The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-11-30
NELRASKA Asa LIEEsr0cKD COUNTRY

NELRASKA ASA LITESTOCKCOUNT
Beeves, sheep, hogs and horoscope
or ali, there is millions III them. Z, at
the base of all, there is the illimitabla
market, wide as, the world. Then
comes the low down. cost of production
to supply this market-the low cost be-;
cause the climate favOrs health and
vigOr in animal life, experience proving
that there is no virulent form of disease
among stock in Nebrt ska. and because.
even on the wild prairie. the pasturape
afforded by the native grasses being
abundant. and all the hay that is re.
quired obtainable at tile cost of cutting.
Grain feed. OF course, is cheap: and
sufficient shelter for. the winter months
is obtained by building the rough prai-
RE stable Of posts and boards, covered
aud wrapped as with a blanket bv piled
up straw and hay. No one has COM
menced rs flock master, and not found
the avocation profitable. In 1875. a
flock of COtsWolds shepherded on the
plains, yielded Messrs.' Creighton, of
Omaha, an average fleece of l0ibs PEI
head, the price they realized being 40
cents per pound in the dirt The Hon,
Moses Stocking, Of Wahoo, in Saun-
flock of 1852 Merinos; which he valued
at s. per head, amounting to $4.956:
and from these OH June 3Oth, 1876, his
profit was So, 1858. Mr.. A. j. Ritchie.
an experienced flock master, of Orion,
Seward County, states that his profits
Tor the sheep year, 1855, exceed his
most sangulne expectations, and he be-
lieves he can get his money back each
year, and llaye the flock on which he
starts besides. Instances of this kind
could be accumulated. Let it be said,
however, that there are now Il, 600 sheep
III Gage County; and at sheep shear
ing festival held at Beatrice, the county
seat, on May II, 1876, Mr.. S. g. Carey
exhibited Merino fleece weighing 20
lbs. IL o., and q second fleece from a
three year old Merino ram weighing
sixteen pounds and five ounces; Messrs.
PADDOCK & Long, tleeces weighing IL
to l441bs. each, and Mr.. Moses Stocking
a fleece of 1Sfbs. 14oz., from a two year
old Infantado ram. The business is
rapidly increasing, and soon textile
manufactures will look to the Nebraska
prairie for a large annual supply Of
wool. Mr.. Cornelius Jansen lone of
the leaders of the Russian Mennonites,
who are making Nebraska their home,
on $50 acres of land purchased from the
+. and NJ. Company, has established a
flock of 1920 grade Merino 81 e;p, and
4 herd of 100 blooded cattle, choosing
Nebraska for his enterprise after he had
carefully examined the country from
Southern Kansas to the Red Riyer of
the North; and Mr.. NJ. S. Maloney, a
capitalist Of New York "a practical
flock mastery, who has large landed i'll
terests in Illinois, has purchased two
sections Of land, and leased one section
FROM the State, in the Republican River
country. 10 this ranch lie is bringing
8, 900 Merino ewes from New Mexico,
and thoroughbred Merino rams from
Vermont, anticipating from the cross
a large sheep and heavy fleece in Ne
braska, which, in the matter of sheep,
he considers destined o be the cctland
of the States. In cattle the prairie
3erdmen are accommodating fortunes
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