El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-10

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ton american butchers who have
eaten karakul shashlik on my ranch
near FL Paso, Texas. admitted that
there is no domestic animal on the
American continent whose meat can
compare with the KarakuD, but is
good enough for anybody and for
that reason I cannot understand
why there exists so much aversion
to burro meat in this southwestern
country, especially when one bears
in mind that there is no cleaner do
nestle animal in existence than the
burro.
Smoked burro meat called has
trama' is very nice and is eaten raw
like Westphalian ham and is espec-
tally adapted on long journeys and
IN hard countries where the karavan
sarais are not over stocked with pro-
visions.
Dried burro meat, resembling the
well known Mexican carne SEGA, is
not bad, providing the burrO is killed
while young, otherwise the meat is
very tough, but free from the odOr
characteristic Of an old goat
SAYS Raise sheep.
In view Of the great decrease Of
cattle and sheep and the resulting
impossible prices I cannot under
stand why our breeders do not raise
more burrOs, especially when one
bears in mind that this animal viii
thrive like the karakul on pasture
that will starve any other domestic
animal, and, from all indications,
burrO hides Will bring unheard OF
prices before this war is over
But why raise burrOs when there
is such a great demand for sheep
and mutton and wool brings unheard
OF prices
sold for $4,000, Add to that your
increase OF the flock, which is all
Of IS percent and one can see that
sheep raising today can be likened TO
a gold mine.
Of course one should have cheap
pasture, suthciency OF water ana
experienced managers and herders.
all of which can be had in our great
southwest.
Make Careful Selections OF Sheep.
One should also be careful in Sc
lectinE sheep adapted for the dry
semi desert conditions OF the south
west, with a reasonable wool clip,
say OF at least eight TO ten pounds,
possessing the greatest rusuluE
qualities. Our fine woods, such IS
the Rambouilettes and Nerinos, are
especially suitable. although when
It comes TO rustling the Navalos and
Mexican Corientes are better TINS
wool clip OF the latter although
very light, can quickly be increased Z
up to ten pounds and we have ac-
complished this in the first cross
with Karalzul rams Of the Doozbal
class, these specimens having been
selected which yielded the heaviest I
wool clip In this case a long coarse
wool is obtained closely resembling
the wool Of the early Navajo from
which the finest blankets IN America
were made
OF late years there has been =
tendency TO breed for a coarser and
longer wool than is possessed by the
fine woods and therefore Cotswold
Lincoln and other long wool rams
have been tried. but unfortunately
these English long wool breeds can
not compete with the fine woods in
hardness and rustlinE, nor do they
herd close which is desirable on the
open range
KarakuIs Are Hardy.
While in the kara-kum desert !
noticed that Karakul sheep were
driven through terrible deserts with |
nothing to eat except what few weeds ]
they could find here and there
The distance between one kishlak I
and another was often one OF several
days Of camel rides without one drop Z
Of water being available
The guide OF an expedition must ]
figure out the number Of burdluks !
Cwater sacks made OF raw hides) that I
are required, a mistake on his part
means death
In spite OF thousands OF karakuls I
and fstrumps being driven through +.
the desert from northern Afghanis- I
tan through all southern Bokhara TO I
the only railroad in Central Asia. one
notices the bones Of but few sheep. I
showing the wonderful hardness OF
these desert animals
Karakuls Thrive Here.
ra-H-
where piles OF mutton fat, which is
the butter Of central Asia and GER
tainly tastes different than the NUT
ton fat Of our native breeds. and is
being used on the table by some few
American breeders
The ability Of the karakul sheep
to accumulate fat on scanty pasture
has been demonstrated by John N.
Wyatt. Of FL PasO, who reported to
the chief OF the bureau OF animal in
dustrv in Washington that after I
keeping the yearlings three months
on my ranch where they had to con-
tent themselves entirely with what
they could pick up in the worst win
ter months we have here, we found ]
after killing them, that they were
wa billing in fat and I can say I no
ticed the absence OF the woody taste
Of the most delicious mutton I ever
The karskul will thrive and accu-
mulate sufficient fat on the scan |
test pasture and cover tremendous
distances without water.
We can create a hybrid here which I
can be shipped directly from the pas
ture 10 the eastern markets and thus
eliminate the necessity Of feeding
Better Mutton; More Wool.
We can develop much heavier !
sheep that viii give more mutton but
in this case we must confine our
selves TO the large class the Karazul
Doozbai which was used for testing
purposes by the Armour Packing
company and not to the small class
used by the bureau Of animal indus
try at Beltsville Maryland during
several years. for the purpose Of as
certaining whether or not We can
produce in America the famous Per
sian lamb and Astrakan furs.
It is a well known fact that when I
it comes TO actual wool the long
woods such as the Lincolns, Cotswools 4
and other English breeds produce as
much If not more wool than the fine
woods, and OF late years the breeding !
for coarse wool has been urged BY I
most competent sheep raisers.
In crossing the best selected Kara /
llul rams with Lincoln ewes shear
ing as much as Is pounds, no loss wac
noticed in the halfbloOds. but there |
was evident greater hardness and I
the hybrids herded very close.
In some instances the length of the I
wool reached Is inches in one year,
il sold for 81 per pound before the I