Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-15

/ an increase Of this kind Is worth great
| deal | have some sheep which VIII
| average ~ pounds 20 the feece, ana !
think by breeding that l can Increase
/ this TO 10 pounds per fleece. ] have had
| sheep which produced as much ms %
| pounds Of wool al one shearing and az
| one time we cut 50 pounds Of wool from
| one Of our Vermont rams, and 30
| pounds from a owe, I have distributed
/ the Vermont sheep through my focks
! both in New South Wales and In
/ Queensland, and the result is a consid-
/ cradle IN r5gs In The clip, We ma mat
the sheep which come from a cross Of
/ the Vermont and the Australian retain
I their wool much longer than the Aus
trallan sheep"
HOW a $1,000 SHEEP LOOKS.
| wish / could show you some OF the
/ sheep exhibited at the sydney sheep
show There were IN all ZOO. represent
! Ing every part Of Australia, -Four hum
dred Of these were merinos being In
the fine wool class. and 300 were fat
sheep entered In the competition In the
class for frozen mutton Every sheep
az the show was worth several hundred
dollars, and some several thousand
dollars Among the latter was Mr.. Me-
Caughey's $1,000 ram which took first
prize. II was great OblOng bundle Of
wool with a pair If big horns AT one
end Of f. The wool lay on 1t In folds
and rolls. the skin apparently Wrinkling
Itself in order that II might hold more.
It's ears were entirely hidden by the
wool The wool came out three inches
over lis eyes and there we're small
holes in 1t through which the eyes
looked out ] stuck my finger into the
fleece and could just touch the skin
without uutting my whole fist INTO It,
The wool hung down in great punches
ON the belly and the legs We're covered
clear 10 the hoofs On the outside the
wool was ~ q dirty color. hut when |
pulled it aside and looked in Il was OF
a rich creamy white. The strands of
wool were spiral and springy and very
fine
In some OF the stalls saw ewes
which had thirty pounds Of wool IN
them, end eryN hare | heard I've pr Is
es Of our Vermont sheep | asked one
man whether the sheep dd no lose
their wool from generation TO genera
ton In 80 warm a country as New
South Wales. He rep'ed thet they dit,
and that the bringing In 81 cold cll-
mate sheep, such as "the Ncrmonts,"
prevented this
AMONG THE sQUATTERs
The sheep owners, or sn"7 tiers, as
theg are called Wese AL tsiif ire sed
and well educated men. There we're
hundreds of them mt the show They
looked more like crowd Of Yankee
business men than anything else, and
at the dinner which was given they
made speeches In RESPONSE u toaot7
which were rs good as YOU VIII hear
anywhere. They were ~ Ian no rs
ana many had farms which wo / be
considered pr'nclpalities in the United
states, but which are looked upon as
quite small here. For instance, | asked
as 10 whether the vice prosi lent had a
large station. The reply was that h.
had not. and that his posse, Sims all
told comprised only about $1,000 acres
Of land. Another man was Dpinted out
who owned 100000 acres and another
who had half million acres, all un-
der fence.
IN THE WOOL WAREHOUSES;.
Sydney is the chief wool market Of
Australia II ships hundreds Of millions
Of pounds Of wool 70 Europe every year
and II has some Of the largest wool
warehouses in the world. Let MS Toxic |
walk through one Of them We are In |
a great room covering many acres 1t |
is rooted with glass and upon its floors |
are thousands Of bales Of wool. Each |
bale is as high as your shoulder. II Is |
wrapped in yellow bagging but the |
top is open and the write wool seems |
TO have burst forth and to be pouring