Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-25
state Fair Brings Out the
Fact That Hawkeye Farmers
Raise Fine Product
THE MERINo BREED THRlvEs
iowa Breeders Shipping Their Stock to
Foreign Countries, Including Austria
liza and South Africa-AlfaIfa Grown
For Sheep in Missouri Proves
Great Success.

| Des MONIES, Aug. 25.--That the Unit.
I'd States and incidentally Iowa, furnish
sheep for South Africa and Australia
is not a novel piece of information fol
sheep experts, but possibly it is new
| to many of the people of this state.
Iowa sheep have not gone extensively
to the Transvaal of Australia, as yet
but the product of this country has
been tie source of supply to both OF
those lands for the past year or two.
Indeed the South African farmer has
Just gone into the sheep business. and
both he and the Australian take to the
Mcr,no breeds. The Merino Is the breed
of ali which thrives here. Three or
four breeders are now engaged extern
sively in the shipment of Merinos to the
Transyaal while at least two New Eng
land firms are engaged in shipments to
.tustraila of the same breed. Bissell of
Vermont. and jackson of Vermont. both
are shipping to Australia, and Cook
aud Wright are engaged in the new
Transvaal trade. to which. it is expect
ed. that the Iowa sheep farmer before
long VIII be shipping direct
A year ago, one $3.50 ram went to
Aus tralia, Samuel McCaughiy buying
him. Il know him very well" said
Davia Evans. the shepherd for Wing
Bros at Merchandising, o.. who is at
the state fair. He is north of Ire
land man. and he shears 2.0oo, coo sheep
every year. He is the sheep king OF the
world. He goes in extensively for the
American Merino.'
II was suggested to Mr.. Evans that
of SUPPLY for sheep to both Australia
and 10 South Africa. IF their pedi-
yrers we're concealed from the Boer
farmer. this might be true in South
A srica,'' he said, but the natural sheep
trade Of England is with Argentine.
Argentine has simply depleted the
fof.ks of England. The Merino sheep
is thu. grade in which she cannot COM
pete with America, anyway
Iowa Sheep To Africa.
H f. Moore of Orchard Lake. Mich:
who is showing at the Iowa state 1ait
this year for the first time recently,
sold ten head to Vermont man VINO
has arranged already for their export
to South Africa. Another has been en-
gagged of Moore, a very costly animal.
The South African breeders think
nothing of paying $500. $500 ana seoo
for good Merino ram.
One of the three Wing Bros. Is goins
TO Argentine soon for the Breeders Ga
zette. il Is said. and will there study
the relation of the sheep industry OF
that country to the English source OF
supply. Perhaps his study will open
for American and Iowa sheep breeders
the trade of the great South American
live stock country.
Mr.. Moore has just come from Sc
dalia. Mo-, and he says that this snow
at the Iowa fair surpasses anything
that he has seen for long time. Ii
Is far better than last year Mr..
Moore did not show here then nor the
Wings but they were here and Mr..
Evans said yesterday that he was GER
tain that this is the best show that
Iowa has had for long years
For instance the Wings are showing
Dorsets and it is a new class for the
Iowa fair. The Iowa agricultural col
ege is said to be responsible for in
teresting the Wings in the Iowa fair
10 the extent of inducing them to show +
their stock here.
Mr.. Moore was asked yesterday If /
the showing at such expositions as the :
sedalia and the Iowa fairs was profit
able. He thought SO. He took $500 ir
prizes at Sedalia, for instance and
asst year made S1,552.
Alfalfa For Sheep.
The Wings are growing 100 acres OF
alfalfa. They have cut two crops
md now are about to cut a third. The
grass is proving very successful III
sheep feeding. The price of it in Ohio
s high enough to make it extremely I
practical business to engage in it, be- I
ng worth S14 on board cars.