Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-10-18
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COOPERATION IN wooL-GRowsuG.

COOPERATION IN WOOL-GROWNG.
No country i'll the world offers so fine OF
,portunities fer WOOL growing OH a larg
scale, with a small outlay of capital, as til
United States. The vast, almost unoccupie'
pastoral region can almost anywhere b
used as a range for sheep. without ewnin:
"a foot of land. DIN many instances claim
ARE made and improvements put up amerel,
to hold the claim, which is used rs a HON.
ranch, at a tritling cost so that the capita
to buy theiflock and provide the rations TO
those who herd them, isthe sum total of thu
outlay. In some sections some hay is pu
up for emergencies, while in others none j:
secured. The security to life and property
our government affords, makes Such enter.
prises S ut even ont upon the plains, and be-
yondto the mountains, aiis. ties regions be.
You'd to the Pacific slope, and from British
America to Mexico Nor is such invest.
ment confined to the regions. mentioned
alone. The vast South, With its beauty,
verdure and charming climate, offers all
that business or pleasure could ask for "shch
purposes. 1nlhahy Instances, no more lard
need be owned than in Kansas. Some Win
ter provisions, eheaply procured, are neees-
sarylin some places, and in others none are
ever used. The yd~epredations upon the
tlocks by dogs or thieving negroes, are no
more, difficult,to GUARD against than ill any
aaother country, nor as bad, for lin most in
stances timber is sufficient for fencing ptlr-
poses; and if Sheep are herded during the
day, they, saqie supposed TO be safe from dogs,
ana If well made %corrals are sused, they are
safe from dog at night; and if herded dur
ing theday, no wool oughtto be stolen. and
if watcbtuFIdogs with r. shepherd near at
night, can't SECURE, safety from thicying
mnep, it ought TO. So that to considerate,
W1apt4cchlfnI husabbaqlnldry, as is used by business.
men. no great sinsurmountable difficulties
are met. Perhaps to capitalists the. South
offers the finest changes for profit, as kad
eischeap, and II we'll located, must at no tllhsk-t
tant day, prove valuable. aside tftom the
profitable occupancy by sheep, ,WQol-
growing and cotton, growing will work to-
gether handsomelyl when praeticed Oh the
same lands, or sheep-raising alone equals
any region haprolits frop. the flock alone.
Cooperation seems. the best suited, aud is
becominga very popular way of. growing
Wool. Many capitalistsssee the sure invest
ing ofnioney IN slleep,,2 bit lack the 'prlcti-
cal experience of the business and more
Nyh Q bay the experience hack thsscapitth
and capital and skill join hands and compel
profitable results. In the South are large
oYpers who are land poor, and gladly
would make propositions to northern par
ties to occupy their land with sheep. In
many of these instance putting land and
capital against Thorough business capacity
and experience in the business. Young men
of small means are joining in companies,
and engaging IN Woodworking witllfhe best
results. These are often young meli'of good
morals, good business ~llalits. and have
grown up at the busipess,sv
Cooperation seems to be an outgrowth
from our improved intelligence and civiliza-
tiop, and Is Nadihg shs !iSdast .a~mlRehter-
prise of the Christian, world and will solve
the questions Of eapitala and labor. Wool
growers are not at all behind in these adj
vanced, elements of progress, and readily
adopt thetconditions of o-operation.--Ru-
sat Woyia. lauplbIAT9- tlal bra moeT sim iHs /
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