The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-10-24
IIET9ER FROM COLORADO.
PUEBLO, Col, Oct, IS. 1882.

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This Il undoubtedly . correct state.
ment OF tho case. The business u
profitable when nisilaged with care,
| Judgment snd industry. but II entail.
4 lite OF solitude TO y great extent aud
one full Of vicissiludes. A Insii
should have proper appreciation oi
those thugs and Al understanding oi
the business before going into Il,
They tell OF q "higl,tonedv English.
man who came here n few years ago
with $50,U0O aud went away . " ing
$4,000, lie Gas slways blazing this
bloody country, you know, and lived
highs Iii the Language Of sn old
! tiinor "biained II he cared what he
paid for anything. Offer Tim horAe
worth so and charge him $50 and
| he'd Uve you . check. lie didn't care
what he paid for his sheep. Had
2,5U6 Of them, aud you used TO see
thirty or forty Englishinen losfing on
him. You bet he didn't hsve tlia
trouble Of selling them sheep. Sbcr-
id did il Tor hiui." or course such a
man could not fucreed in raising
sheep. But as al off set TO this, and
10 Illustrate the real characterised the
business, hero ID another Instance
given me by an old Lerder. Said he;
| wanted q man TO herd sheep, aud |
met ono coming out of Pueblo who
said he would like 10 work for me.
Look here, said I..sIwont pay you
any wages, but lit give you $50
lanlbs which you must herd ss a part
OF the flock lie agreed % that and
worked Tor me three years and half,
uutil lie had TO 90 away aud be mar
ried, and then bought hifn out.
The wool had paid al expenses aud
he had 2,I50 coming 10 him Ia cash. =
II 10 neejless'to say that sherc is no
royal road 10 success and wealth in
tho sheep business, or any other csl-
ling, In Colorado, ans moro THAI
there IL IN every part of the world.
There is no hope for II without econ.
orny aud industry aud strict personal
atfcution, aud even with all these The
fates sometimes decree failure. But
as rule man who knows what he
Ia about may invest from 5000 10
t25, ,000 Ia sheep and realize areturu
OF twenty-five per cent per snnuin,
Comparing THE with the profile Of
cattle raising Il will be found that the
latter promise Iargor, though more
Iisrdy, returns, but the advantages on
the sidc Of sheep are smaller require
uienis IN tho way Of capital and ready
returns Of cash irom the yearly crop
ofwool. Some old timers assert that
they can run flock OF 5000 sheep,
lycar In and year ont, 81 IN average
cost Of flny cent per head. For auch
as they--and thero are many Of them
1.-The abovc estimate OF profit would
need 10 be materially changed. Your
old-timer hss lived twenty years, per.
haps, In this psrt OF the coun,ry. He
10 deeply attached TO the soil aud
knows no other home. lie has spent
years IN the mountains prospecting,
and while he may like soft bed and
a tight roof and good dinner as
well as his neighbor snors have been
epochs In his life whom auy oiie OF
them would be no nearer his reach
than the joys oi : Aahominedan par.
sdise, sud she counteth none of these
tliings dear" wien his mind is set on
the accomplishment OF any object
Eben this man takes up the business
of shcep- raising be Is In dead earnest
He kuows nothing, thinks of nothing,
but shoep lives among them, studies
aud masters every detail OF their
management, and inslitutcs = rigid
economy. lie will have good sheep.
good corrsis, aud probably good
sheds, but he will care little for the
conlforts OF his cabin. aOne of the
mo, successful sheep inen In this reg.
ion began by living IN Z cave near
Colorado springs. 10 Loneliness the
vld-iimcr has along ago become q
stranger. ~ n ~ ~ :. ~, ,ii
Ths ideal shepherd may be en-
couulorcd here IN every conceivable
variety, full OF entertaining and YER
scious narratives OF his adventures
aud experiences. Successful old
tlmcrs enjoying the results Of past
isoors aiu ciau u, he soocl 2rro u
civiiizS'ion, ny down sue law oso, .,
Aoir SOCIAL ciesrs wniio Yoq"u'
uegmners WIN uouo.lui prospes.s'
spvst lna'e WIN ah enormous uicaul'
foi or'm, ana seem 70 ue,'ah. ~ xas, !,
nlen's ~ DUBIOUS Gu. anu 'ca.ure, an''
extreme ans'quity Vne 2. TWO yen
l's,nen rom me Eas. visi.iny yo'o,
rsoo springs ana ea,'Inx on = my =, =,
his acquaintance mere, apologltou
ior the aoscncc ot MS companion
whose cio'ncs su'tAoie ior 'he occas'
I ION uau peen ucinyed oy tne express
"oniy hear tnat y she excIaimeu ae-
hgnied ~ !nis Unusual feepec, ior
cis'lizco isp'v. WY nHvs'oee'l
mceung ,he sons OF uukes snu ear,s \.
WIN she,r p~a.a'oonssucNcu y, 'heI'
ooo's; nut y may 20 sa's'y ~ ~
sumSa % snat These uuxes anu sn,l'
would uos presume 70 mus appear !.
meir own country, sna sners = ~
unnecessary uispiey " uaros',sn !.
eoing y mere, especlMly ~ o9'orn. ,,'s !,
springs wnloh - hoout asSlslI'Loe ~. >
10 any o'ner counsy sown ,neso sr'
some isalnres Q! 'ne curlou. iIfuP.n' P,.
inso yo'orauo % sc'one ~ s'e aou''. I.
yanu al,s'oCrsoy wn'cn ! ~ 3, ,"'stSs. !. ,s' !.