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Show Qr iJtal?, r;er Qjimat, $Geijery S products. (Tb ctisyi biro I ptibllshsil srcoUjr r (rem tb Jlhstorlc Clsss nl th II Y. ANtJtmy, TH7 look. 111. prl; foe " Tlit btt colloctlun at O4tiio.ltloni on Uuli, h,r cllrast, tcscery su J i rodttcts." '1 hey am prM,ntl, m ttbote lit.llcstl. onlr ii suisleur tvork, tut, II I hoped, m mnaUur work la the right illrtclloii. X. 1. '.. Tucliir IV. Tbe Brit Slieep fur UUIi. , Itlslisrtlly paiiiblo to overestimate the necessity of lectirlnr; the very best shwp known in order to surmount the Mculilcj thit etery year become more numerous unci overwhelming to tho ool Industry In Utah. Compare for a moment the cost of handling a flock of sheep ten years ago 'th tint of today. Theco'.t of caring 'or a flock of jjok then w ould be no more tlun Jjo per moiuli, while now it is JodUc that amount or even more. At this rate whit may we not look for In the nwr future What must be done? The answer presenting Itself to me is: Secure sheep that will produce impounds of wool where grew only 5 pounds be-'we, be-'we, and yet preserve good slied and ell shaped bodies. The cart of thecp has claimed my Mention for many years, nnd I am ftpircd to prote that the French nwlno fills the bill inoru perfectly than r other breed known to this Territory. 1 come to this conclusion after careful "smlnatlon ol the sheep raised In this Territory, as well tho breeds Import- from, the Fast, the West, and from Canada. A month's lime spent In California '"tmilnseirchorthu best sheep only tonfirmed this lew. This Is sa)Uig food deil, considering that this co it Jte has taken greiter Interest In the science o(heep brenllng thin any other the Union, as Is provrd by the; sheep " n furnUled us In the put Men located neir a meat market "( Und It to their atltalitage to breed ftecoarse-woolcd nheep In preference "the fine, oing to the fact tint the mbi are larger at a given age, and, hmfullytiutured, nre arBe aj ttc Wed lor (nutton LnderthehtaU of coarse wools may & ",in,P,,1,'f. Oxforiidowni. boutli USn AIU,,10ui1' l,cl' pome w diMlnct n,.'""?,',Vll0"n ol ou the inlMU?l''U'?'1,-:'-e " " heaviest fewfiJ!',,,"?!'': !' "B,l-'"H la'Khes very t railroads uru )iniy .nil m. kri, SV,"!1' ''l.wJ'lA'.trX raktt purposes th varieties r, , but, consider for a moment, that only half the increise, the w ethers, is market, able, and generally these arc not parted with until niter the third clipping. It Is safe to say that the Trench merino will double the lleece of the coarse wooled varieties named, nnd that liny are equally as valuable for tho eastern markets, onaccounloflhegrc.it amount of wool they produce (luring fatten. Inc. My experience with the coarse wools has been that they shear tolerably good fleeces the rlrst clip or two, but fiom this on thry continually decline. They almost entirely lose their tvool 011 a brushy range, and olien get lost tln.m-selves, tln.m-selves, being of u rcttlos, roaming disposition, always looking for the most tender gnss. Yettu the credit of these slurp, It must be aild, the, are good mothers and with less attention will raise more lambs proportionately thin tho merino Hocks In the past the price of sheep fur mutton has varied not accordlng.to the renl value, but more according to the experience or Inexperience of the sheep men themselves, Inferior wools, previous pre-vious to the establishment of shipping associations, sold for marly as much as the better qualities. Hut the time is fjst coming whenevtry wiol grower will recrive returns for his product according to the courc I pound, and not for its weight as first brought to mirkct And the mutton buyers will puy prkesln proportion to Ok lie, mid wool quahtl'softhe uiihnil the better wool rjuilitles being woith more, ns before stitcd;ou account of producing mora wool during fsttenlng llnd tin. hherp of Utah to be fedtir n turned at lioim, the argument might be brought! In fu,r tin miiiII niulnoi ill it is mule (or the J;rscv cow , that they produce more uccordlng to tin. feed 11. ..si. Vet I bellve even for Irediug that Hit. 1 rench merino have the udtautage, being larger and leldlug mort, sionr cd pounds of (bairn wool than uii) oilier sliccjV known In our (.ouiitr). Hut I would hive the reader keep in mind that many of the slici p imported for pure rrencfi are hut in Inlfrlor (.lavs when compared will, the rul .took Last fill I had the ptcature of nltnvas Ing the truth of this On the same tinlil on whldi I had In charge two carloads of full blooded Trench merinos, were asm my ol this Inferior class going 10 rigdeii to be wlit Needless In ay, the sal sman h id no iiccensloiigastli tril stock wis In the ndjicent cocnb I In. person In charge t6ld me that the lot was tri.h Hint the owner hid no use for and had decided to send thrill to I Inh TI10 Information was ni'dlcs to all who .oniparrd thiol with the genuine stuek 1 sperienc has taiiaht me Hint the I reueh iiiciinues are but nd iplu I for Ira tiling Hie hunJreds of miles (rum the summer to the winter range nnd return. They will (land mure cold, und will rustle their feed In snow where the little, short-legged Spanish merinoes sulk and perish. In builng sheep, get the best and) oil will never regret it. Money spent for hood stock'wlll not only be a source of profit, but will gratify that professional pride which ever) breeder should lute In his Hoc!:. IIvnmui Mauiaiiy. MuvitOk, Utah. |
