The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-04-13
Huron q Northwestern railway:
Gentlemen, this is no boasting, but figures
and facts of our daily work.
Very respectfully.
|. *. WADswORlU, Supt.
Sheep Raising.


obtain riches by speculation, or in some other way
than by honest toll, and people actuGtcd by |
such DESIRE that lew stop 10 count the oosi or 10
Law well matured plans. We are, 10 great extent |
imtators, endeavoring to follow In the footsteps OF !
some one who has rapidly accumulated liberal |
supply OF this worlds goods. We see illustrations
OF these facts almost every day. For instance, some
man strikes "bonanZa" in mining. Immediately /
the entire vicinity will be crowded with IN eager !
thrOng, all anxious 20 become the posessors oi
| quickly acquired fortunes. Examples OF This are |
afforded by Wall street the Chicago Board OF Trade,
and by the bucket shops, rs they are called throuS-
cut the country. In oil thcEe places, we see inen
taking chances and ''trusting TO luck" How many
persons have lost their al, in their ambition ana
haste To obtain wealth IN similar way 10 Jag Gould
count the cost, and never jump at conclusions ana
this ia the secret Of their success. We may observe
10y glance ~ the railroad maps OF our country! tift
! the roads in which they are interested, ere MAN
thorougfares, and connect large commercial cea-
branches OF business, and especially IN that OF lal-
ing, Is Il true that he who pur7uce his calling ny
VOL matured system, meets with success. rms Gci
is illustrated every year, In nearly every ntShDor-
hood II hops sell for AN unusually high price, as
they have this year, yard after yard set oGi,
in order to reach The goal oi wealth I'm ita' direction
II potatoes high year. TIE next season, the.
! h. large increase in tho acreage OF that crop. u
wheat lis high there i7 al increase I'm That ttfon'
should wool bring 80 or 50 cents pc pound ONE year.
/ Immediately iheie arises Q. t-,.' U,' ~
The same i3 tua O., horses, Cloi Qua au Cti. i+As
OF stock, aad especially j, tis ttue ln ne case on
! man Who las an csc IOr horse. IT he Atafs OK
Bonner or aDCertLt payiug $4,000 or S2oouo for
"a horsc, DE dcvot,s hi, entire dinc AID attention 20
breeding laS hoiecs but VI erc on1 succeeds Ilu8 =
nine iin. 4 li5n ruuld take INFO confederation To-
cation climate, price Of lana 0d2pabi.iy or sou Tor
general aSigtare, az Uaat1Fcr Dfanch o4 tAe oQ--
mess he ma. W4-l 90 pursue. NE4l the, . 4oalitt
gud facilities have been daily and properly e3Asia-
erred, u.wu VII De 20 possibility ior q H.L "ita @
level h,ad, 80 l2l. lt Is true, that at hr- las aceo
lnu2tOus may be slow, hnt there i3 certain Wt~L.l
Tor him who perrCyere9. But 90 come more ciiecGy
30 the obiecs which tids meeting N-s called: tn
discussion of sheep breeding and WOOL growing lu
!. rlg rrtrg flDn ND
past decade this industry has largely Increased IN
this state, both IN the number of sheep end the
quality @: wool, until our docks are second 81 9ol3
in any country. We have t-orouGhuied iJ,Aa "a "I-
most every county, therefore Improvements ~ qualify
II easy, compared with ten years ago. Thorough
bred rams are now III the reach OF every tarl'i ara
az comparatively low price,. There ls not LOCK IN
this county, but can be made 10 shear tan pounds
Der head, Of good washed, merchautIhla wool, 10y
i've crosses with thoroughbred rams, provided
proper Judgment is used il selection. Nhcn use
TIE term thoroughbred, mean sheep whose Lnearo
be traced directly 10 imported Spanish .ocA,
without other adnli1ture OF blood. AGthcr rHv'"
nor twenty-scven crosses viii make fuil blood or
thoroughbred. The day has passed for taking sheep
peddlers' words, for the history and breeding ot
sheep. il they thoroughbred, they Will ue found
, labeled, numbered and recorded such, and the
farmers OF Michigan should rejoice that they have
this protection, for class Of men have been worse
swindled than they; hence the slow progress made,
81 compared with what n-isht and should have been
made, had Thoroughbred sif,s been used instead o.
grades. The west ana south-wcst are now BEING tn
posed upon in the manner Carload 0lter car
load that have been picked uD throughout thu state
are being shipped 10 these lpralitiCs. Taken from
grade hocks, they lacked and oiled up ana sold
for thoroughbred Eut / au again wandering.
sOmcwhat, from my theme. 70 SKATE in ti,g ujoa
equals Michigan Tor wool and mutton. Both cl-
uate and soil seem to be naturally adapted % this
industry IL this be true, what class of stock ought
We 20 breed? The answer, oi course, Will b2 that
. which pays The best. Let as now proceed % count
the cost, and cannot do better than TO sake Ar.
: lIamnonds estimates and figures, gG given ~ oar
. last annual sheep and wool growers meeting, held
at Lansing, they agree very nearly with my own
81 estimate the keeping OF full grown horse ono
, year not at work, as follow: For PC weeks pas
ture at IS cents per week, Sl9 5O for feed the bal
uncc Of the year. (2G weeks) making the estimate on
LOCO pounds Of carcass ior convenience sake and
allowing two pounds OF hay and one half pound Of
od.s per day FOR each 100 lbs. OF carcass, We have
for hay alone. a S12 per ton, S1.Sl for oats at 81
cents per bushc 81. Add 10 this, amount for pas
ture, $3.50, aud We have the of SjJ.3i the
cost Ot food alone, to support and maintain horse
of 1000 lbs weight for entire year, while not al
a work. The cost OF keeping a colt may be set down
at one half that ul grown horse, for the first year
q lsloNg some compensation COR the partial loss OF
the service. Of it, DAM The second year may bt
. counted; the saline. and the third year two thirds tha
OF fun grown animal, and the fourth year full price
u Which will be, Tor the first and second years
oC each for third y,Gr, $50 and Tor fourth year
S33.3i, making the SUN Of Sl422i, as the cost 81
:, food alone, to grow colt TO the age OF usefulness
D that may be made scf-supporting that
hcrae must have market value ~ fonr years old
exceeding the S,iln mentioned sufficient 70 pay io
his snd handling he Will sand in osbt to E
breeslsr. " - the brecdng and handling o: cattle
s little socrcr than horsce. IN the of ccE, sh
nGy become se':-SupuOrlng at titree years old un,
q ste,r las ii fcr TIN shsmhlcs. The cost Of RAISING
% COW ~ star doe not var, much from that o.
y rais.Lg coit. ]. iua upon the same Kind OF feed
l. u VIII be found ti9J & take r. much. IL not NOR
grow z steer thar e. grow bOr-c Ilv feed
u Ig skinned mNk - rho cblf, instead OF milk
allowing il % fO.oW The coN the expense HAY IL
l. shortened soeNG4a Tue FIRST year; tout il Wli ais,
shorten the caf. estimate, III, rcVro, thgt il WI
~ cor. So year ~ keep Thousand pound COW, 10
al tn Nib, ana allow % ioT some chearc feed thai
u would ne iet To hoTsy. On the same basis az :"
figured ~ TN horso thb Will give s44 for first year
:" S2i to- soccrd yea and SO Tor third ycar o. ~
)f for three Sesrt.
o VII nov pr,ces e. coua: the cost % irae.lir
i. and growing the kind Vi stock I have chosen L
. breed, and Il do bot snow good reasons TO
& its choice have nEce. theD of cuirNe Ls'c Yuad
- b mistake, sm! IL j. LJt At We should b-eai.
IA VII dIVdo che Loo lOabd- % horse hesh into 1
iU parts, snd cal eacA par; sheep oil - pound
70 which 10 compute eSIeEses The pasture Will coz
liz three cent? week apiece, 81 cent? for the II
They can he paeturec tHo weeks earlier in ring
40 two weeks !ster iu tai! than horses cattle,
20 80 week.; which viii amount S9..s. Tho virts
IN ieep may be figured the basis for horse
a or cattle; srnely, two pounds ~ hay snd hal
pound Of osts per day Tor each 100 pounds ol
Is. This for the remaining - weeks 81 the yea
IN viii amount in roiial numbers to = tons of bay
- and "a bushels 81 oats for the IL h.s. coatiI
AZ S27.e0, or $500 for complete year. Now. coutin
OF uing 10 the same line OF estimate with the hore
e and GOV, il viii cost naif this run fcr tho FIRST year
- SrG ta flli su'n To-. tGc second and third yeGr.
~ SJi.1p 20 tccd ~ - from lambs T. tbY, yparr Old
~ IL vii he rocI, therefore, that IL ois -
a. grow 900 IouIdA o: mutton thgu the Same -ocI
II, % horseAe-h amt Si4 more than g. grow 1g,-i y,
of toef. But Il. shccp Is cntijed 10 crclt "a WHO
)n neither tho horse HoV COW share. namely: q.
C equiv sleut 81 * Zoe. Of wabhoi wool lr year "a
pa each AVA oYory ,.ar, 81 lts. thscc ypat
Tbs a. - ccBtG PCS I'psnu give VS. III s'Gf. ltG
- nEIn - -" 60 utrCS Gf1.'lst ~gf..i f,.t.
rais-g tNc rgssF. ioa vii dscoycc tcc-e!.ra tha
III. IL IA. .ocfy c0st NOTING - r3lso IL sh",I, T.,
Sides, tl,y hssa placed e. tIo credit ~ the. a-,3l
~ S,@s5. Vow ~ rtcsp!;4iats, ma That - y4's.
ce col: ~ for yra Gle W. fsvc ~ CXpcuSe ~ 10y 81.
- dropping ....GoUs) and 10 rae steer
= tcoo yeas oh, ~. Toe raisi'igIt srnsr, thrs
% years Cd trey make Jss,'r: 81 s55i SUuu1.
ls- tao howe 80 Is worth e@y c-2S 90. -s3 fa- ~
n tour carr ciss and hsnDng. J. the cail, atessc
= $40 .G1 ti.ry must bo g1Ud ones. lfca va .et ~
81 tor tlio thJNs ye0rs Il the sheep the ~,
Vo hsye Gnticil st' (slhough not yet mentioned
he namely, thc rodgnlreG American Norno. tines WI
a., vctth LAY Average ~ 500 apiece This viii +,
- us leading tho S5.75l S1I7S for the only of
es sheep for three ytars! Now, II NY estnst,s 81
We nearly coyrcct IL win not take much of mstllet
. cisn o. disc9Ssr tia: the Profits 81 shCor rsisl
- Iu0-e than ~ GrUce greater tkBu thofe Of rel
~ ing horses, and IL times greater than those CT ra.sn
No cate have here rpais nc estimate G, the Vau
,a o. expense 81 either lind C animals a. b.T1h IL
D n N. Judgment, they would vary stoct IN propca
ton 10 thcy ultimate yslue. SO that II an estima'
he wese 81 bo placed each, IL would ouly leave n
Ia balance just about tlie 10 10. This
uLDE, - about ni che ara gncn. pres1r