Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-29

Tod on 200 tons Of hay: that would be
$3.50 less Of hay. and probably 500 could
also be saved ON the rams. nud also
the incidental expenses ~ $50, Now
! don want YOU to go into the busi-
ness Hut can safely say that you
can mnitc $500 readily on one band OF
sheep urnucilv cared Tor. AZ least !
have proved that IL can be done, and
have been able TO do IL.
Now. az 20 sheep on the
fam. the furmcr says there
W 80 much brother In keeping
sheep. How much botherG There "
NOS g. farmer but can take from $50 to
tO1 hcutd uf sheen and attend to those
sheep himself. n he has a hoy or two
they can ntt0nd 10 them. You don't
huNc 60 have those sheep running all
over YOUR furm. You can take q little
lumber uHd f'ncc In about six rods
square. ana mako n fence three boards
high. you don't need lot OF barns or
shed room. Some ray you must have
u Hhod. Nuu don't Mood H. I want to
tell you tia, sheep don't do well under
thuyr conditions. They want sunlight
ana Dir. \ small uen VIII keep them
tho entire four months ~ the winter.
Have the boards high enough on the
outside. Throw tho feed right MP
against the fence. You can feed ana
attend 90 those sheen easier than you
can pair uf horses. You ought to
feed them n little grain. ~ " the same
ns with cows; there ~ nothing better
than 10 feed them little grain. Twrn-
ty-tvc cents worth 81 grain VIII feed
"a sheep through the winter You viii
get double the worth In wool. N we'll
taken care OF, Some men VIII say My
sheep don't shear anything. only get
two or three pounds Another man
takes good care OF his sheep and gets
xix to eight pounds, and the sheep
that shear six 10 eight pounds have
better wool. II has stronger fbor and
sells better than tho wool from the
sheep that only shear two or three
pounds.
1 VIII tell YOU what I would like to
see. N the people here instead OF all
lowing tho translentH to eat all ~ the
feed ont. would get sheep to eat that
feed out yourselves. how much better
II would be. Now there are large COM
panica. I have becn working with
them. they can come In here because
they know II VIII pay They VIII come
In here with 10000 to bO.O00 head OF
shecp--rlght here In our own county
ana they have at least $4,000 tn 10000
head Of sheep feeding here right now.
They are now negotiating for the
ranges They can take all the land there
N between here ana Wyoming In lust
one trade. one application. They have
lust made application for $1,000 ncrea.
These men are large business men that
know there N money In this business.
and II the state turns over this land Ia
the corporations and different large MS
rociations. what are the people gulng "a
| do about ~ We viii be cut On entirely,
II stands US In hand 20 try to protect
ourselves. I am trying 10 protect my
self ON that point by leasing tracts
OF State land.
ABOUT MUTTON.
Some people say that they don't like
| mutton. l tell You my friends. that q
nice leg o. mutton In all right, II Killed
! Just right and Rent right There n a
great mistake In that, II " bocuus,
| mutton is not handled right. II YOU
| fret a Sheen and worry u, abuse them
| In any way and Htarve. or gct them
| uVor-hcnted before you klll them, that
woody or bad taste iH bound to be- In the
meat: and that ~ the reason We say
/ this sleepy taste" iH obnoxious. II
/ you would handle the ah'cp properly
| and take good care Of them II would
pay you ana pay YOU we'll.
BIC LOSS RETRIEVED.
For his own good would
! like to see every farmer kcep all tn
/ cows that ne wants and at the sam,
| time take from 200 to 600 head ~ sheer
through the winter. and every $50,
! YOU Put into that band viii bring you
l another $500 I have proven II q fact
/ although. | admit | have proven IL d
] failure 40 well 4 number Of years ngt
several gentlemen Of this city. including
| myself concluded that the sheep indus
try was fine thing. We bought GOO
! head Of sheen, two good largo bands
bought a thousand head and borrowed
! the money and rave my motto for th'
other thousand dollars. which was 49,
900 that ran In debt. We trustee
those sheep TO men that we though
| were competent. They were sent on IN,
range to winter ana IN January wor,
Was sent Ia that the sheep were IN bat
| condition. I was picked ON 10 30 owe
there. sure enough. ! found the sheer
| Il way up In the cednrH. and they wcr,
10 weak II was impossible to do any
thing with them, Tho hcrders said, "Oh
there viii be thaw IN a few days, an,
they win be all right In n week" II
| place OF thnw the north winds con
| tlnucd and instead of shearlng GOO
head we shearcd little less than $40
! head. The boys felt Disguised The
concluded that the thing Ia do WAS 1,
! get rid OF the sheep. They made "A prop
| osltion that ! should take tho sheep.
want 10 toll You that without any cN
| nrrorutlon, within four years from
that time / had the original number %
sheep. the principal paid, ana over TEL
per cent interest on the principal from
the time that we invested IN thoE
| sheep. Some OF YOU may think that u
overriding: but It Is the fact
Success depends on the way tn
sheep are handled. Il ~ the man near
" altogether. You cannot take a 10
OF fhccn and stnrve them 20 death an,
expect to make a profit There II moth
ing that viii fall to pieces quicker thui
the sheep. They die, Hud die quick. Bu
they live and live quick, and they In
crease rapidly " you tplic care Of them
Each year the flock n doubled, and tn
same amount Of wool II produced b!
the yoarlings as by the older ones.