The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-23

change my SOIL that way hnQ nhIuly
ever miss haviDga fair crop. Last fall ]
sold about $50 bushels Of wheat, o.
from 81 % to 81 IS per bushel, which paid
me as well as WOOL" =
"How large farm have you"
81 have $50 acres. Some people think
this IL o small IiEed farm on which 70 keep |
500 sheep, but find no difficulty. Ifsheep
are closely looked after they will thrive
on that amount Of land, Just as well as on
larger amount. pay very strict atten.
tion to mine. saw them fed twice every
day this last winter; saw Just what they
got and how they got II; saw that they
got It regularly at the same time every
day, and also cav thatthe were turned In
and turned out ct the same time"
"How much hired help does your kind
oil farming call fort"
~ keep two men in the summer and
only one In the winter. / take an actye
hand myself In the work 70 be done"
With O view Of ascertaining how mix
ed farming business, such as Mr.. Beall Iol'
lows, panned out In the way oil pronts,
our reporter asked the gentleman what ne
valued his farm at? He replied that ne
| had paid 500 per acre for 1t, and he con-
aidered IL worth that much to-day.
Well, then, said our mathematical IN
ouisitor, YOU have an investment OF So
500 In your farm. Your wool will average
Won 500 per year; your wheat $3.50, your
snrpius hay $3.50, your sale Of surplus
sbaen ss5O. and yorir miscellaneous stuff
say 500. Making in all >, s5o, or over .
per cent on your investment.
Mr.. B. nodded assentto this calculation,
and said his farm would do that well At
least. ~
one half will be net profit alter all expen-
ses Of every kind and character, inciud'
ing food, clothing, repairs, taxes, &C., have
been deducted.
Again Mr.. B. acquiesced in the calcula.
ton, and added that while It was no great
surplus, vet It was moderately sure from
one wear TO another, and quite sufficient
10 make man feel independent, and that
| is the way feel all the time, said the old
gentleman.
Well, continued the IsrELIlcRScER
man, / presume, lie most farmers, you
buy more landfrom year to year, or lend
yonr money ont nj interest?
No, said Mr.. B., do neither. have
all the land need or want. And as Tor
lending money out atinteIest, have found
that 1 made more enemies In that way
than In all other ways. 1haye found that
lending money to aman did not produce
;tfrisndship, but more frequently bad feel
, ipg, because most borrowers do not pay
their interest promptly and 90 not take
. dunning In good spirit. 80 concluded
; to put my surplus in Government bonds.
Bonds pay well enough when you con-
slider that they are not taxable, and there
, is no bother collecting the interest. :,
Coming back, Mr.. Beall, to sheep, said
. the reporter, Why Is 1t that you adhere 50
tenaciously to the saxony breedH Be
cause, said he, It pays just as well and Is
less troublesome than the Spanish sheep.
| / can keep three Ssxonies on the same
feed required for two heavy wooded sheep.
The latter run 10 grease and require more
feed TO make animal heat enough. Be-
sides that drawback, the Spanish ewes
have q bad habit OF disowning their lambs
: as soon a. dropped, and this calls for suck.
ing bottles, and for close care in order "a
reconcile the ewes to nursing their lambs
The reason they disown their lambs L
because they have 90 little milk. Theii
blood runs 10 grease In the wool and moi
to milk, as do the Saxonies. 1t Is ire
mendous annoyance to look after such
sheep in the spring Of the year. My sheer
/ take less food and require less care In the
spring time, and think there Is great
deal more satisfaction to the grower IN
handling such sheep. At all events, this
Is my observation.
But, said the reporter, your kinsman,
~ DnaII ~ IA nanntu has an tFad 4
good deal Of reputation as grower, and
made good deal Of money, have nc
doubt, in handling the heavy wool breeds
Of sheep.
Tha. Is true, said Mr.. B. The Colonel
has very choice lot Of sheep OF the kind
but be does not get any such price as the
growers OF ine wool, and, as said, 1t costs
him O great deal more to feed and take
care OF his sheep. He gets weight in hii
fleece at the expense Of other considera'
tons. I get weight in my fleece by
mixing the Silesian blood with the Sax
eny. Surprising that the Colonel gets the
same money for bis wool, still would not
substitute his kind for mine.
Dropping the wool question, our re.
porter INTERCEPTED Mr.. B. as to the gen.
eral outlook for farmers at this time. He
thought 1t very encouraging, and said he
never knew the farmers TO be in better
shape than they are to-day. They are
mostly out of debt and getting ahead.
They have had good crops and got good
prices, and the prospect for good crops
this year was never better. The wheat
looks better than at this time last year, and
there Is more OF It on the ground. Grass
looks all right, although It is backward.
There Is still q good deal Of old hay and
Igrai1Dn hand. Tie farmers wont sell be.
cause the price has gone down, but l can
not see any encouragement to hold on in
the face Of such prospect as We now
have for good crops. The fruit too is all
right; peaches, apples and all. This looks
like good year for country people. l
think we ought to be nightly well salts
fed.
This being the case, said the Scribe, in
respect to agricultural prospects, how do
you all feel about politics-about the
Presidency for instance?
never bother myself about politics said
the old gentleman. Any President but
Grant will suit me. am q Democrat, you
know, but take the ISTELLIGEScER, and
sometimes wonder how you contrive to
get up such q good paper on your side Of
the question.
After such compliment as this from
Uncle Ninian, the Scribe could do no less
than mako his profound salam, and bid
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