Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-11-16
LIV I STOCK.
SHEEP HUsBANDRY-sHEEp SALES.

of the business a permanent and not Il tenn
porary success, must know no pause in thcil
career, but on the contrary, it will be nee
essary for them to continue steadily advanc'
ing. That there is much for even our lead
Ing sheep-breeders to learn, a moments re.
Election will show. 1t is not enough for /;
person to be practical at this calling, be.
cause the one who is only practical Will
necessarily remain in the old ruts and never
move forward an inch. A progressive
sheep husbandry calls for intelligent tlleo-
rizing-not the wild imaginings of the
dreamer, but the speculative aggressiveness
OF the man of knowledge.
Sheep h%usbandry demands devotion, and
In science and art devotion is genius, and it
is difficult to see why it is not the same
thing in any of the various other paths of
duty. A person who is really and truly in
love with his work, will hardly fail to do
that work we'll; while on the other hand,
when the head and heart do not fully CO.
operate, there is a serious jar, the forces OF
the individual are not concentrated, and
what is done is accomplished mechanically,
UuU yCI WlUllOuU LHC 1CUCCIlllLS ClICul
stances Of mechanical accuracy. In the
States where sheep husbandry is fast be
coming firmly established, soon the relation
Of the sheep to a higher agriculture will
make itself felt, and will surely give rise to
very important results. And thus in the
way here limited at, the Cotswold and the
Southdown will become great instructors.
AT first when the farm is overrun with
weeds, and the land is becoming pooreryear
by year. the sheep has to be put forward as
Ill implement of husbandry-as a moving
machine! After a time, when the sleeps
claims in this respect have been made good,
and when in addition it has quietly and
with small honor converted barren lands in
to fertile ones, it becomes necessary to ad-
vance to higher ground, for as already in
timated, there is no hating place-the Or
der is either backward or forward
1t is cheering to observe that farmers in
most places fitted for sheep husbandry are
already fully alive, or are fast becoming
alive, to it's Importance. Those who have
common sheep, from necessity or choice,
are grading them up. The agriculturalist |
who is so dull as to be unable to see that it
will not now pay to have anything to do
with scrubs, except as a means to an end, is
to be pittied. These things being so, it fol-
lows as a natural consequence that there is
now an immense demand at good prices for
well-bred sheep, and particularly males.
The extensive sales in central Kentucky last
week illustrated this matter. On August
3Oth the sale of Capt. Gano Hill was held
ar Centerville, in Bourbon county. The
hasers from outside of Kentucky were
from Tennessee and Ohio. The
~, = re all young and of superior fleece
- -, n quality. One hundred and
.ant~ two head were sold, and they
.onoht "a "a. AN average of $1G.45 per
.oa On tho no yt day, August 3lst, there
,as . combined 81 'e, when two hundred
nd sixty-four head p 'sseu uhuer ti'e nam
Ter. The sheep, incluA leu l. inns onerlns'
,ere the property of Hon, . 10 Meglbben'
II. j. w. Allison and Mr.. wesley Narnock'
nd the sale was held Oh IL 9 lailn OF the
mentioned gentleman, IN harrison
Ounty. OH IllS oCcdslOu Wig
Tennessee and Indiana were rep. eselleu.
Iany Of the animals were importt q, ana
he competition for some of the finest specl-
mems was frequently quite keen. The ioi-
owing statement will show the result-1,4
yves brought Sa,729; twenty-seyen eve
ambs, $307 ; forty-one bucks, 81, 4s6. 80
thirty-two buck lambs, 1914. Ninety-nine
lead, included in this sale and belonging to