The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1892-09-29
SHEEP sHEARINos.


Mutton is growing rapidly on ths
ubiquitous beef as meat to 20 10 mar
ket for. There is profit in raising and
feeding mutton sheep Go in and gsi
some. :,
Three hundred years ago an English
writer said that sheep was ''the profit
ablest of all CATTLE We believe his
Judgment is good, eyes 10 this day,
Sheep-feeding can be made prdfa.
BILE industry. Corn, hay, oats, cotsa.
seed meal, ETC., can besnade more proi.
liable fed to sheep than cattle
Even for small flocks. such as are
suited to the needs of the farmer and
small stockman, some adnixturs d
Merino blood should be used in this st
mate.
Sheep kept on farms In small foch
are more profitable per capita than
those kept in large floclxs, for the rs
son that they are more easily handld
and are consequently better cared i0r
A flock of dozen ewes and buck
will pay the taxes and purchase thesa'
gar, coffee, tea, and salt, and furnish
all the fresh meat needed for smednn.
sized family on a small farm.
A good quality of wool can not beoe
tanned from sheep that are permittsdt'
grow poor two or three times FsaE
and are in good Condition only WA
the season is favorable.
The Merino is the only sheep tha; %
shown its perfect adaptability 70 Beng
handled in large focks. All attenpa
to handle the larger mutton breeds =
the same way have ended IN disaster
A microscopic examination Of eas
square inch of undried Merino sheeps
pelt showed 222, 800 fibers, and % Our
nary open-wooled sheep about u ss 8
proportion of thirty TO one.
Sheep are useful on the farm g o
stroy weeds. They viii nibble tDea
down close to the ground, aud N ao0a
two years will almost eradicate 'a'1
from a pasture.
In the absence of an efficient e
law, strychnine and the donole IS y.
relied shotgun are the only hope q s. 8.
sheep grower. Use them Literally W.
with circumspection-
Sheep are the most Clearly O y
nestle animals, and their flesh tne ia.. -.
wholesome. When the devils weFs st
out they did not enter INTO s !. y
swine being better suited p snsn
fernal constitutions.
If English farmers can maze -. :.
growing profitable upon LANDS s'A' 4
worth five hundred dollars per s 81.
there certainly should be no quss'. II.
about our doing it with our shesp 's'''
and boundless range.
Some six hundred million pcunas =
wool is annually required for eo'lsa $.
ton in the United States. we aeN ,s
duce about half that amount ~ -.
seem that there is room Tor tass -
sion of our wool industry.
An increase of ten per Gems 3 II. 4,
value of our fieeces could soon y s. \
by the steady Introduction : r. $ S. 81.
improved bucks. With some noea . II,
tiers this would turn the scaas 8
business from loss of profit.
Within a fourth of centas5 -.
has been a great increase ~ tns ~ ss. ..'.r,
weight of feeces sheared IN VIE q s..s
try. The range sheep Of the soa II. i
have not had a due share " M /,
crease. as less care has been 81.
improving the stock on the Laa Il. .asI
where they have been keps =
/ fiocks upon the farms. a
The average value Of the s a. s.Sl
ported into the United states ~ i
for breeding purposes, was pas sssi
This does not indicate that - 4,
secured much improvement
stock from that source Ins Il
that we have just as good allne .'sI.r.
as good blood at home y sus .s
and all we need do is TO man
use Of ;t.-Texas Farm aud hs''s