The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-16
SHEEP AND DOGS.
They Furnish the Theme For
New Kansas Book.
See'y Coburn Contrasts Wool
Producers With CANNES.
SHAWNEE IN THE LEAD
Not in Increase in Sheep, But
in Dogs.
Finest Wool on Earth Is Pro-
dueed i'm Kansas.
SHAWNEE IN THE LEAD

People do not know that Kansas ex-
GELS the world in sheep production yet
such as the fact IN the quarterly re-
/ port today issued by F. D. Coburu,
/ secretary OF the state board OF agricul-
ture the Sheep in Agriculture Is essen-
/ tfaI and esteemed from earliest recorded
time. Yet never more essential and
never so excellent as now" as Mr. Co
burn expresses IT, is the principal sub
Jet The report contains over forty
( illustrations. two Of which are OF Baby
Lord a SedgwIck county sheep z Kan
SAs bred MerIu0 whose fleece OF twelve
months and sixteen days growth
weighed dfty-tWO pounds. SURPRISING
the worlds highest record by seven and
one-haE pounds or nearly L per cent
Another place Is occupied by an Illus
CrattOu Of Kings Chance. CoHey
( county, Kansas. bred Merin0 whose
yield Of Sofa pounds OF wool At eight
consecutive annual Shear1ngs stands
without a parallel in sheep history
Tables compiled by Secretary Coburn
from the sworn returns Of assessors. re-
suits Of a house TO house canvass and
count. present q most distressfuI and
violent contrast Of the dog and sheep
Industry in Kansas Considering the
InnumerabIe and unmatched natural
advantages the state presents for Sheep
husbaudry II IS amazing that the sheep
should be neglected in any ueIghb-or-
hood while their most Creacherous enc
mics are, not simply tolerated, but har-
bored and pampered on well nigh every
farm
II appears. for instance, that In 1887
sheep OUIuum the dogs by go per
cent. and IN 1855 by only II per cent;
an increase in favor of the dogs OF 13
per cent in one year The increase of
dogs in 1883 over the preceding year
was 4. $50. Shawnee county having the
premier place with an increase Of 762,
or over 20 per cent while sheep de-
creased in the state something over H.
geo head
The counties which in 1888 led in sheep
raising were Reno. Marshall Butler.
Sedgwick- Hodgeman and Finney
those foremost in dOg-cuIture were
Sedgwick. Shawnee- CowIey. Leaven-
worth- Sumner and Reno. in the order
named, Sedgwiek holding 4 strong lead.
Or about 10 per cent higher than its
most ambitious competitor
The most energetic Industrious dogs
n sheep-kIlHng were those Of Leaveu-
worth Cherokee. Linn, Douglas and
Anderson over 50 per cent Of the NOR
tally OF sheep in these counties in 1888
being chargeabIe TO them.
To each sheep II Lincoln county there
were seS dogs in Osborne county 726.
and IN Republic $50 Chase. Lane. Ness
and Seward counties had z,1SI dogs but
not one sheep, while in an even dozen
counties having 1858. $50 acres Of land
there were 1918 dogs, but only 50 sheep
an average Of enc sheep To each SO. as
acres and 10 each 209 dogs
Statistics Indicate that no disaster
ever befeII the dog crop. tariff nor free
trade have any visible effect. and Il Is
not subject 10 any OF the vicIssitu6es
ana adverSlLI6S al other crops and in
GfUSCrieS every VI here encounter
Secretary CobUrn thinks sheep and
dogs alike have their places IN z well
balanced agriculture sheep for wool
and meat, and the dogs. preferably, for
fertilizer
OF the Sheep IN Agriculture. Mr.
Co5Urn- in introducing his report to
= =
asks for Nj COburu-s productions sav vs.
No useful animal Of record ante
dates the sheep No animal has 4 wider
habitat OF has been from the begin
ming more an object Of sOicft0us care
taking Abel. an heir OF Eden and son
Of It's first occupants, was q keeper Of
sheep. Early Jewish history is the
story OF 4 shepherd race their ffocks
constituted the wealth and largely the
cares OF the Hebrew patrIarChs down
through the centuries Abraham was 4
great flock owner Rachel the mother
OF Joseph tended her fathers ffOcks
and Joseph was caring for Jacobs
sheep when stolen and sold into Egypt-
Job was owner Of 14-009 sheep Moses
herded the ffocks Of Jethro his father
fu-IaW. and David the greatest Ei7e 0F
the Jews. was keeping his fathers sheen
WHEN called TO public life Il was the
shepherds watching by night On
Judea's plain to whom were first
vOuchSafed the good tidfngs Of great
joy declaring 4 Savior born unto the
v0rid-the Lamb Of Cod the Good
Shepherd 80
Their propagation care and i'm
prOvemeut have played a large part in
the best huSbandry Of all lands from
tine immemoriaL Common to every
country. they have adapted themselves
to every condition Existent on Green
lands frozen mountains. they are at
home on Sahara and the Seorched
uanoS Of The OriuocO as we'll Hungry
restless and gaunL on SWiLzerfa
bIeakesC Alps. they represent one ex-
irene Of sheep existence OF the plains
Of Kansas ard their afffuence Of grain
and grass attaining 4 Development no
where else discovered posi- IDLE, they
represent the other
Their flesh IS both a staple and
deIICaCy wherever civilization exists
aDpetiziug and hsalthfuI uOuriShnaur
70 the IauguiShi1g invalid and strength
renewing to those whose toll and bur
dan are heaviest From their wool have
been clothed the armies Of dominant
nations in all times. by spindle. loom
and needle it * fashioned TO meet 4
wider range Of requirements for the
bodily comfort Of humankind than any
other fiber. animal OF vegetable iufaE-
cv and zzethe YEA keSt and the strong
est OpUlencs and Indulgence rely upon
II for comfort service ad0ruuear- and
sureSr protection from summers heat
and winters cold The Sleeps skins