The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18

at once-buy quality and not quantity. |
If sheep that shears three pounds of !
wool pays, one that will shear six or
eight will pay better. The expenses on
LOCO good sheep are no more than the
same number of common sheep, and
there you have the difference between
three pounds and eight pounds, or five
pounds more of wool from your good
than from your common sheep. Land
IN Texas will soon be an object, and ev-
cry man will be compelled to herd on his
own land, which, being worth a good
Price, you can buy the less-so buy good
sheep and make a better per cent. on
your investment than when you handle
common sheep. The following figures
will show the cost, expenses and profits
OF l55 ewes for one year. My statements
are exact, and any one can see their cor
rectness by looking at my books: 155
ewes at So per head cost 81 ,240, and one
ram cost SIS. Total cost of sheep, 81
! 315. The 155 ewes sheared l $40 pounds
| OF wool, which, at twenty-five and one
half cents, brought $278. The expenses
OF herding, shearing, etc, we're Sl63.75.
| Profit on wool $1l5.25, or a fraction I'M
der niue per cent. on the investment.
These ewes raise ninety FIVE lambs which
are valued at SO per head,
which | think is a reasonable
| figure Cat least that would not
buy them). Then if to the value of your
wool you add the value of the lambs,
you have very handsome profit on your
Investment We employ boy to herd
these ewes at 81 per month. OF course
the expenses are heavy IN pr, portion to
the income from wool on account of the
small number OF sheep in the herd. But
if for 900 of such ewes you double the
expenses, and multiply the l ,240 pounds
of wool by six and figure the wool at 8
reasonable price, you have good profit on
your investment from the wool alone
Then to this add the value of the lam bs
and you nave a fine profit. This s5ate.
ment gives the profits of sheep raising
where good attention is. given to caring
for sheep. OF course the profits will bt
less in proportion as you iail to attend
the sheep rightly. You must figure or
a loss per annum O about five per cent
of your number fr I'm various causes
such as wolves, worms, Garelessnes
of shepherds, etc, and in figuring
your amount of increase it is no
safe to count for more than two lamb
from every three breeding ewes Gen
orally where good attention is given
much better per cent is saved. Tn
article in the Sun spoke of lambs on,
year old raising lambs. The Suns in
fOrmant can beat us in this part of tn,
country, hut rs that article was mos
,, probably written by some land or rail
road agent, lie had as well said what h
! did IS anything else. My object has beel
to give you a fair and exact statement Q
facts, which will show to any one goo,
, profit on the investment, but no big
! rapid fortune. And any one who think
to make fortune in two or three years
and then, like the Cuin8man, return t
> his native land to spen1 it, had best no
, invest in sheep, for in nine cases out {
! ten he will loose instead of make.
. those who come to Texas to GO into tn
: sheep business would first go out on
:, sheep ranch and herd aud handle shee
: one year before buying, nine out of Re
= would never invest