The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-02

$thcunnatural days OF the war. sI
(. I; This state Of things Is not likely to last
long, A sheep farmer (who went from
g West Val writes us from Kansas that no
has RECENTLY sold at his place in the country
I int sheen OF common quality averaging
: l3S pounds each, at ! cents per pound,
alnce s,earinr, or s. SO pcr head, These
sheen we're grass fed-herded on tho
inrairie and of course were fattencd Mt
very small EXPENSE.
I This wc takc It is profitable stock to
( mise in Kansas, and we arc not surprised
that the figures show that the increase in
4 sheen in That State since 1870 has amount.
J cd to 35s per cent. The present price OF
meat must necessarily give n great i'm.
}p,etus 10 the raising Of mutton sheen in TINT
md nil other Western states. We expect,
J, therefore. 10 sec n very decided increase in
tho number Of sheen in Kansas in the next
few years
The census shows that the raising of
sheen is getting to be great industry in
the West and Southwest. California now
y las about oueuiuth of NIL the sheen in the
Z. United States. tho number being 4 15e 340
and tho increase since 1870 averaging 80
per cent Colorado, that only became n
) State in the Union in 1876, has FAC. 44o
/ sheep against GA 76o in West Virginia
4 showing an increase ri Ell nor cent apa;nst
J! orr 90 p Der cent Oregon Inns i OS5 1872
sheen. being nm increase Of 90 per cant
Texas has . III ss7 nm increase Of o3s ner
cent. New Mexico has o0sss mn in.
/ crcasc Of o37 pcr cent isg iZ.s >,
81 The industry ia comparatiyely new in
these distant States. Int it has nrocresscd
with immense strides, The censns nj 1Soo
will probably show that the hulk Of thc
z sheen of this country are owned west Of thc
Afississippi river. The chem lands of tl,t
region and tbe facilities for berdipr LARGO
Indies nj them ,ope,ber to.otbor with ,Lo
4 present price Of meat md wool will, i'm.
il miensely stimulate mutton raisinp and
Z wool GROWING
Nj The people of the limited states csroc;
= allv in tho West and. in NIL tho sma,lor
+ towns. even in tho VILLAGES are r,n;dlv
;aafcc,,stominy themselves IN mutton a. foo1
instead oi bcef bccouse II ia much .noior
+ fo,r' small communities avon ;solotad f,rm
! ara to kill md save This sort nj animal d;ot
than 10 kill md sovo hoef r.. i, nov, al,
s tinp tn bo common in tbe sumner t;,re in
small communities and II il theraioro ali
the easier for farmers To preservo mutton
! for their own rse II =, :.
Then too there ia on mnc,, ,ord Of .
4 E semi.uasto and mountainous choroc,or
that ;con bo nrof;tohlv mead for oboan
pr,,o;z,in,tc, as comnored with INV o,hor forn,
! Of stock grazing no in Wost Virginia TINT
this industry must necessarily more and
!; more M tract tho ,,,or,;on ~ lond o,.n0r.,
There il no reason save flint one ossicnaJ
33.by Mr., Lowry n member Of Tho 7 erisl,.
y tire from Summers county why onr ga
4 1850 sheen should not be donbled hv ism
He, quoting from the census in a
\ speech on the dog law Mt tbo
4 session If ,ss, ,ove tbs nrn,hor ~
sheen killed in West yirpiniu in 1879 nj
no oao which il olmos, . nor cont. ~ ,t ~
whols nnmhar Tha nn nv Ina, ~ Nv: ~
somo Il INA conrtios mo, ara ha,,,,, ,a,, ~
! AZ .hoen cnnnt;o. wos ahs,,,.a,,. ;ns ~o"n
4 for ins,snco 7 mn IN nnon. sova.. e o.. =.
q oco, conN.v cN7 - poana c,o !; W w.. ~
~ IN ws,,sI' 5so u pn,o,,, MO y, 1 ~
5l,s,on an n pros.on 40. ~ T; ~. , ,.o
~ - ,' 10 ~ 1'i'iio ''' toA
IN " wyoming. These figures are much
larger than in tho well known sheep
( counties. For instance, in Hancock the