The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-08
them up fat them well condition them for

them up, fat them well, condition them for
the end they are to be put to.
The weight of fleece and quality Of the
wool is determined by the care and atten-
tiou paid TO the sheep in regularity Of feed
ing and the quality and diversity of their
iced. A break IN the attentions thus
accorded causes a break or weakness in
spots in the fibre and inpairs its value
Deasnrably. 1t is no trouble to attend to
flock of sheep, whether large or small, il
one only makes up his mind to do it and do
1t regularly and ali the time.
There is Eve times as much profit in NUT
ton IS IN fleece. A sheep may be fed for
| one-seventh OF the food that an OK requires,
ana viii make a gro with OF nearly three
quarters OF pound day for the first $50
days or Its life. when il becomes excellent
mutton. For 600 days it will make nearly
half pound day. Such sheep will net 9
cents pound at the farm: but such sheep,
TOO, having large carcass, will have large
= Nece in proportion.-Er.
sp succumb quickly to disease under
certa unfaVoraDle conditions; but this
aces Ut alter the fact that they are natur-
ally he..lthy animals Elockmasters must
unders and the conditions that are against
their Vfell being and guard against the same
care 5ully. They should never have damp
housing, especially at night, for it will
quickly produce colds. They must have
clean, dry quarters, good ventilation, pure
water, and shade from the hot sun. With
these requisites there will be little trouble
In keeping them IN healthy condition.
With sheep, as with other live stock, the
best profit Will be found in the weight that
IS made while the animal is young-with
sheep within the first year and in the first
one hundred pounds The staple mutton
for the table, when we have really become
muttcn-eating people, viii be that which
has been made within twelve months. By
using good breeds and by feeding well, the
carcasses VIII be as heavy in that time as
we have heretofore been accustomed to OBJ
tain from two and three year-old animals
and the meat will be greatly superior IN
quality.
CRAZY WOOL GROWERS.
The rumor comes that wool growers In
some OF the Middle States are going to quit
the sheep business on account of the pros
pect Of free WOOL" since both houses of
Congress win be Democratic after the 4th
Of next March. This is one of the cases
where it is wisdom not TO cross the bridge
until you reach it. The chances are
greatly in favor of Democratic free wool
raising the price Of the carcass and the clip
OF American sheep in this country. Bet
ter stay with the business you understand
than rush OF after something you have no
experience in. Sheep husbandry in the
United States, if lntelligently followed,
Will give handsome returns always. The
demand for both wool aud mutton will in
crease for centuries. = Northeastern Lire
Stock Journal.
WOOL RATES ADVANCED.
Officials OF the Pennsylvania railroad
company have confirmed the reports that
wool rates are to be advanced on Dec. 10.
The special tariff adopted last spring on
that commodity viii be cancelled and the
full classified rate restored. The special
tariff is on the basis Of 40 cents per 100
pounds for compressed wool, and SO cents
per 100 pounds for sack WOOL Chicago to
New York. This will be advanced to the
basis Of % cents on both compressed and
sacG wool. At meeting of the Chicago
committee of the Central Traffic association
it was resolved that, taking effect Dec. Is,
all rates on wool contrary to established
class rates governed by the official classiti-
cation be aDrogated, and that Chairman
Blanchard be requested TO advise all roads
in interest of this action to the end that
a corresponding advance may be made
from all territory