The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-11-22
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Nebraska ~ u Live stock Country.
Communicated
Beeves, sheep, hogs and horses one
the base of all there is the ilhmitable
market, wide as the world. Then comes
the low down cost OF production TO sup
ply this market---the low cost because
the climate favors health and vigor in an.
imal life, experience proving that there
is no virulent form of disease among
stnck in Nebrasks and because, even on
the wild prairie, the .pasturage afforded
by the native grasses being abundant.
and all the hay that is required obtana-
BILE at the cost Of cutting. Gram feed. OF
course, is cheap; and sufficient shelter
for the winter months is obtained by
building the rough prairie stable of
posts and boards covered and wrap
ped as with blanket by piled up straw
and hay. No one has commenced as
flock master, and not found the ayoca-
ton profitable. In 1875, a flock Of Cots
wolds shepered on the plains, yielded
Me,srs. Creighton, OF Omaha, All aver
age fleece Of l0its per head, the price they
realized being 40 cents per pound in the
dirt. The Hon. Moses Stocking, OF Wa
hoo, in Saunders county, had on July LIST.
1874, flock of 1862 Merinos, which he
valued at So per head, amounting TO ST..
$50 and from these on June 30th, 1873,
his profit was So, 4s5.3s. Mr.. A. ID.
Richie. an experienced fock master, OF
Orion, Seward county, states that his
profits for the sheep year, 1s7J-6, exceed
his most sanguine expectations, and nc
believes he can get his money
back each year, eud have the
flock Oh which he starts beside.
Instances OF thi. kind could be accumu-
lated. Let it be said, however, that there
are now $4,000 sheep In Gage county;
and at a sheep shearing festival held at
Beatrice, the county seat. on May II.
1876, Mr.. 5. c. Carey exhibite Merno
fleece weighing a0tbs. 1907, and second
fleece from three year old Merino ram
weighing sixteen pounds and five ounces;
Messrs. Paddock & Long, reeces weigh.
ing Il to l4lfbs. each, and Mr.. Moses
Stocking, fleece OF lsibs. lioz.. from
a two-year old Infontado ram. The
business Is rapidly increasing, and soon
textile manufacturers will look to the
Nebra.ks prairie for large annual sup
ply oil wool. Mr.. Cornelius Jansen,
lone OF the leaders ot the Russian Men
nonites, who are making Nebraska their
hOme). on $50 acres OF land pur-
chased from the b. and NJ.
company, has established hock Of $40
grade Merino sheep. ana a herd of 100
blooded cattle, choosing Nebraska tor his
enterprise after he had carefully exam
ined the country from Southern Kansas
to the Red river of the North and Mr..
NJ. ). Maloney, capitalist OF New York
"a practical flock mastery who has large
landed interests In Illinois, has purchased
two sections of land, and leased one Sec
don from the state, in the Republican
river country. 10 this ranch he is bring
ing 5000 Merino ewes from New Mexico,
and thoroughbred Merino rams from
Vermont, anticipating from the cross a
large sheep aud heavy fleece In Nebraska,
which In the matter Of sheep, he consid-
ers destined to be the Scotland Of the
states. In cattle the prairie herdsmen
are accommodating fortunes.
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"How deliciously fresh and rosy your
little boy looks" one mother recently
said to another. "Yes, use nothing bu,
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