Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-27

nf course this seed was all de-
airoyol, the sheep getting but
littlo OF II. Now all this time we did
not know there were any sheep there,
this being tho first time that sheep
had been herded on our farms that /
know anything about. 10 IL well
known that sheep viii 80 through amy
hnd Ola nee except n tight board
one i've or six iuot high. Should we
be compelled 10 put such "a fence ne
this around our land, NJ that these
men can turn their eheup on their own
land, either with or without herder?
IL makes but little difference which.
as was proved beyond doubt last fall
not only In this cnse but In others that
| could name. Docs II not look "a
little more reasonable that they should
fence their own land ia this way 10
they could keep them there, anu IL we
should wish to put sheep on our land
that We should do the samo2 But
some VIII say, They will have TO pay
you damagesan Ia not that sulllclenl?"
! u answer Will ray that we live three
miles away, auu itlsimpussibln for as TO
DO there all the time amt therefore, NOT
Nbie 10 swear what shCop dl1 tho dam.
60. All that We know ia what tho
herder will admit. Now, this may be
q good thing Tor the sheep man, but
how about the farmer? Aud when We
consider that out Of this hundred dol
lars destroyed the sheen ownor did not
get i've dollafs benefit, perhaps IL
makes It much worsp than II they had
got the iull benefit Of II. We might
say that they burnt up sos worth to
FNHf l.F a.. L..
status u II. NOw,l would ask IL this u
profitable way for any people 20 DO
business, saying nothing OF the right
and Justice In tue cast2 will say In
behalf OF these men that | have no
idea but what they thought the sheep
could DO herdod on their own land anu
might be considered nn experiment.
As DO not know OF any one attempt.
ing TO herd sheep In the center Of our
farms before, II seems 20 INC that
they VIII DO able 10 See
by This time that II IL
impossible TO do any such thing.
There are men, no doubt, with less
principle and regard for the rIghts Of
others that Will continue 10 do this
thing, no matter how much property
thoir animals may destroy, even II
tboy, by utterly destroying ninety
nine dollars OF other peoples property,
could only get one dollar benefit. In
this case do not know what we conld
do under existing conditions, rs IL
seems TO me that this part OF the
country was made expressly for the
benefit OF the sheep aud slockman, and
there would be nothing left for any
onc elsc after they had got nil they
want OF II.
IL must always DO borno In mind In
studying this question that the farm.
ers Ms rule live In cities aud towns
from three to four miles away, 30 that
IL Is utterly impossible for them to
know whom sheep or stock are on
their land, much loss know where they
are. At the same time, II maybe tnid
truthfuily that II the sheep owners Tor
stockmen either for that n. atter) had 10
pay fog All ths damage ttsy 10, they
w0uiu'Oe willing 70 fenob their own
land II they put their shedp there.
There Is one moro illusira ton | will
give TO show how this mode OF herding
sheep might work II persisted In.
Some three or four years ago 1
raised ON ten acres OF land one
hundred and forty bushels Of
luCern seed. This brought no
Ia cLsh about eight hundred dollars.
Now, II | had had II neighbor that
owned sheep, and he had attempted TO
herd them ON his own land next 10
mine, 1t would have been pretty GER
tain that they would have made u
thteshing floor Of my land, and In
very short time, with dogs after them,
OF IL at least, or in Other
words, six hundred dollara' worth of
seed would be- destroyed, trampod In
the grOund-burnt up, 30 TO speak.
With this mode Of heIding sheen a IL
plain that tho sheepmen run very
little risk OF having u pay for
thv damage they do, because
their herder can get them on In
"A short time, anu where people seldom
travel no one but the hcrder knows
anything about II. And rs for the
veraclty OF the average herder under
the circumstances, tho people will
have to be their own JuIg q. Yet the
law says that you must prove whose
animals they were that did the dam.
age before you can get any redress.
This II very good law, as q general
but under the conditions
stated iOTlorh hope for the farmer.
Il the farmer should put tight board
fence sufficient to keap sheep out, IL
would then be- tho Gheepmen,s
turn 10 take 1t down In places,
~ that his sheep could get
The feed the same rs the stockmrn
have done every year ON this came
piece OF land, which, no doubt, they
would DO. There Is another phase Of
this question, which Ia this: That
sheep 20, II they do not
destroy all there IL, stock viii not cot |
what they leave. Tho question may
lo asked, who IA responsible for this |
state OF ailairs2 My opinion is, not |
he sheep or et0Ckmen altogether, but |
The people generally. | find In my |
experience that the man that owns a |
sow or two h about rs anxious 10 have |
bis run loose as the man who owns
/ hundred head, and We may rest |
assured that 10 long as this IL the case
his state OF things will always exist.
This feeling OF surprise comes from
he settlements OF new coun les that
rave 40 much government land that 10
rec range for sheep aud stock, but the
inc will come, sooner or later, when |
We will begin TO examine these ques.
ions more critically In the interest OF
ustice anu economy, In fact, emerge
rom the back woods as regards these
hings, as they have done Ia other
tates and countries. A great many
men acknowledge this, but think Il
viii be long time.
There ia another thing that would
ias,en this much to be desired change,
III there were more people that had
raluable cTOps on their land thnl ware