Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14
NEBRASKA LIVE STOCK.
Annu2l Meetings of the Ne
braSka Fine Stock Breeders
Association.
The Nebraska Wool Growers
and Sheep Breeders
Association.

The most important meetings ever
held in this State by The live stock
breeders were the recent joint conven
lions at Lincoln. Invitations had bsen
extended to Hon. A. M. Garland,
Illinois, president of the National
Wool Growers Association, and to
Col. John Scott Of Nevada, To-, to be
present and deliver addresses. Mr..
Garland was at Washington and un.
able to be In attendance, but Col.
Scott added much to the interest Of
the meetings by his able paper and
informal remarks upon the various
subjects under discussion.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Col. Scott, being callei, gave some
very interesting hints on stock breed
ars' conventions, in which he spoke
very highly of the interest manifested
by Nebraska breeders. The tame
grass interest was thought by the Col.
onel to be of vital Importance to the
stock interests. He gave quite q de-
tailed account of the Iowa association
from its organization, and the good
work 1t had accomplished.
Hon. j. B. Dinsmore, of Sutton,
spoke of the great Importance Of using
only the best thoroughbred animals In
breeding.
Col. Scott thought that In regard to
s ate fairs the one fact that 1t was .
fifty cent show, and that any attemp'
to run a fair exclusive Ct other attrac-
lions would not be successful.
The question of giving warm water
to stpok during cold weather was dis
cussed at some length by Prof. Thomp-
son, 1t being his opinion that some
saving could be mace by giving warm
water to stock during cold weather.
Mr.. Patterson moved that q COM
mittee be appointed to draft resolutions
20 congress asking their asst stance In
stamping out the disease prevalent
smorg stock, and to have the same
7igaed throughout the state, which
~ Withdrawn upon the suggestion OF
MI. J'T. Allan, that an essay was
already pteoared on the subject to b
read during TIA meeting.
Mr.. CarriDg'Da recommended the
purchasing OF tine -aeles by a~ssocia
tions, who thought by 30 doug areat
benefits would result thersfrom, Mr..
Darlington thought that IL more ayri
cultural journals were read it woulo
be of great benefit to farmers. His
| description of the various breeds a
imported horsel was listened to witt
great interest.
EVENING SESSION.
The meeting was called to order hy
the president. The frat in order wa
the essay Of Mr.. P. Jansen, of Fair
bury, the subject being the
SHEEP INTERESTS OF NEBRASKA,
the following of which is q synopsis
he claimed Nebraska's dry atmos
phere and rolling prairies was peou
liarly adapted to sheep raising, and h,
favored the Merino as the mos
profitable breed; thought best to pro
cure sheep ss near home as possible
10 selecting rams get coarse, stron,
animals, with wool not too fine; wou!,
grade ewes into small focks and selec
rams suited for each flock; though
cornstalks indispensable In teedini
sheep, and straw was also very val
uable where sufficlent sheds were pro
yided; favored early lambipg, eve
should be kept in small fosks durin
lambing time; extra pains should b
taken In preparing wool for market
thought best to cell wool as near HON
as possible; lambs should be weaned b
i. September lat and turned into rye {
, oat felds; thought every farme
should keep from fifty to one hundre
sheep; thought our senators aad rel
resentatives should do more to al
3 vance farmers interests by passin
| laws governing the spreading of di
, eases, etc. By grading, he had brougl
his clip from soven pounds at eigl
years old to ten pounds st presei
!, time; his loss curing the past eigl
y years had not been more than thr,
i per cent per apnum. He commence
In 1874 with / eco head, and had so
,e q great many; never bought any sin
1t frat; he has now 1000 head.
Is President W. W. PickreIl, bell
e. called for, thought Oregon wethe
should bs kept one winter in tn
10 country before being fed; feeds to /
" fattening sheep three bushoiB of CO.
, to each one hundred head PER da
prefers ear to shelled corn; expects
~ put on about twenty pouads Of As
TO the sheep.
r.. Col. Scott, of lows, being eaDe
I'd nad a paper on "Bseedirg and foe
ing for bsef, and supplying t
market"
~ Tbs quality Of beef could be 4
pyered ~ handling the cattle wi
ID osse, 4he less exercise the moro be
d EXpeKments went 10 show that
~ high bred cattle produced much
:. finest meat under al oisoumstsnol
Claims that the poorest cut In . tn
oughbred Is better meat than the b
j. cut IL o scslawsg or common ostt
L. cited q Gaze where the warden Of
al pen,tsntiary fed prisoners on hi
he grade cattle, claiming Ii the oheal
,is on account Of tho extra smou
be cf nutrition contsipe4 therein; reco
"a monds the feeding Of oil mesi o
ad other strong foods FOR producing &c
IL beef. Crest caro- should be taken
10 the selection Of uire and dam for br'
nv in the producing of good beef; thoui