Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-22

S1y~ NE sheep farms Of Australia.
NN The world has never seen any, "
ninp hike them There were 0.s
oocks in the day Of the I',
nlorcbs. when Abraham and Lot
nad 10 separate to get ~"
IL erszlng grounds lt is "r''. .',
s,"1'' Elns solomon soon0aeo
.,o aSo., when he dedicated me
i i-u,' and we know that Mesh'' N'nS
80 Moab. gave Jehogm king oil ls .'.,'
VI S ,ambs ms tribute The pastoral
l',,, ol those days must have ""'
,orse farms. but there are farms ns''
-, ,strono AS big as all Palestine
,c,aro are sheen stations one hundt''
niles long James Mills has a Iall" "'
"'.,'' as the state Of Rhode
rsIsnd and Samuel McCaus"yS
has $4,000 acres in one o'o1N ,,
Ta,,os TYSON. the famous sIo.s
i,,ng who dIed a few years ago. "olsn
500 900 U0O, ONHcI 'IN'''' 49,. holdings
thnre are many others Whose l,o' .hnS.
rnn high into the hundreds Vi "'''
sands Of acres,
ruo1IsANDS OF MILES OF WINE
FENCES.
Tho sheep farms Of the past were
merely wild lands where the uoChs.
a'etcbed by shepherds, were grazed on
49, hnls and valleys, This Is the cha' >
anter NJ a large part Of our gra1lhs
,"n1s in the west These big stations
~ Australia are actual farms Inc lanu
is divided I'm into great fields or pau
docke fenced with smooth wire except
o,one me roads. where barbed wire Is
used. The average paddock CQii." .i"S
500 acres. but there are many witch "a
larger. Some contain seYefal 'housonu
acres, and single paddocks nave lfo,n
600 to 10000 sheep. Colonel belh our
American consul, tells me of one station Il
no visited which had wire ienclhs
enough TO wall one side of road rom
Nav York 10 San Francisco, enough
rooAs ia make a highway from New
YORK 10 Baltimore and enough people
IA form good-szed town. | nave
travelled through other stations whlch
are larger, and / am amazed at the
vast extent Of the fencing ana the en-
ormous cost Of running the ranches.
FORTUNES INVESTED.
At present in this state Of New south
Wales 100000 out Of the 4lOOOOOO
sheen which are here owned are Kept IN
fenced paddocks There are thousands
OF miles Of wire netting put up as fences
to keep out the rabblts. There are NIL
lions OF dollars invested in buildings
and the salary list Of a great station IS
as long as that Of department store
Sheep raising Is by no means cheap
business and to make 1t pay everything
must be cal aiully managed.
The average sheep farm costs from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year TO run II, ana
there are some in which the expenses
run into the hundreds Of thousands of
dollars q year, OF late wages nave
steadily increased, until the men are
now paid about s. a week with board
Every man receives weekly about
twelve pounds Of meat, ter pounds ot
flour and quarter Of a pound Of tea,
as well as other things so that every
station must keep a large store and
warehouse. Even the smaller stations
have dozen or more men In ordinary
times, and al steering times the hands
are numbered by SCORES.
The land in the better parts OF Aus
tralla Is valuable and even where II
is rented Of the government II runs
rapidly into money The leases are
different in the different states, the
price IN Queensland being from Sc 10 IS
per square mile per annum | know OF
one man who has 10000 acres In
Queensland for which he pays only half
a cent per acre per year, but even at
this rate II footS up 81 200 and there
are farms which pay rents OF tens OF
thousands Of dollars,
LIVE LIKE LORDS.
Some Of the big squatters live like
lords They have low one-story houses
rooted with galvanized iron. Their
homes have q score or more rooms with
wide verandas running around the out
SIDE They have many servants and
their surroundings are more like those
OF a f6udal baron than Of the ordinary
sheep Farmer. Most ot them are well
educated. many are college bred and
their establishments show all the evil
dences of culture and taste. There is
one sQualter who has a picture gallery
which has cost him $4,000 Others
have fine libraries and music rooms,
and, in all, you viii find the leading
Australian and London newspapers es-
pacially those Of a sporting character.
There ar large stables connected with
these establishments. with horses for
Tidng and driving, as well as hose for
the men employed on the estate. on
most stations You win find a good sup
ply Of guns and fishing tackle, and not
infreQuebtiy tennis, cricket, croquet and
golf grounds,
The people are more careful as 20
matters Of etiquette than in the cities.
II Is the usual thing 20 dress for din.