Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-06-19
SOME wooLLY ExrRACrs.!

| SOME WOOLLY EXyHACI4tse e III
The sheep industry is receiving )
great impetus this year in North Dakota
by reason of the almost universal success
attained by those who bring to the busi-
ness the ordinary prudence required Of
any paying enterprise. The exchanges
man has run through some Of the papers
received and finds the testimony uniform
ly favorable. Increase, weight Of fleece,
quality Of wool-all ATE satisfactory.
They go to show that the prairies Of the
state are admirably adapted for wool
growing and the time. :. is coming
when North Dakota will be recog-
nized as one of the leading wool produc-
ing states of the union. Theexcerpts are
not confined to one locality, but range
from the Turtle mountains on the north
to the South Dakota line; from the Red
River of the east to Montana. Being all
based on actual result absolute credence
can be given them Look at the follow
ing facts:
Grand Forks Plaindealer: Mayor
Richardson is home from his Mouse
River ranch and Plaindealer represen-:
tative called on him for statistics. His
1000 sheep have been sheared and the
wool weighed. The heeces average 81
lbs. How is that fer a big flock? He
has already shipped car load of wool
to Chicago. Has 1000 lambs, did not
lose sheep in last weeks storms.
though they had been sheared. Mr.
Richardson gave us the following item:
Peter Gilburg, who four years ago
bought some sheep of Mr.. Richardson,
and has now 500, gets an average Of over
IL lbs. per fleece! He bought grade
wolds, and now las wethers that weigh
200 lbs
Hunter Eye: "Sheep shearing'' is now
is full blast at Hon. w. w. Boards, and
his flock Of 400 are yielding up their
t1eeces as fast as three men can work the
shears. The average weight per fleece
SO far, is about eight and one-half
pounds, which is rather more than was
expected.
jamestown Alert: "a young farmer in
Logan county has blessed the day he
bought Sheep" said william Dwyer of
Napoleon, yesterday. The young man
refer to, Orin Parks, has been for five or
six years trying to get ahead on his farm.
His crops have been successive failures,
and although he worked hard, econo.
mized, and was level headed in all his
ventures, he found himself last fall worse
off than ever. In order to borrow money,
some 5000, he was compelled to take
sheep. He got both of the Lloyds of
jamestown. He got 260 sheep, among
them thirty wethers and about twenty
five lambs. He has kept the flock during
the winter, having had plenty of hay, and
lambs and wool hold as at present, he
can sell enough lambs to pay for his
flock in one years returns"
Ransom County Gazette: Col. G. E
Tuller, of Owasco Farm, in an interview
with The Gazette says: My 68 ewes
produced l3l lambs, p of which died
(mostly the weaklings of the twins and
triplets) The wool clip produced on an
average IL $40 pounds. I sent sample
of the wool to Il Minneapolis firm and
pound for IT,; they say. however, that
eastern parties who could use SO fine a
grade of wool might give more for it.
One fleece weighed nearly 16 pound.
have now % lambs weighing IS pounds
and better; one lamb born Feb. IA
weighs 49ls pounds. / can show you on
that sheep transaction of mine clean
$500 over and above all expenses. I am
going to put in 300 more sheep this fall,
and am now building shed for them,
300x3o feet If had 800 sheep wouldn't
care whether got crop or not. / can
clear $1,000 a year on 500 sheep and I
know it. All fed my flock last winter
was eight tons of hay mixed with two
loads of millet. calculate the 100
sheep have not cost me over $50 to win
ter all told.
Devils Lake Inter Ocean: T. P,
Thompson, who lives about five miles
northeast Of town, started in the sheep
business six years ago with three ewes.
Not very large beginning, some may
say, but the result shows what sheep
will do for the farmer. After selling
twenty sheep, his flock has grown to fif-
ty-fve head. He sheared them not long
ago and the average clip was eight
pounds of wool, which was sold for II
cents a pound. He had twenty-three
ewes this spring and they now have thir-
ty-two lambs, an increase of nearly $50
per cent, That beats loning money. Mr..
Thompson states that he was not COM
PEELED to feed his sheep last winter until
after Christmas. It takes about the
same amount of feed for five sheep that
is required for one COW. Twenty tons of
hay, he thinks, will carry his present
flock through the severest winter in good
shape. He has fifty acres fenced in with
four-strand barb wire fence, and says
it affords ample pasturage for his sheep
as we'll as twelve head of cattle, until af-
ter harvest, when he turns them into the
grain fields. Mr.. Thompson says he
wants to add 100 head to his flock of
sheep and then, with his cattle and
garden, he doesn't care whether he raises
another crop or not. ".t
Valley City Times Record: We learn.
that sheep shearing has begun pretty
generally in this county. Frank P.
Wright says his heeces will average ~
pounds each, and those who have ex-
amined the heeces say it is unusually
fine wool. -,
Valley City Times Record: Mr.. Moore
of st. Louis, representing large wool
commission house, was in the city this
week, inspecting wool. He says the clip
of E. P. Wright is the best wool he has
seen in the two Dakotas and is worth
1890.
Darlington Independent: P. d. Nc
Kenzie informs us that the increase Of
lambs from his flock of sheep this year
is 100 per cent. Captain Warren of Lar
rabee sheared a yearling' buck last
Monday, whose fleece weighed eighteen
pounds.
Northwest News: Mayor Richardson's
1000 sheep have been sheared and the
fleeces averaged 81 lbs. His lambs did
not suffer any from the late rains."',A. J:
Bottlneau Free Lance: We were pres
ent when William Dinwoodie sold the
wool from his flock of sheep few days
since, and the average weight per fleece
was IA 1-15 pounds.
Church's Ferry Sun: Banker Norell
of Minnewaukan informs one of the
Suns news cleaners that the sheep put
out on shares by r. Ashley Mears have
multiplied over 100 per cent; the small
est increase from any one band being rs
per cent.
Fargo Republican: W. Kirby, Of
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