Arizona citizen., 1873-05-17

and corral or pen, to which the flock is
 driven at shearing and lambing-time. an
 improvement which lasts many years. The primitive character of the New Mexican
 sf epherd may be fancied from the wages
 he receives and the small sum required for
 his board. They are peculiar lace, and
 they live on the broad, treeless plains,
 with their donbeys, their dogs, and their | sheep, for years without any shelter ex- cept hat afforded by single blanket. In the winter the snow sometimes covers them with second blanket while they sleep with their feet to the smoldering p'uou coal J look ont al my window th- evening and sec far up the noun tain side- probably ten miles away, three fires that glow almost as brightly as the stars in Oriou's belt, that hang in tho sky imme- diateiy above them. Enough deer are shot t5 keep the shepherd supplied with ven- Ison, SO he need not draw upon the flock for fresh neat Once each year his ass presents him EFi-a a colt III .las- eating animals are welcome, and he pets the little brute, trains it, and in time adds to his scanty income by selling it.
 The celebrated royal focks of Merino, which were once the pride of Spanish mon archs, it is related became strong and healthy through the process of natural se- lection, secured in their journeys of many hundred miles between their summer and winter pastures. The weaker animals could not keep up with the moving flock, and, enc by one, were left on the road. The AcF. t' .Vic"r flock stfaFs over ti3 uu- fenced and 9oguuiess plains rarely spend- ing two nights in the same place, moving 
 probable he owes much of his health and activity 10 the same DarWiuiau process C'i Lerler- say they eau drive a foct of ,hem twenty miles per day and tatter ,l,u ug .le u1stcrazo ar tto same time cured by last autumn's sun, that still are spread over millions of untouched acres, awaiting the coming of fresh focks, and of the climate where the sun shines almost continuously and where the air and ground are so dry that few of the diseases that trouble sheep in the east are known; but have not time to do so, but will con- clude by giving briefly the two systems upon which New Mexican capitalists let out their sheep to pasture:
 First. The herder takes l 1000 head of ewes. and pays the capitalist 20 per cent. Of all the wool produced each year. and at the end s. 6te years returns 2sU.J head st ewes, equal to those he receives.
 Second The herder receiving ,000 ewes returns the owners yearly zga year ling wet1ers. with 200 fceces from the same, anu a The end of five years returns ,00t sheep of tae age and quality equal to those he receives
 From the above showing, 1t IS not necessary for us to add anything. No one could reasonably ask for better and with safety from h. dians, probably there is not to be found more desirable place for sheep growing than in Arizona warm ge- nial climate, free and an abundant pasture the year round, and exemp- ton from disease of every kind, Is all that Is required to insure success.
 VIZ take the following mining items from The Miner of the 5d.
 4 party oC seventeen from Prescott arrived at Mcdowell, April 21, to srlsrec- iu tfr PiDal mountains.