Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-11-16
SHEEP RAISING.


n. rac,ias ih- atrnt,on cf sh-rp oSf5s.
A sheep river furnishes the &, lpnins
oar m,de u ,csdgre IL suba'sn'i-ll' a.
iollow.: First, We tuy oniy L sea, Gene ally
Of tie Mexic.u breed For those nos OF
hand We pai from zoe to - 90 each.
Tkese we cross with improved Merino
Rzma, which cost Usually SIS 90 each; this
gives a gain of FROM one 10 two pounds IN
the fleece Of the tifsl cross, While the W.th-
ers a.e much more sought alter. TO be used
as mutton sheep. few were aid at Dodge
CITY this tall AZ 50 80 each, giving return
OF 20 per cent. un tie orisiall iaye-tment
OF The company.
Oar ezIel.es are exceedingly light. since
pasiursge costs nothing. bat l. given Tree by
tie government TO s!i who II parlsks
This l.av ; ouly the & :. investment ard thu
care OF ihe shesp - the only aetna! exPeRse
OF M iniaining b,nd, whether tie band
consi-ts OF one hundred or one bundled
thoa-=nd. IL Is in giving tleir sleep tie
pTopt. care ard attention ihat 70 many BE-
cinnrr', in prairie threp Passing, faii. |
seems an easy mater 10 take flock of 81 erp
and f,llow Them sli dag in lhir varied
.anieriags and TO return them TO the fold
at nigh and meme bu, an 'xp.riened n ok
master can tell whether they nave teen
properly cared for during the day.
Our Shepherd now ls- the csre OF 5000
head Of sheep. Ewes can be bought in New
Mexico ior from 4 =. 50 per herd; shear
ing from &c 10 s. per head; Gaer ewes can
be honghi from 81 so to IS 90 ger head !;
sheaiing from A. In &c each.
Cosrre euss will raise sblu; 100 Ianis t.
the 100 ewes, while the fine ones rarely rsi-e
over 50 lambs % The leo ewes.
Coarse wool ranges from | &c Il 20: per
poun6; fine wo' from Is: to Is, PER p, und.
{ are OF sheep with lambs cost from &c to
Sc isr bead.
Foot root j. unknown west of the NJ se-
sippi river Scabs. ticks al d vcrmin IRE 81
dom seen on prairie flock. Mesquite AID
buffalo grass make the beet of sheep feed
Extract from The Texas.
Sheep growing en- be made very pio6ta-
bic in all p,lis Of Texas, Will the proreI
care aud attention, owing To the nil:ness
Of The climate, aud Nutritious natural PISS
tursee. Il ia admitted 10 co. much So her.
than in any Other Safe. The region IVES
and rorh Of Ge San Antonio river lie ih,
finest sheep range IN America. Men o *.
psrience are coming Ton, England, Aus
tfala aud Cali ornis. and SIT ling here
Wool growing is already reSchis 8 tns mn,o b
proportions. and men arc making fortune,
rapidly.
One man vi o had bur 5000 lead OF sbes,
at tie close of the war. now has 20 900 hssd
Of shsep ami 80 esgues of land. All Kind,
stock in that teetian live upon native gras.
Sea without other food. No shelter auc
with but litle attention.
Sheer, howsveF. Rus b. attended con
stsn,ly, bat one man car Gaze for 5 600 dus.
ing the day; while at night another on.
guards the lock sgainsi wolves aud oihsl
noeiural proNl.rs.
Geo. ". Kendall. Esq, by far the lagos
and most expcrincei sool grower in Texas
who started portion of hi. Il ,ck with Mex.
lean ewes, in let er Published in the Texs,
Almanac, 1858, say:
The produce of The ell Mexican eve,
give evident sisrs Of great Improvement,
NO, on.y in iorm AMI apparent, igor OF con
'ii,uior, bui psriicul rly in the "a ity a,.c
quality OF the woo'. Here might state. 4
Mcxiean eve, sbtaiisc Gee pound of coars.