Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-04
SHEEP NOTES.

tnan IN TINS vicinity last year puKcna1eS
1900 head of Young wethers. paying 81 .:
per head. Last spring he clipped an sv
erage Of six pounds Of wool. making
Z 100 pounds. for which he received $500.
The probable cost of feeding and care Of
this flock was fifty cents per head. max
ing 5000 expenses This fall thcss weth
ers will be sold at not less than o. IS and
probably % 90 per head. to persons who
will fatten them for the spring market
and sell to butchers ut an average of Z;
per head. The profits Of the first invest
ment are just q per head-A1 on the in
creased growth, and deducting expenses.
81 on the wool. A profit of ". 100 on IN
investment Of q. 100. 1t il likely that be
will sell at So. making the profits $500 o.
more. Any one having the means and
:he feed will find buying wethers profit
able enterprise. Wethers do not require
the attention and care of ewes. and the
losses are much lighter. The finer the
grade the higher the price. but the great.
er the quantity of wool.
The sheep market begins to show nc,
tivitv by the appearance Of buyer and q
lumber of safes are on the moSe. Last
year sales did not commence until after
this time anc continued until winter set
in: IN fact sales would have continued
much longer had not stormy weather set in
earlier than usual. There il . greater in
quiry for sheep this year. and we look fol
much larger sales. Sheep sellers must
have patience; there arc four months yet
in which to make sales. In the meantime
sheep are growing and fattening on the
fine range, aud will be in better condition
for selling. September and October will
be good months for sales-she time better
suited for farmers.
Mexican sheep s0on become accustom-
ed to feeding in Kansas. allowing them to
pick the iced from the ground. according
to their natural habits. Sheep soon cut
down a corn or sorghum patch. and eat
the stalks clean to the ground. Kansas
sheep growers leave their corn and sor>
gbum fields stand. driving the sheep in
the fields for short time each day.
w. Tarbox sold 1000 2-ycsr old weth>
ers to NJ. L. Washburn At % 50 per head.
He guarantees them to shear eight pounds
of wool per head. This 10 . low price
for this grade Of sheep. Mr.. Washburn
is an ole sheep grower. He will drive to
o point east of this place.
H. L. Norton. of Kinsley. advertises
fine lot of sheep and heifers tor sale.
Mr.. Norton has an extensive stock farm
near Kinslev. fitted up with connodious
barns and sheds. We believe he intends
to devote his time to the raising Of thor
oughbred cattle.
The Dodge City 1.-Two Stock Commits
sion COMPANY are daily in receipt Of let
ters from all parts Of the west. making
inquiries about sheep. We should judge
that the sheep market will sOoa boom
from the number of letters received.
Henry s. Nudge offers 900 graded ewes
and 800 lambs for sale. He intends en-
gazing in raising fine cattle. He say.
there is money in sheep. He will keep .
few ON hand.
l. v. Lewis was in the city Monday.
He had closed sale Of .. 900 ewes at fair
prices. and was on his way west to re-
ceive several thousand head more, which
he will place on the market
Mr.. Mills. sheep buyer b in the
cItv. He says farmers are busy finishing
harvest and haying. and the men who in
tend investing in sheep will b along in .
few weeks.
M. A. Rsdon Is holding ZOO gradsd
wethen ON the range south. He will not
offer them for sale until late in the season.
Mr.. Redon was in the city yesterday.
Gilbert Brothers. of Pueblo. have tsn
thousand head Of fne sheep ON the mar
ket. These gentlemen arrived in the city
Sunday.
"A number Of sheep buyers aEe in the