The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-13
r,ut - said Mr.. Ar

tween 1861 and '65. "But,, saia NJ: a.
mi;n, awe hardly miss them.
rho Mexican shccp.raiscr gencra'iy .hau-
dies his herds in small ilocks o.: about OWN
head Zach of these herds are uhuer Tue
personal s,lpcrIntcndcncc or q MAJOR uo,li"'
or oyerseer. who is assisted by shcl'heius,
(nr whom the sheep have iohu ahtc',oi.
A. ninht these immense tlocks collect close
tonr,hcr around their shepherds, ana s'ecp
nr,rrCulIy. guarded by well-traincd dogs.
rbrsc shcphcrds are paid from $40 to Sio
nor month the year round, and the oVersecr
,houI sd Der month. The herds roam III
r;r over the bouudlcss dry plains ol New
Mexico without shelter all the year through.
They require no feeding, The short, nutri'
tious qrdnama grass, peculiar to New heNt
co, alfurding good paslurage IN winter ~
well rs summer. 49,
The Mexican sheep arc smaller IMAM lIs
American sheep, but are more hea''ns anu
hardy. They clip two POUNDS OF Moo'
70 the fleece; their wool is short ana nhe,
and from all that can be ascertaincd ny ira
dition handed down through several gene
ra,lons, were pure Spanish merlnos, brought
from Spain BY CprtcZ's expedition. Hs tue
intention of the shccp-ralserS oil New MEX
;co IN improve their herds by direct lmporta-
ton of m,rc Spanish mcrlnos. 1t was TINS
GRAND tina, has taken MI. Armljo east this
flll Several hundred head Of fine sheep
were sent TO him this summer, and With
nroncr crosses made, Mr. Armijo expresses
himself confident Of being able to produce
accccs from halt-breed Mexican sheep weigh
| ing four and a half pounds TO each fleece.
Mr. Armijo's family have sold upward OF
300 900 pounds of wool during the past year.
one of the family sold upward of loo,ooo
| pounds of wool last year at lorty.one cents
| per pound, which melted him the neat little
sum of Si1 900. Tine entire wool-chp OF
New Mexico is sent eastward through Kan
| sos CITY over the Kansas Pacific.
These great shecp.raiscrs arc now engaged
| in vh;pping large herds Of sheep to Colorado.
Mr.. Armijo, last season, drove about twelve
| thousand head to Denver, and signifies his
intention of doubling his drive next season.
He SAYS that with proper care
and attention sheep in sufficient num-
bers NAV hereafter he raised upon the
nIains of Kansas and Colorado TO
| .uupJy the entire world with mutton ana
| wool. During the conversation he related
| an inc;dcn, Of man who, three years ago,
purchased i 500 bead of sheep from Arnuo
i Rlca a. the low price OF - each. To-Day
| tat man hls 10000 sheep, worth S4o,ooV, 10
..y uotniu: Of the enormous profits aCcrulng
from The sa!c OF wool during that time. Aud
| aga,n he demonstrated the profits
accrujng from the purchase Of 3,oo,
| head. A man buys this number, and
| in SIX months he finds himself possessed o!
1000 >hecp, onc-hal of the 1000 increase
| heinz ewes and the other wcthers. Here Is
an increase OF 100 per cent. in six months III
uaIurYl increase. The flecceS OF the 3,00O
head will be worth 30 cents each, and The
| ), OO0 head can be shearcd in the fall, yield
| inr two rounds each. The increase of sheep
| IS more than compound interest twenty
times compounded. Mr.. Arnli.o says that,
allowing for losses. there is nothing in the
| world TO prevent man from geltin3 llcll al
| shccp-raisug in i've years.