Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-12-28

Mr. d NJ brake ~ the columns % fhe
RHfGi Press. thus pays his feHpecia 20 the
deadly W9rk u tie sheep, aud he ought u
have added Ihn goose and inc goats
sec ia che sglloaliafal papers remtrkg upon
tho ffcal value 1i fhe sheep 60 She iaud
Now % may be trlC that fdtpp aie bone
hoiai IN the East lpt here q California
thfy arc a curse u iht land. More Than all
oihCf chushs ennnhined hegn tnoy ruined
much 81 oar pasture grounds. caused deep
gulieys r. wash 10 our hills and
made tho hoal " She top soil li our hills fuH
How rs this dUnel The ailsHef j. flhins
Sheen trasai in compact bends usually enh
tainifg tom one 10 three thuusaHn. Under
the rsrN % q Herdff thtt ~ from tncii err
rhi oveI be bills, irainpins the .1ll ~ hard
~ frad with their ih0nsands 81 hpoiA
aud eating tho ground db lRrr as a
door MaHq Of the seeds ul suck
valuable plants as the burr clover
are this eatirely cleaned rom the
ground n many Instances, And ! can
shoW you hundreds Of hiiie here
whore he pasInrage was once vpty nne
where now grow only pporHud almost value
loss " ants. Put on tlia ground whore Il D.
wet. tho sheen beat the whoie range down
Hfe a read. and the next rain thal cufnes
runs ~ over thr ground na though Il were
the roof Of = house Treated this way year
after year. soil and sHeds bllth lose their
vitality. tie rich humuH q swept away BY
the rafnh and The land has aii tho oYilsot a
Succession 81 dry years.
phis county "a nov mueh cat up py hAf
rauCos. or deep Fuiliesi wished 10 fno SOL
Whore the water formerly spread over she
whole land Il - now confined 70 Q narrow
chnnuol, which a tears drepef lnd deeper
each successive season. Between my cabin
ana Tie town ~ san HnfuaVG1turh there
are ton 81 these bWraueas in tho course Of
iWclvo miles Every one uf those iH Of
recent formation, old Hetffgra rCirembsr
sa4h flqF4 MDpt uf
these harruncas follow the trtlis Witch Iced
from the river 10 tho hills, ma we're made
BY lhr WateF washing these tf4ilh deeper.
40 Ia the hills md you zee the deep, veil
defined traits cut by the sheen as thcy wind
NJ and down the bills Walk there during
araia, and you viii sec That trail has be
r0mr Is WatergOufga, haeflue away The best
~ the soil IN ls muddy Wafer nnn decpcui
Ing the ehannel untii there Z deep cut IN
tho loose soil. Como aguni after one Wiuter
Of hcavY rains, and there Il bafranea
whigh NIii always remain as 3 memorial Of
the blessed 60 sheep.
on The moantnina they destroy the young
trees, and the ground LEFT bHro meits down
~ the rbchs and floods the valleys below
Whenever an unusual raih comics,
have alluded tut briefly .aR few OF the
curses the sheep are putting upon our lendi
but enough has been aaid hepe, TO draw the
hitohtlou afthethoughtfiilt % the iamage that
sheep are causing, | have moi sp0knn OF the
pffntical sheen owner trnmpiiug the small
hfinrr To hts ruthless march,. eating up the
nplHriHts scattered over the country steal
hip pastaro here and emitting up crops there
and oa4sing the owners Of the sheep 20 BID
regarded hY the settlers as theif natural enc
mites. These are, pcrhaps, foreign 20 tie
subject. hui that sheep lave damaged hi.
county tilTloe what they have hcnuhued Il
no close observer rau deny. Many OF oui
best large fhuehca, worth Thousands of DOL
lars, wouid have now heeu divided atnonl
hundreds Of families, had Il not boon fOi
sheFp IN destroying weeds Tbcy win scat
ter more weeds. and worse ones about
country than any other anilunl 8rga
paichos 81 hobIhnuud, which Is almost me
radicable, mark the rail o. She sheep n
this county, not 70 speak 81 f0N'tatl rfHal
ana other naiaepccs.H