St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-20
SHEEP NOTES.

have been accused, says Minnesota
correspondent OF the Philadelphia En-
terprise, of raising false hopes among
the farmers, and inducing many to 20
into the sheep business, that inside OF q
couple of years will wish themselves
well cut of 1t. Now, sir, while | say
and shall also maintain that all would be
better for having sheep, yet | am Well
aware that all can't, just for the same
reason that all are not fitted by nature
to be lawyers, DOCTORS printers, or any
thing else. As surely as water finds its
own level so will the sheep business.
Some love horse and would not
take COW as gift, and
such one could rot make
success of stock raising. There is only
one thing on q farm That will beat sheep
judlciously handled. and that is poultry.
AS my friend Mr.. Smith remarked,
when up here visiting this fall, trying
to get the farmers 10 read the Mckinley
bill through the glasses, poultry, Tor
amount of capital invested, will pay a
larger profit than the Standard Oil conf
pany." He raises no false hopes by
such q statement, nor is there tie least
danger OF the poultry business being
Overcome, because % per cent of those
who keep them wouldn't bcstOW the
amount of-carc on them necessary to
make them success.
In my travels, says writer, saw }
flock of sheep grazing, and among them
were seven black ram lambs, at least l.
suppose they were lambs: they might
have been anything. If tai! soup were
valuable they might bring high price,
and the length Of leg and neck should,
make them good trousers. the body.
we'll it was very small item. Now that
flock will never pay many mortgages,
simply because the owner is willing to
let them take all the chances: they have
inbred till half are black, allowing those
seven miserable specimens 20 run with
the flock until now. will probably re-
suit in the loss Of every lamb next
spring or rather In midwinter, and
then, what? Why practical experience
showing that sheep won't pay. No,
sir. they will not unless the owners are
men who will succeed in other bust
ness. To fail at everything else and
then take holf! of sheep with the idea
that any one can do we'll with them
A correspondent Of the National
Stocklnan writes: II observe that some
men of ineXperience III the business
condemn sheep husbandry because (hav-
ing had no experience i'll stocking up
they are the unfortunate victims OF UNI
principled persons, who shove Of a lot
or OlC, lOCLIicSS anu HcdIiy Worthless
sheep, with the inevitable result that
the venture ends in heavy loss--to the
new beginner. 1t will pay novice to
secure the advice and services Of an cX-
perenced shepherd to select his sheep
for him"
Sheep will improve the land if the
management Of the pastures is inteli-
gent. IL the sheep are pastured upon
pasture that is 50 short that they will.
destroy the roots there viii be 10 inl-
prCvement.
We do not exactly share The opinion
OF contemporary thai sheep must i'm
prove OF deteriorate. They can be kept
at about the same degree of excellence,
but they should be improved all the
time.
The Merino is a good sheep. but we
suspect that some people select them as
some select the Wilson strawberry, be-
cause they are supposed to be able to
bear a good deaf of neglect.
The ram should be good, the food
should he good and the care should be
good No fear Of failure under such
circumstances, barring, Of course the
sheep killing cur.