Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-06
Wool throwing on thn plsln.-

aud Nebraska, said 10 the writer,
You American people do not nm. |
derstand tho value OF these lands 4, /
] could got II miles square would
stock II with sheep next year. Most
oi our wool finds market I'm pos,on
after long ocean voyage and railway |
carriage across the continent. All No
save OF the carcass II the hams which
with the tallow, lre shipped 10 Env'
land; Here You hn fnd sale FAR III
whole, and furnish, your eastern cities /
with the best of meat ut low prirrs
stu We make money la sheen grow.
ing after paying such u great per cent !
Tor carriage. Our lands ART not rs
good ~ your high, healthy plains,
which stretch so grandly eastward
rom the Rocky mountains, and seen,
ready TO pour their wealth of mca,
anu Wool Into the eastern markets.
rms suggestion Of my Australian
friend u worth needing. Why do we
import so much wool when we can
grow II at homeq This question de.
mands consideration to-day. The
wool demanded by the increasing pop.
uiation OF the country can he supplied
from the great plains of the West,
where great tracts are now awaiting
the Investment OF capital In sheep
growing, which will pay u yearly rc-
turn OF not less than 20 per cent.
There are high table lands, suited for
grain growing, intcrspcrscd with hills
and ravines, covered with n rich
growth of grass, which furnishes pas
tnragc winter and summer, and pro-
lection without the expense of sheds
Where these ARE built, sod walls, with
A ..f Al. A..
hemadc ut small expense, and are bet
ter than those built OF lumber. An
evidence OF sheep farming In Nebraska
Is given below, which viii give some
| idea OF the management aud profit of
| the business
| Col j. II. Roe, at Kearuey, 900 miles
west of the Missouri river, has 1850
acres fenced with wire FOR n sheep
pasture On this Ia n well-iinishcd ID
| story frame house for the man In
charge; a barn 40 feet by so feet, the
1 upper part having storage for 30 tons
of hay and fodder; five corrals; a wind
mill which pumps the water and
griuds the grain; sheds with troughs
for feeding; corn.cribs, and all the con-
venienccs for the proper handling OF
sheep. OF ., loo high-hred Oregon Me
rinos, 800 are breeding ewes, and the
rams Il to n 100 ewes) are OF the very
best Vermont stock. In raising, eat
tie, sheep or hogs, there Is n large
profit in growing animals for breeding,
Tor which there is always n demand.
Mr., Roe has sold this year 40 yearlinu
rams Of his own raising ut SD To S3t
each. His ewes last spring sheared
pounds, worth ~ cents. The lamb IN
the fall IL worth 81, and when kept
till spring, gives fleece, and IL then
worth ~.
In connection with the sheep pas
lures ne has GAO acres OF the best farm
Ing lands, on which he viii raise nj
the winter feed necessary for 500,
sheep, which number he considers TIL,
capacity of his ranch, One hundre,
acres OF corn In 1852, which was grown
at n cost of 81 per acre, yielded 300
: bushels, and fifteen acres OF onts 90
bushels. Twenty-seven acres OF sweo
: corn were planted In hills ~ inche
: npart, and cut and cured ia Angus
for winter feed, which sheep eat read
lily. During the winter, beside tn
, abundant native pasture, the shec
: will be fed plenty Of hay, which cost
only the cutting. with Corn fodder
and after January some corn, VIII
, ground corn ani oats TO lambs an
: old sheep. Mr.. Roe has had n profits
! Bile experience with sheep, and give
! this advice to man beginning wit
J small capitals
Go back from the railroad twent
miles, and take u homestead and tim
: Der claim, buying in connection
I section of railroad land, which woul
l make 6i0 acres, the whole costin
= Ssa6. six hundred ewes costing ia
9 the hes, So per head would make
{ good start. The first shearing wit
+ wool at - cents would give 5000, an
I the i50 lambs IAN Increase of 80 pc
q cent. ut So each would he $500 more
4 a total of 81 500 for the first year. wit
;, l.o5o sheep to commence the secon,
I 4 sod house and sheds Of sod wal
a covered with poles and prairie hay wi
, he all the buildings needed, One ma
/. will take care of thousand shcel
+ Then follows grain growing it
feeding. Hay Is abundant "a
expcnsive machinery Is needed, an
Ii Is plain that n man with comma
diligence can soon acquire a competei
!. cy. The only disease knowh IN tn
J country il scah, introduced 10y ssiee
y driven from abroad, and the best tin
:, To cure 1t without any danger OF r.
= turn Is Just after shearipg; using s,'
:, phur and tobacco nj cost OF shr'
!, cents per head. Good ewes for sta
!, can he had from dealers who dri,
= every year from Oregon 10 Calitorni
: These are large Mcrinos of high grad
=, giving a heavy fleece OF delaine woe
y aud make the best of mutton
!. Forty thousand wtthers nro ieedin
!, In the Platte valley this winter, The
!" wintercd over gave clip OF
= pounds, and when ready for APP
:, markets will weigh NOT less than j
" mounds. The tendency Is to gre
~ stock ia the West aud bring II 70 u
~ Eastern corn lands 10 faiten. This
= the great advantage of Nebraska ms
- meat producing state, with 5o,uoa,u
9 acres OF grazing lands, She has
immense corn region, which produc,
nc In 1882 nearly, Il not quite, l,oNa,u
a, bushels of corn. The hes, farm LAM
N offered ny the government as pre,en
u. tlons. homcsleads or iumher eiaill
e. are being taken up rapidly, anu u
time Is close nj hand when COVER
ment land for agricultural purpos
will no, be found,--J. r. 4, W COZ
~ t'W Gentleman.