Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-13
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kept at the jail at Lewes, England. In elght
consecutive years she gave an average OF
1910 gallons a year. She was MIXED one
war for 1923 days, and gave an aggregated OF
go gallons, from which $40 lbs. OF butter
w,s made. The authorities do not mention
what variety or family this famous COW be-
logged to.
a Mr.. Scott of SALISBURY, VT, had acow
whose milk during the year of 1866 yielded
54 lbs. Of butter.
An Ayrshire cow, after calving, yielded IN
nine months. or between March 10, 1868, and
January 10.1S69, 3009 lbs. of butter, besides
supplying the family with milk and cream.
A breeder residing near Santa Fe, New
Mexico, is the owner of $4,000 head of4cat-
tie, which are permitted to roam over 10000
sections of land. lie Can fill an order for
10000 or even 10000 beoTes, upon ten days
notice by telegraph. One hundred trained
hoDrsemen and one hundred boys guard and
manage these immense herds.
The large and valuable selectionso Of short
horns, polied Angus cattle, and of the offer
ent breeds OF long-wooled sheep which We're
shipped from London last Autumn for the
New Zealand Land Company. have arrived.
after a comparatively short passage. The
cattle all arrived safely, and are doing we'll !;
but some of the higlly-ted sheep died on
the voyage out.
Mr.. d. Teesor, of Silver Spring Farm,
Markham, Canada, has sold the sl~orthorn
bull Duke Of Brocton, by the Duke OF &C.
neva 1881, out of Duchess of Richmond,
bred by Messrs. Walcott q Campbell, to
Dr. VIM. Kenney, of Paris, Ky.
Chicago has packed this season l,229.19
hogs up to. the middle of January, against
1868, $50 for the same period last year.
Messrs, L. M. 81 j. Fawcet, of Morgan
county, Ohio, have a shorthorn calf that at
eight months and thirteen days old weighed
500 TBS.
Mr.. Hammond's best selling year was
1866, when his sales aggregated $$333 ,000.
All from his own breeding.
The Southeastern Wisconsin shaan-R~eet
ers' Association, report large numbers of
sheep sold at fair prices, within the last few
days..
Col. B. T. Cockril1, Nashville, Tenn. has
a Spanish Merino flock of choice breeding,
that has. been bred by himself, and his IA
ther before him, fifty-tive years.
Sheep are a source of profit in Iceland,
they Craze in the valleys during the sum-
mer, and in winter are fed hay and are of
ten compelled to subsiston fish.
The lower grades of wool are admitted to
our market at SO Iowa rate of tariff. as to dis
courage the production here. Foreign woods
of the better class come in on higher rates.
The time has come for American WOOL
growers to study the demands of the man.
ufactnrers, and raise only such woods as are
suited to their wants, and the best ofsevery
kind.
The North Missouri Wool Growers Asso-
citation are doing good, thorough. work for
their MEMBERS in securing better sale for
their woods. Their plans. are practical and
progressive
Ohio Wool Growers, Association held
their 18th annual meeting at Columbus,
Ohio, January 4th. Officers elected for the
ensuing year WERE: President, JIG. Ste
yens vice-president, J. X. Brant; secretary,
J. M. Kirkpatrick treasurer, j. M. McFar-
land.
The ,Ohio Wool Growers Association,
who are alive to all their interests, have de-
cided toshow 400 sheep at the Centennial.
and intend exhibiting samples of their wool
by the fleece. To be perfectly Independent
of everybody, they will take their own feed
with them from home.
A correspondent of the Department OF