Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-01-18
The DAILY HERALD has
nearly p0VsLE tho circu.
laticn % either oontempo-
rary paper publIshedlln Los
Angeles. As an advertising
medium X ID consequ entiy Of
DOUDLR, tlseis value. BIZ

medium Il 70 consequently OF
DoUnLR, tlseisy alue. b.
Woodworking In the Future.
The wool-srowes q southern Cal
ifornia have heretofore made money
by pursuing course similar to that OF
the Texas cattle men, keeping a large
number Of rough, coarse animals, pas
turing them overs vast extent OF
country and changing from one local
ity to another a. the grass gave out.
Many of our heaviest men begun by
taking fiocks on the shares and hiring
the pasture for . mere nothing. As
long as the land was practically OF no
value, and the range limitless in exc
tent, this kind Of sheep-raising was
the most profitable, but the time is
rapidly passing away when it can be
pursued, and sheep-raising in South
ern California, in the failure, must be
conducted in some other manner, or
to a great extent abandoned. Land 10
becoming too valuable to be skimmed
over, and the product of the rough
coarse wooded sheep, shipped in dirt,
will not pay much longer, for the trou-
BILE and expense of production.
Already our most enterprising sheep
raisers are looking out for new fields.
Thousands Of sheep are being driven
into Arizona and Lower California,
where there is cheap pasturage, and
those who prefer the old way, keeping
rough sheep, and depending on large
fiocks and cheap pasturage will as
suredly have to.foliow their lead. 3 j
Sheep-raising can be made profta-
BILE under the changed conditions that
are overtaking US; more profitable
even than It has ever been; but there
must be radical change iu the entire
mode Of conducting the business, not
only in the kind Of sheep, and the
way they are kept, but in the mode OF
preparing and marketing the wool.
When land has become valuable for
cultivation, 1t is plain that twill no
onger do to devote 1t to the grazing Of
sheep, the average annual yield Of
which is only about three pounds per
head of q staple that will not bring
more than from twelve to fifteen cents
per pound. The success attending the
culture of alfalfa has, however, fully
demonstrated that high-prlced land
can be probably devoted to stock
raising, and nothing is clearer than
that the sheep-raiser Of the future
must avail himself of this or some
other grass, and by cultivation in
crease the capacity of his land. But
if sheep are to be kept on alfalfa, it
will not pay to raise the rough stock
that is now kept. by the bulk of the
raisers. A better grade of animals,
producing heavier fieeces and better
staple, must be introduced, and the
wool must be properly prepared for
market, SO as to realize the highest
price. And here comes in the necessity
of d proper organization and CO.
operation among the woolgrowers.
Men of small capital, keeping only q
limited number Of sheep, cannot pre-
pare their wool in the best and cheap
est manner, nor. can they dispose of it
under the present circumstances, to
good advantage; but if the proposed
organization is effected, and scour-
ing establishment put in operation
either in this city or Wilmington,
where the clip can be cleansed and
baled, and through the agency of the
Association either accumulated here
in store for buyers, or shipped East,
the owner of ever so small lot Of
sheep can depend on getting the worth
of his product. The introduction Of
improved breeds Of sheep can also be
readily effected through the..agency Of
the Association, lat . much less cost
than it can be done by individuals,
and profitable class Of stock secured.
If the grower will also combine
some other branch Of agricultural OPP
erations with his sheep raising there
can be no doubt that Southern Cali
fornia will produce quantity and
quality of wool far exceeding what it
has ever raised before, and that it will
be disposed Of at prices that win be in
the highest degree remunerative.
There are many questions which will
arise I'm this connection, and we sug-
gest TO the Convention whose adjourn
ed meeting takes place on the 10Th,
the Importance Of devoting ample
time to their discussion. Before an
Association can b made very effect
i've, its members must definitely UNI
derstand what they want to accom-
plish, and the means best adapted to
carrying out the desired end. To ar
rive at Just eoticlnsisns, = more thor
ough interchange Of opinions and ex-
periences Is needed, and it Is to be
hoped that the Convention will not be
In too much OLA hurry when they