Year: 1864

10 the Suio Tdthc'; "'tOi ic'uih i"'N


a tour Of that State.


81 will tell you what l think the best


and consecutive steps necessary to be ta-


ken by young man who wishes to en-


gage in Western wool-growing in the


method proposed.


I'm the first place he ought to buy his


sheep good ewesl right after shearing,


and start them west as soon as possible,


so as to arrive early enough to have his


sheep recruit before winter sets in


Driving is cheaper than shipping by rail,


and careful driving not much harder on


them than carrying The most careful


driving tells on sheep some, and arriving


late in the fall always makes it bard to


winter t b m. We consider sheep


brought from Ohio and Michigan worth


Just one dollar head more after they


have been in the West year, than when
first driven in. Our Western men, in


driving from Ohio and Michigan, have a


fold made of a single width of burlaps, or
common domestic, which t b y stake
around the flock wherever night over
takes them, and which they roll up and
put in the wagon by day. Their sheep,


when the flock is not too large, are pas
tured along the road, being followed, not
driven. In their covered wagon they
sleep, camp, and cook their own grub,
and as soon as daylight appears, roll up
their fold and put out. They move
along slowly, letting the flock pick all
day, and when it is dark, told thus be-
ing very independent as to place to
stop at night. BY making so long day
to drive ten or twelve miles, sheep do
about as well by pasturing along the
road, as if driven farther in day in less
hours, aud pasture hired every night
The expense, driving flock in this man
ner is but mere triAe in comparison
with shipping or hiring pasture every
night. OF course, if the sheep could not
find enough to ell them well along the
road, it would be poor economy not to
hire some pasture for them.


After arriving in Iowa, the first thing
is to get as far south as possible-otber
things being equal in order to shorten
the winter feeding as much as one can.
Then get into section of high rolling
prairie where there is a large range with
running water on it. Get far enough |
from a railroad to be in a section of
cheap corn. In buying corn, or other
feed to winter on buy it where you can
get timbered feed,lots. Give your sheep
extra care and extra feed from the time
you arrive until grass comes in the
spring. The first year you want money
enough to buy your winters feed, pay
Your board and other incidental expen-
ies, until you get your first clip of'-af-
er that your wool pays your way, and
eayes you money to add TO your flock
With.


With five hundred or less sheep of his
'wn to feed, young man can do work
enough for the farmer of whom he buys
lis feed to pay his board bill, use of team
o feed with, in case he feeds shock. corn,
Ind something on his corn. Near large
ange and cheap corn, he need not fear
,etting overstocked. | know of Ger
nan who has got a flock of three thous-
md from a start of two hundred old Gull
yves purchased but few years since
'ut of his wages as shepherd, and who
will not even buy an acre of land. He
ays, let them put their money in land
hat wish to--land does not pay. When


mans entire capital is in sheep, in such


country as the far West (heyond rail
Dads, where be can always buy corn as
heap as you can raise it, even where it
} raised as cheaply as here, every dollar
{ his capital is alive.


As profitable as keeping sheep in this
manner can be made, wish it distinctly
Understood, that any young man engaging
a il must have energy, perseverance, lots
f grit, and expect to work hard under
isadvantages. Many of your buckeye
oys, who may be fired with the idea of
laking their fortunes by Western wool
rowing in the method set forth IN this
atter, would be apt to fail for the reason :
bat they would expect to do it easily
t is a rather popular error that money
nakes itself in a new country. Many
Eastern boys become very homesick the J.
rst year, because things are not as they U
'ere where they came from. l have no |
oubt but that if they could have all the v
Dhio eonveniences for taking care of f
heep, Ohio houses to live in, aud Ohio S
ire, Ohio soil to feed on winters instead a
western mud, Ohio privileges of society a