Show sheep raising and wool wooi growing tho the reports which have been made in relation tio n to the wool crop this season represent tha that in nearly it if not every county in the state state the cli cil clip has been light far less than dan it ought to have been from the number ba of sheep sheared in consequence of BO 80 many eany flocks having been affected by the disease t ease commonly known as the scab to that extent that atlease one half of their wool was shed ofa oal and iest lest before shearing 0 time arrived fc this was the result ol 01 0 bad management manag e and in consequence of less attention earing having eevi been given by owners howoo to woo growing avail th an to sheep raisin raising there he be ll 11 ng a slight lii ili it no t a wide difference between those branches of eyt business and the latter has ever been con P eldered of more importance 4 ortance in these val vai valleys I 1 ey than the former by a majority of those who tave wave h ave follows fo llowd d the business of keeping sheep bu but the neglect and inattention that L has a s bee been beeh j manifested by many in relation to carein carding for their flocks in a way and manner calcut calculated abed to increase their numbers as well as to increase the quantity and improve the quality of their thein woo wooi wool has bas in ia many instances been painful to witness had haa ibe ebe the people atom ino iro ile uke luft tia urne lime ot at the aleu r entering these valleys up to the present been b een impressed with the importance of raising ihei and producing wool not for exports f tion atton but for home use and consumption i on to th the a extent that their necessities required these hills and valleys would have been b een coveted with flocks ere this without any I 1 lm importations more than have been made sheep when properly taken care of are very prolific fic and the few that wf were re brought here by the first sctt bottlers lers had hal they been generally cared I 1 for as they ought they would have haie multiplied and increased in a ratio many times greater dan than they have and there would have been thousands thousands and tens of thousands in the state ay iy where there are but hundreds now and a sufficiency lency of wool would have been produced foi roi all purposes for it lauded whereas there is not more than one tenth as much irban grown as is needed and would be manufactured if it could be obtained the importance tf if raising sheep and those of a wool wol producing kind is leing more fully understood as time lime progresses t and if those who ho are re engaged 0 in th the e business will take that tho care of their heir flocks which is due and raise sheep for their wol woi rather than mutton mut ton buta but a shott tims will elapse before the quantity of wool produced in the state will be in ID creased a hundred hundredfold fod and of a better quality h an much muth which has been grown woolen fabrics to the full extent of the demand mand can uben ohen be produced and the people ci can n be clothed in garments of 0 their own manufacture more serviceable and durable than those they now generally wear and for which their silver arid and gold god has to be agven g ven in exchange cx chang that the country is well adapted to the raising 0 of sheep all who have had experience peri ence in the business testify those which are kept and taken care of as they should be are re healthy and there are some as good flocks in great salt kait sait salt like and other valleys as there are ar to be found in any country according accordi to their deir nu number aber but befar by far too many farmers tho w nho ho have sheep bestow upon 1 them but very little attention not much it anymore tsan cian the 9 give lie ife theli their cattle and horses which are turned 1 out upon the ranges to go where they please in consequence of which their increase e is comparatively small the sheep become diseased and die or shed sired their wool as many ma ny have the past winter which a litile little timely imely ca care re would have prevented whether any a y of those who had diseased flocks this spring 0 have sheared them and arid t turned them out on the commons or into pastures tt tres without taking measures to cure them oi of the mange marge with which they were affected we know inow no but presume from the course many have heretofore taken that some have done idone so regardless of the consequences to themselves and others other and why men knowing knowin in the result of such proceedings will be t thus hus slothful and careless about a matter of vo bo much consequence to themselves and to the public is somewhat mysterious the ex pensa penso of curin curing cheep sheep of the scab is but trim trifling ming fing and ana no llo diseased flock should be allowed to be kept or herded in proximity to those which are healthy andin and in good condition and so long iong onas aa they are the profits arlsie arl arising sim farm the shep slie p raibin raising and woi growing g business to those who persist in following owing t that course and to those who are effected by it will be but small it is hoped however that those havin bavin having 0 sheep will take better betten care of them in future and that the evil complained of this season will soon cease and never again arain a aln ain exist in deseret evanish va v oom Com cominos frion sheep the following are the effects of crossing common sheep shep wit 1 good spanish bucks luther bartlett barl Bart lett leit of du county illino a with span 1 ish bucks jn on liis llis flock of five hund hundred reit comm n sheep five years since when liis bis 3 leid beld of woot wool oot ool avard ged him but 31 p ands per head the past season hi whole flock averaged ava raged him oi pounds with the same care and attention as aa formerly given an item for fot wool wooi growers grovers aa nir dir r J IT II llo lio lister of vi is 1 is county sheared thirty itna poun s of lr wool wooi ol 01 f om five thousand sheep a small portion only othis celebia celebrated ted merno menno flock ten teil thou thousand send pounds were shorn from one thousand bucks belonging to the same flock llos ilos 10 lo angeles news |