.,y day TO every LOO pounds
@, l.-a; la'a % sheep weighing 90
pounds viii eat two pounds wees,
which would make eight sheep equal to
Que steer. Nov, surprising eight sheep
w.I.1s,rt-c i've pounds OF wool a head,
tie WOO. To- bring 70 cents per pound,
which 0ijI amount 10 $500: and they
vii. raise iom lambs worth - each,
maauuug 20 So; this added to $3.50
mas,- "a total oi 81 %. while the cost
O.. seepiug amounts t. SjO.65. leaving a
net Sam 1t % cents, which deducted
hom : - .r.,,,>a balance OF So in
f.varut he steer
l.t Sargent Went on 10 >ay that this
estimate was based ou actual expert
mcu,>, audi thought the farmers ~ =
genera. lhjog did not pay sufficient at
t,lulu Co raising their best stock and
otherwise Improving It, but tor q lew dol.
.al, more would sell the hes, animal to
Tic hatcher and seep The inferior to raise
st.c> from, which course. If persisted in,
wouj O. imicly rain the best farms in
town
H. mr,icr remarked Lhat the number
OF >a,rp iu Warner in lS67 WAS zoos,
while ga, number ia 1870 was 1851.
showing decrease in three years OF
81 - per cent and he assumed this
conclusive e, iJence that public opinion
IS gains, tine raising OF sheep as means
o, profit.
Mr.. G.. Z Quimhy regarded sheep
rsi>il. and wov, growing the most pro-
fta1le Of amy line of farming in this sec.
ton; had sept rom POO to 500 Merino
sLeep y,Tl. for twenty years. through
high prices, and low prices, always
raising mole shan enough lambs to keep
the luch good, and Improving the flock
by selling and Killing cuds and using good
srCca bucks, so that the average net OF
lhei leece> WAS brought from two pounds
eleven ounces, up to five and one nall
pounds. Had also kept from eight 10
fifteen head oi cattle, and by careful ex
Perme"ung through series Of years
and noting down tho results Is they oc.
Gu from year 10 year, through all the
fluctuations ol prices and different COM
mod,ties OF trade. regards these facts as
conclusive evidence that sheep raising is
profitable il pursued with industry and
knowledge. lie read an extract from
bis day look to prove this assertion. and
selected lie ti,e years as whole, from
$50 10 1850 the average number oI
cattle eight; average number tons oil
hay led cut Coy measme) forty. OF which
the cattle consumed thirteen and tn,
sheep twenty seven tons. For the five
years the sheep eat l3j and the cattle
Sky lie tons. The sales from the foes
OF sheep Tor those i've years were y, Az,
iea ins tEv foes with the the same mum.
Der ;ts al TIE commencement. Now, iii
yidiny y, AZ by I35 tons OF hay leave,
Us "a trihe over SIS u ton for hay fed our
on The farm. ii he sales from the eight
cattle u those year, in Dung stock, but
tel AL cheese, were 500, and for but