Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-05-05
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MAY 8.-The Woodmen hall II abont
completed aud looks Inc. 7,s r f--7
The social In. the village hall on
Wednesday evening. for the benefit Of
! the Methodist church was very well
attended and nice affair and realized
$3.50. ..,4.
D.. P. Calhoun and wife spent q day
and night at Wadena5 last week ct
the home Of Fred Case. =:
! Geo, Rogers will leave here about
Thursday the 4th. for his new home
at or near Fort Ripley.
Mrs. j. V. MCCARTHY Of Royalton
visited with her parents Sunday and
Monday.
Simon Berry got another wolf on
Monday.
Following are the particulars of the
}. w. Burnett contest spoken of In
last weeks Items:
The first prize was given to the cat,
so, won by VIM. Genmeill of Cart
wright, Manitoba.
Second prize to the dog, IS. 30. won
by Frank W. Maniece, Estherville,
Iowa.
Third prize to the sheep, IS. won
by Geo. Calhoun of Randall. MINI.
Fourth prize to the COW, IS, won
by J. b. Taylor, Cambridge, Neb.
Fifth prize to the hog. 80. won by
! M. E Hale, Moberly, Mo.
! Sixth prize to the horse, 81, won BY
r. E. Dimick, Almena, Wisconsin.
! Following is the letter received by
Geo. Calhoun from Mr.. Burnett.
Minneapolis, MINI, April 81, 1906.
Geo. Calhoun, Randall, MINI.
Dear Sir We are pleased to send
you check for IS as winner of third
prize in our late contest. We received
SO any good letters it was q very diff
cult matter to decide which was the
best among go many thousand. Wishing
vou all possible success. we are yours
truly, j W. Burnett,
Manager Northwestern Hide and Fur
Company.
Following is the letter that won the
third place for the sheep:
THE SHEEP.''
Randall, Minn.. March 6, 1906.
Northwestern Hide and Fur Co.,
| Minneapolis, MINI.
Dear Sirs:-I read in Farm. Stock
and Home of your offer of prizes for
answers to question-What ia the
most profitable animal on the farm,
and why? l say the sheep, and the
reasons are so mang that l can hardly
enumerate them. First. the sheep is
as good, some claim better, for meat,
as any other animal. It will live,
thrive and fatten where hog would
die, and it will live, thrive and fatten
on the same feed that a hog will
The young of all animals grow in
value every day until they are done
growing, as we'll OF the young of the
sheep. But the wool of the sheep
grows every day in the year and is
jast as staple an article as the horse
or the hog, or the COW or her pro-
ducts. The farmer reaps a harvest off
his sheep every spring by it's crop of
| wool. and harvest every autumn
from his crop Of lambs, and has his
stock of good old nannies left. With
! any kind Of rease nable feed and care
he has meat, fat meat, any day in
the year, either for his own use or
for the market. The sheep will live,
grow and thrive in all countries and
all parts of the country and be
profitable, while the hog cannot
pe grown with profit where
corn don grow The profit of the
! sheep can hardly be estimated. AS
CLEANERS, VQoV consume WIN a reI1sn
noxious weeds that other stock will
pass UNDECIDED and let grow and go to
seed. The benefit derived from them
in cleaning up bush land is said in
some cases to be worth as much in a
! single season as the flock is worth.
There are other arguments in favor
OF the sheep, but believe I have given
enough. The horse is noble animal
and can hardly be done without, but
he has got to be good horse and
well-worked every day if he pays for
his care and feed. BE is of no value
after he is done growing, except what
he is worth on tn market, and if he ia
idle he is bill of expense.
The COW comes next to the sheep, l
think, and perhaps, take it the world
over, is q more acceptable animal
than the sheep. But OUTSIDE Of what
she is worth on the market, for every
dollar you get of her you have to put
dollar In her In care, feed and Ia
Dor. The hog, in some places and
under some circumstances, will per-
haps give larger profit than sheep,
but those places and circumstances are
| very limited. Yours.
GRO CAI.H0TIN