, 1874-06-01
In Examination Of Several Ranches, and
What Has Boon Dono OIL Them.
Rumsoy's, Posts, 0lark'a, and
Keith's sheop-Herds.
Tho Wool-Product OF Our Country and
Other Lands.
Where We Cam Best Raise Sheep:

70 tho Editor Of THE Chicago 7rib,ns::
Bin, While ut North Plato, Mob, ITO nado
All examination OF
MEssRs. KEITH l. nAnTENa HHgEP-EANcnE.
Taoir oxperiunoe has boon 80 lucky AZ to DO
a!,noat exceptional. They began in 1870 with
200 sheep, bought In lot ut 3f.25 eacl. OF ti1eHb
tloy slaughtered 90, roalizing iu thu local market
s175 for the lot. or within one-fourth OF what
tl,ey ind paid, md Ind tllrcc-four.hs OF their
sleep loft. III 1871 they bought 1900 hoat ut
s1.25, Of Which they sold GOD at $3.50, or total
Of el, ,G50,-tho whole flock having cost thom
o'ly s1,G25. Thoy Ind q not profit Of s25, and
sao ahoop loft. Since thon thoy hayo butcliered
ard sold to tho amount of $780, and the wool
haI brought them about 81, 800. They keep now
1000 aheop. They lost their rancho, valued at
e49o; t. good many sheep diod Of scab. and
n,any lambs fsll in winter and diod. But for
thcao accidents their herd would hnvo numbered
1000 head. Had tho Rhcop cost them really
substantial amount, they would havo been out
Of poosot; but, aB 1t is by good management
they havo realized handsome profit. They
bought four thoroughbred runs at $50 onch, and
= foY fiuo Merinos.
At Laramie, Wyoming Territory, ne examined
MIR. II. d. nu1sEy's auEEr-uEap.
Tho account of his rnnclie stood as follows:
AnR"st, 1872 bought ewes:at $3.50
Forty tons Of lay d 81 per ton 2lo
@ cam, wagot ese ~ ~
GEpeuaeR-L1Dor for ono year. ...........g .gGh0
board Of formnn ono year..... leo
Aorsea' feea. ea...........-...... 1tO
shcar1ne sheep.....,......... bu
ouudflea a..'..s....-..........s AVu- N5u
Total. ......."................. s4.glo
Ee.usna--sold 5000 Ms ut 2ao..............9 91olA
On hand, 420 lambs, Tor which lie had
IN offer ut $4.50. but aay WORT. 33... 100
Deduct expenses. $50
or about IS ror cont.
In this case tho expenses charged are OK
tremely high. Il is also worthy of note that no
- An ostimnte for 1878 and 1874, mado by Mr..
Rumsey, stands as followA:
Extra shadH, houaes wagons, fencing, ha.,
improvements labor, fnpGhet etc for
4'evoeAeep '.'.-'..*..........-..s...-.. &B,O00
nesurns-sgool: clip from 1,soo sheep. lbs
to tho 1!cece, 7,b00 bs, ut 25c per lb..... 1875
Increase. 20 per cont, being 1,050 lambs,
worm ss'...-'......'s........:.s. S,leo
Total. ....................,... s5,o25
Erpcnsoa--1.abor for year. -. ........... .ssno
Contingent e1pcn3ea. 600'-a1 800
Net profit. t........................... ty,795
sheeep, 4G.9 per ceut.
We alBu examined
THE HERD OF Nh. H. z. POST,
Of Cheyenne. who has gono into Mexican sheep.
Ho is crossing lham With Merinos. He says 3
herd OF 1900 Me1icans can ho handled by ono
man, except Mt shearing and lambing-time; four
men are necessarily With tho herd for lambine,
end cl.ht men for two woeks ut sheariug-tlmo
Tho proso,,t herd gheared tl,roo pounds Of wool
each, ut u net value Of Is eents per pound. Ths
lambs, Merino-croBs, will shear tito first year
tlrco pounds each. aud tho aocoud year four to
five pounds each. His account stood as follows:
sooo Mox';sn ;; r.. SHEEP nt $2..""......s G,soo
Nsrino bucks s5o aach, Tor 1000 sws. 1'ooo
$ a.9ee
Erpenses-t"bor and incident.ls.. ,o9o
s1,12s
Tatnrns-woo, $500 bs, at 26o rer ib.......; 2,zoo
l.ereaae frum 1000 ewes 1900 lamba, 1t x2.25
s,oaV
...... e.4so
Deduct exp p.nsea, 1,129
Or about 60 per cent on Investment.
CLARK co,
starsod in November, 1871, with three men and
ono team, afterwards four men, cutting timber
And poles In the mountains. They expended
nearly oil OF tho time until August, 1871, in
making improvements md putting up about
1,U tors Ut hay. Tho account OF thu ranche
stood thus:
N r.nti9g rH % S9: M. ;s s
HAY, 1877. bought 14o Alcrino ahcep, Of which
IS we're iull- -grown rama aud wsre
lambs; average net cont Of each f15. 2100
August, is7a bought 1900 native ewes, u s5. eoOS
Total. ................. *1aloo
administering, 1879, ot, o,2po na wool, net -
vaiue of Il p,l.e-bood Merno iatnis, rams,
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