Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-22
FARM, FIELD, GARDEN.
NEWS, NOTES AND EXPERIENCES
IN FARM LIFE.

The shenp Industry with ~. Nany aud
violent Fluctuations Reviewed aud
Commented Upon with departure sus.
gestious by Americas Arricuiiurlsf.
Noindustry has been subjeo ttosomauy
and such violent nuc'nauons "a sheep
husbandry oud wool growing While
the hnctualionsin tho business OF wool
growing have led alternately to for'une
and TO ruin, the demand for mution hss
steadily increased, and with this in
crease has come o steady enlargement
in prices. This has naturally 'irncd
the attention Of cntcrprising and intalli.
gent breeders aud farmers to The En-.
giish breeds Of larger aud heavier sheep
than the Mcrinos So active has Seen
The business OF importing and breeding
those that thoy already form an import
snt element In the farm sio.k Of tho
country. IN three leading breeds Of long
wooded sheep nearly all the Duwn
breed. and, moru recently. the horned
Dorto,s, have become 40 largely repre-
scented in this country that each breed
has record society to secure purity Of
breeding aud promote is general sue
cesA
Asmay well be supposed, many serious
mitnkcs have been committed by Amer
lean farmers In changing from the care
n tho hardy, Frcgarious, adaptable
Merino 20 these heavier sheep, all of
which arc tho products Of a very adj
vanced agriculture. and have require
men,s wholly different from the other.
In Great britain nearly or quite every
breed Is strictly local, and tho bounda-
riss botwcon their respective habitas
arr almost ~ clearly defined ~ the lines
~ different farms American farmers
have had not only 10 learn tho wants
and requirements Of each bruod hut also
10 md out by trials what localities are
best adapted to IT, success Thoy had
to lean that these English broeds u
sheep could not be pasturnd In largo
nocia like tho Morino. They have nlso
learned that all the mutton breeds rc-
quiro an unfailinr and abundant supply
nf succulcnt and nutritious food. Mono
Of them can, without serious dotcriora-
ton, pick living from thin and soant
upland pastures. but they vary greatly
from each other In their requirements
Lincolns md Cotswclls will flourish aud
fatten on rich bottom land, while tho
various breeds Of Downs succeed bcst on
rolling land. clothed with short. nutri.
tous grass-,.
One great obstacle 20 success NJ first
vas tho lack Of root crops 10 supply tho
place Of tho turnips which formed 10
large o part Of thor wintr food Ia
England. American farmers have ndyor
In general been partial 10 root crops.
Yot tho Engliah breeds Of sheep cannot
do well On dry grain and forage 10 winter
without some kind Of puooulcnt food.
But juAi rs this want was felt tho most
clearly, the silo comes In and supplies a
nutritious, sncculent material In greater
abundance and At far lss outlay Of Ia.
Dor than the samo amount Of root oropt
sould be produced from the same land.
On tho whole. the outlook for tho pc1na.
mont suocos and prosperity Of American
hhecp hnsbandry Is better than II hal
boon for many yaaE---- Ia --.-ys.sn am
middIes,htes will coniinno with prof
ad Aoeks Of choice M---r;
Ing stock. But farmers and flock mas.
ten generally will ind their advantage
10 lsocping shcp Tor tho two products,
wool And mutton.