Show sheep steep raising in california the business of oe sheep raising calsing and wool growing grolln in Californi california at is attracting much at tent ion iod and ani the public journals jour nala nals throughout the state stata state of 0 it at as promising to become ona gie of the principal of wealth to the agricultural portion of its lis inhabitants at no distant period although wool does not this season command high prices some seventy thousand pounds having 0 been sold recently in IS sie sue ua francisco for eap exp export ort at priced ranging f fron ron ro n fourteen to thirty cents per pound among the principal sheep raisers of oe the state is mentioned mr R alacon of alameda county famed also for his admirable herds of dairy dalry stock it Is ig stated that in july 1860 mr hir alacon purchased sixteen merino ewes of which two died on shipboard and two are barren tarren leaving twelve breeding ewes from which he has an increase of forty the anticipation of another crop of lambs before next july over three hundred and add twenty five fire per cent increase in less than two years the shearing is as follow sj 52 clips CHO irom from ewa and aud ewe eve lambs MJ ellb ab 8 3 clips dips ironi tracks bid bit IN ib ll ib MM ot lika kika liaa tuma JC IN ib 14 oz ge eri erl terai ave average raire of bucks tiocka 27 IN tha jlia heaviest fleece taken from the best fluck was thirty four foun pounds and end from fron the best ewe twenty five fire and a half pounds trem for shade saale the california suggests that in place placa of the in bursting its bolls fills the air with feathery particle par licea 3 agriculturists 0 should substitute the graceful elms eims the fragrant locust or the beautiful waving eucalyptus whid which with many man other trees arenar are far preferable to the cottonwood cotton ived |