The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-05-17
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prospective value as affected By the
TariA.'
T. Il. Harrison said his experience
with sheep has been poor. He purchased
a hocl, ana with the best care he could
give them some would die The best
of his feed wen, TO his sheep. lie tried
having hi, lambs come ut all seasons of
the year almost, lad the best success IL
Jonuagy. He had good place for the
ewes and took good care Of the lambs
1t isn't good policy 10 keep more stock
OF any kind than We can keep we'll
lie tried shipping his wool to commits
sion man in Troy, " y. but don't ship
any more WOO to Troy or any other
man Commissions, and storage and
freight eat up the margin. Washing
wool is good deal Of humbug sheep
are often washed and turned into the
road or summeriallow, aud the man can
truthfully say his,,hecp have been washed
and he gets full value The duty Oh
wool OF our quality is now about - per
cent, and the new tariff proposes to take
oft = cents per h., which would leave it
about - per cent. Some have the idea
that coarse wool does not need protection
because il does not come in competition
with tue wool Goods are often made
of South American wool for the body,
with fine enough TO raise 4 nap. If
such wool is kept out our cloths would
be better. The tariff question is an i'm.
portant one, and he would be much more
pleased to give protection to Americans
than TO Englishmen or SEQ tchmcn. He
would rather man in Michigan or
Pennsylvania should get rich than any
foreigner The farmers o: the country
are strong enough to carry their ends,
but it i almost impossible 70 combine
for practical effect.
j. j Woodman said enc vita. cues.
ton in the wool bushes, Is raising sheep.
He la, his lamb, drop from the middle
of April to the middle OF May lamb
later than that is hardly worth raising.
Such lambs winter better than year.ings.
Lambs should be taken from tic flock
and have rather better care II winter
than older sheep. The main question
with Vt, is price; 10 to r. cents per ID.
will not pay, but tor from 50 TO - cents
we can afford to raise WOOL. 1t Is i'm
possible to keep wool above % cents
without some kind Of protection. The
wool markets have been oyerstockca
with large importat.ons OF cheap wool -
such wool is now gone. The war il
France has had a tendency to keep the
price OF wool up While wool was low,
large hocks Of sheep were slaughtered
FOR the pelt, aud focks have decreased
and now Congress has introduced bill
TO reduce the tariff, and take the profit:
from the farmer. Is it right: We
must ak and demand Of Congress to
keep the tariff where it IS.
Jane, Bale said great interests were
at stake. If an abatement is made in
the tariff those farmers who have held
on to their hocks have done it at a sacri
flee if wool continues at the present
price, the first profits for number o.
years will be realized. 1t becomes every
farmer in the United States to speak
Manufacturers ask and demand protec
ton and they get it, and the farmer
should ask in the same way. From tn,
middle Of April to the first Of May !
the best time 20 have lambs dropped
Many O. the failures to raise lamb
come from i'll usage to the eve through
the winter Weak lambs viii usual.
die early in tie winter before sheep ar
properly taken care Of If farmers ar
properly protected they viii raise a bet
ter quality Of wool, By taking better car
Of the sheep. The best quality Of woo
is taken from mutton sheep; it is fine
aud softer In his experience, who
wool has been cheap, he has not take
as good care of his sheep as when it wa
high didn't pay.
Il. Durkee has kept sheep withou
water. and has had strong lambs, bU
when you come down to a nice point, h
don't know anything about sheep \
man makes anything by starving an
KIND Of animal. If the price of woo