The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-01-12
A MODEL saLEP RANCH

Any thing pertaining to the care and man
agement Of sheep can hardly fail of interest
ing large number Of the EAGLES readers.
especially since the last few months have
witnessed such 4 wonderful increase in that
line of Sedgwick county farmers live stock
If no drawbacks in the way of disease or 9TH
er misfortune comes. in very short time
w"ol-growing and heep-rasing wi be
among the leading interests of the county.
Having heard something of the ranch estab-
lisbed lately by W. C. Woodman. on the Cow
skin, mine miles south Of the city and OF the SUI
periority of the sheep there cared for and the
conyeniences attached, we took an afternoon
last week and drove down to Haysville,
thence west mile TO the farm of a. W. Sny-
der. on the meridian line. near whose home,
on fine piece of rolling prairie, close to
creek. the ranch is located. We, found Mr..
Snyder. who owns an interest in the sheep,
busily fitting up shepherds house. He
kindly showed Us around. Fifty acres have
been fenced in lots and pastures. The out
side fence l. of wire run 20 close together,
aud drawn with such tension that no dog,
powerful enough 10 kill sheep, can get
through Tie top three wires are barbed
the remainder smooth or plain. The main
building or shelter is built Of pine lumber
and is 24x129 feet, painted roof and sides.
three sides being closed aud one open. This
building, which il low and warm. is proyid-
ed with feed racks and troushs running from
one end to the other, and also watering
troughs. Upon the east side of this main
building are seven enclosures built substan-
TALLY Of pine ncing and ok posts. These
enclosures are all connected with each other
and with the main building by series o!
what WAS denonin ated railway gates, hung
at the end of cbutes, whereby the herder
can, by the simplest process and without la
Dor, separate the different kinds OF sheep
aud lambs from each other with the greatest
possible facility, either by ones, twos or by
dozens. Every handler OF sheep should see
them. To the north Of the main building a
few feet is another building containing
corn crib, automatic meal and corn bins, an
Office, shelter, pump, and patent buhr for
meal and fuel. Above this build
ing looms u frame tower provided with
wiLd-wheel. The building being provided
with the necessary shafting the wind wheel
does the grinding and the Smelling and the
pumping. BY simply turning cock all the
trougls in the main building where the sheep
are quarteIed are filed with clean, pure wa
ter. BY the turning Of another cock all these
troughs are emptied into sink, leaving clear
troughs. And this done without going out
side the Office. Upon the whole, the entire
conception and arrangement is the most com
plete and handy that we ever saw or read OF.
One man with such conyeniences can feed
and care for large number of sheep with
comfort to himself and animals. There
seemed nothing wanting, and our sheep hen
W ould do well 10 make the place visit.
In the pens we found 1913 fine wooiled Amer
lean merinos, fun bloods and thoroughbreds
We believe. Certain are we that the fleece
is very fine. One buck, called Charley, is a
animal covered with rolls of silky
wool. Several younger bucks are simply
splendid, and we congratulate Commodore
Woodman and Mr. Snyder upon the promise
of large returns from their Investment