The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-08
IDAHO is STAR SHEEP STATE
Worlds Foremost Exponent Will Ad-
dress Boise Club

ing producer of the worlds finest
1 thoroughbred sheep, is the prophesy
made by Colonel L. d. Burch, the
worlds foremost exponent of the
sheep industry and its greatest silver
tongued advocate in America, who
with his wife, is visiting in Boise and
| in whose honor the Commercial club
| gave luncheon at noon today.
Colonel Burch is the editor of the
American Sheep Breeder, the leading
journal of the sheep industry of the
! United States and perhaps the best
sheep journal published anywhere in
the world. For over 80 years he has
controlled the destinies of this journ-
nal and he is personally known to
many thousand sheep men of the
/ country. He is a grower of fine
sheep himself, as we'll as writer and
lecturer upon that industry.
Il don't know of any country on
earth better fitted for farm sheep
/ growing than Snake river valley"
declared Colonel Burch to the Capital
News today. ''The winter climate Is
perfect, the elevation is just right to
give the health tone that sheep must
have and the footing is perfect. Ma
ture has provided every requisite for
sheep raising and the sheep industry.
No other country will produce such
crops of alfalfa, so rich and nutri-
tious such succulent grasses and such
an equable climate. | have travelled
| over California, Nevada, Utah. Colo
RADIO, and other alfalfa growing states
and have never yet seen one where
such crops are produced as in this
state.
"The finest thoroughbreds from
England or elsewhere brought to this
state and cared for as the sheep
men of Idaho have learned to care
for their sheep and fed upon the
grasses and the hay produced here,
increased 20 per cent in size; they
produce better wool, are weightier
and stronger than they were in their
native lands.
idaho in the lamb market bust
ness leads the world; it's lambs can
be placed on the market earlier be-
cause of the delightful climate of the
state; it's freedom from harmful win
ter storms and winds; it's nourishing
hay and feed, and they are in better
condition, larger. fatter and healthier
than those produced elsewhere in this
country.
"You can't say too much for farm
sheep raising in Idaho; that is the
thing that will make this country.
This has been fully demonstrated
at the excellent Butterfield farm at
Weiser where sheep raising and the
sheep industry are better exemplified
than elsewhere in this country. His
Shropshires and Lincolns have been
prize-winners at national expositions
year after year and he has had un.
bounded success. Mr.. Butterfield
gives the same attention to the sheep
business, it's details and it's manage
ment, that he would give to bank
ing or other business. He has sur
rounded himself with the most ex-
pert sheep judges in the country and
he is making wonderful success of
the business.
"Ex Governor Gooding also has
made great success of the thor
oughbr sheep raising business. Be
fore he got into politics he devoted
considerable attention to the business
and attained wonderful success, but
after his election to the Office of gov
ernor he was compelled to rely more
upon range production and allowed
his thoroughbred business to drop
back little. He told me, however,
that he expects to take trip to
England shortly where he will pur-
chase few hundred head of the fin
est ewes to be obtained and will again
become raiser of thoroughbred
sheep"
Colonel Burch knows sheepmen all
over the country and numbers them
among his friends by the thousands.
He visited Boise four or five years
ago, but knew no one here at that
time. He notes the wonderful growth
of the city since that time and ex-
presses great pleasure at the delight
full climate and feels grateful at the
cordial reception accorded him upon
his visit at this time.
Col. and Mrs. Burch are on their
way to the Seattle exposition and
were induced to stop over at Boise
and Weiser to meet their friends
among the sheep growers. He is
most interesting talker and is thor