The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1920-02-14
SUCCEEDS
IN SHEEP BUSINESS
Divides Interest Between Home
and Flocks; Realizes Literary
Ambitions Only In Stock
Journal Articles

Salt Lake Tribune: Mrs. Emma
Yearian of Lemhi, Idaho. who attend
ed the recent convention of the Ma
tional Woolgrowers' Association, is a
living denial of the popular assertion
that the new field of business activi-
ty opened up for ome will tend to
stamp out the maternal instincts.
Mrs. Yearian is not only a successful
sheep raiser, but is also the mother
of four charming daughters and one
stalwart son, and it is difficult to say
whether she is more interested in her
sheep or her family.
The old-time deadline between the
cattle and sheep raisers has been
eliminated in the Yearian family, too.
Mrs. Yearian's husband is a success
full cattleman of northern Idaho.
II came west from Illinois as 4
school teacher" said Mrs. Yearian,
and | had an ambition to make $780,
600. l was impressed with the slip
shod manner in which cattlemen, and
all men for that matter, managed
their business, and after thinking
about it for a long time | thought
there was no reason why | should not
get in the game myself. l wanted to
do something. / took the matter up
with my husband and he was abso-
lutely opposed to my starting in the
sheep business. Why, hone of these
catttlemen around here will speak to
u.s. he said. But / did not bother
about that. l knew that they would
be glad to speak to me If l had the
dollars, which, after all, do a lot of
talking.
Banker Dubious
MY banker was dubious about my
success. but they finally bought me a
band of sheep at s2.75 apiece. They
were a sick looking bunch, too, but
did not know any better then.
nursed those sheep and managed
every detail of their management my
self. When l told my banker that
my lambs would weigh over seventy
pounds he thought | was insane. He
was willing to bet me a new hat that
lambs that heavy could not be raised
in Lemhi County. When they were
weighed in. however. they averaged
seventy-seven and one-half pounds.
After that they all had more respect
for my judgment.
81 am sitting here to-day, eating
dinner in the finest style possible, and
next week will be out at a sheep
camp with my old Rumanian herder,
Andy, eating out of a frying pan. /
look after every detail of my bust
ness. l have no foreman. When /
have a train of sheep going out /
superintend their loading. This is a
hard season with the sheep raisers.
My husband laughed at me when he
went to California and said that his
cattle would probably have to pay
the costs of running my sheep this
Winter. will be mighty lucky, as
every other sheep raiser will agree, II
| break even this Winter, for many,
many sheep.nen are going to go to
the wall before Spring.
49,
Vision Counts
II started in with one band of
sheep and l had such a job managing
them thai | thought l never could
run five bands, but as | was able to
buy more sheep | was better able to
manage them, and last Winter I ran
six bands. I am running now about
1000 sheep. | cleaned out a lot be-
fore the Winter feeding started be-
cause | did not like the prospect of
having men in the hay business get
ting wealthy on my money, for they
are getting rich at the expense of the
sheepmen this year.
any "ohioh Sdh w piS tnlnBs IL
she has a big vision. | saw the ro-
nance in raising sheep. When /
send a long train of sheep to the mar
ket have a thrill of pride which can
not be equaled by an artist who has
just painted a wonderful picture. /
have been able to give my daughters
many of the things for which | longed
when was a girl. wanted to be a
successful writer and the realization
of my literary dreams has only been
realized in writing items about sheep
raising in the live stock journals"