Show i i r i i AT C S GAE aa we eg canon julie julle 18 1868 lit ill ador afi deseret news sews khinki ng a few lla IIA lines iines froma frota thi this place would be acceptable aca cep table tabie to you I 1 venture to t a write so that you may know hoewe how we are getting aio alo along ngat at this point of the railroad tb taj rei rel 1 ge ld at present about 1 at woi voi volere wor here ere and G gat cat is having another gate cut through it the edt cut ting is 1 feet long iong somewhere near near feet wide at the top and 20 feet at it the bottom the deepest part id 19 oivo ahone tio tle tie sidd gidd and 45 43 on od the other the the men work witha with a will and tind seem beem to enjoy themselves and to the best of my knowledge are contented and happy A better letof set of boys I 1 dont believe found fo mid strange S stories have reached us aboul about rum damora ors inthe anthe an the city concerning us ort opt bere here that amuse we bear them about accidents discontent acae ac let moe toe saye sayi if any one oue othere as s dis keeps it very close clas e doiy for I 1 have bot toot heard beard about it lt though there is a certain class clash of I 1 men vba wha mho magnify mole hills into mountains they bring to tb my mind the story of the three black crows in fact wa have heard that beget nothing to eat out here but bad bread muddy water and prayers the only complaint among the boys is that we have got the spirit of the times and ewines flesh is at il a discount we do not wish to see it much less to eat it perhaps PE chapp the prayers are ara disagreeable to some few who have been with us for we kemem berthat we are latter day saints in this cannon cation as well as a at home in the city and we remember our pra prayers sers in the season and during the two weeks which h I 1 have spent here I 1 have not heard one angry or profane word and th third commandment is strictly keitt bishop bishop john sharp is out here with us and has the confidence of all hands as I 1 believe he deserves to have and I 1 do not think there will be found a more orderly camp on the railroad the lma has blessed us 86 far we have bave ba ve had no accidents and the healthy heath of the camp is good I 1 ij I 1 we held meeting on sunday the fth andt and 5 enjoyed ourselves ours elTes very ve well weil an 0 n we lath it was very wind windy but we expect to t hold meetings every e ve iry sunday sunda Y while we stay and we would not be sorry coiry to have a stranger in our midst noir cowand and then during the summer I 1 j I 1 your brother in the gos gospel iel pel I 1 1 t ti RICHMOND cache co 1 june 1868 J evilor deseret news the subject of sheep ahbe raising is or ought to be one 0 ne of great importance to us as a people and an in order older to be successful in raising good shepp sheep and having good wool we must keep kiep our sheep clean and healthy iam safe in saying that hat a scabby sheep la 19 neither clean nor healthy and the pian plan generally adopted in some of our settlements of having them run together in one large herd and corralling cor them over night thereby compelling them to lay in filth faith every night is to say the leaston lea iea least lot lof it not the best one it is natural to suppose that every everyone one ono having sheep wishes them to do well to increase as fast aa as good healthy sheep generally do to have a heavy fleece of good clean wool at shearing time and if he wants a mutton that he can eau get one that is profitable to kill at any season of the year itis uis rather discouraging to I 1 try to raise good clean cleais sheep where a majority of the owners of the herd are careless and indifferent about knowing whether their sheep and healthy when turned into the herd or nearly used up with the scab and other diseases 1 I 1 have known men et their thein sheep from the herdin herd in the f fall fail alie alle and shut them up in a little filthy I 1 nu nutshell shelleen shell sheil pen Ten in the same condition a as it was when they were furher out afif of it in the spring or worse and give them a little feed thrown down in the filthy pen one half of which they would tread into the manure with no shed or covering whatever for them and when it snowed it was lucky for f or them for then uld eat it onn off each others back and thereby quench their thirst aben nolien s spring p ring returned and shearing time came if ir there was any wool or tag loeks locks on them they would bo be pulled orf off ot and in this condition they were hurried off to the herd to feed and sleep by the side of the sheep that had had bad good winter quarters and had been well fed and cared eared for and when their fleeces had bad been shorn have had the their irskins skins wash washed edif if they needed it and were clean and healthy thi this i may hay appear an ext extreme hemer kemer contra contrast sf but it is ia too true and while wn hil hii such proceedings are tolerated we may m ap naturally expect our sheep to have the soab scab dother an diseases which if proper management and aud andearo cago caio earo caro were given to them especially in the tho winter win ter they n haqq hut but they would be e lelean iclean I 1 e an und ind ild lid healthy althy and ad sheep raising wo would id be profitable and encouraging I 1 s speak eak eau from experience the he question la 14 often asked amit 1 the tho k P best cure ce for ohp M scab I 1 bave have heard d degreat di great maan ba ny lre ire are ate io ioor bod Sr b aidt tn in my opinion lopinto n attle ire jre iley ltee yent entice lye iye is ls hetter better etter than all ail the cure that can be applied A friend of mine mind in talking about the theseas scab in iv she sheep epand dad his curo cure and the importance of bour our anore enote attention to our bur sheep relates his experience his sheep in a the following manner which I 1 thinkie thin kis worthy worth of consideration by those owning zep gep sheep baid bald ihei he 1 my sheep had run in t the he big herd hero and abd a rid likel I 1 athe p rest iest of the herd were scabby I 1 was ds dja dis cou raged iii in trying to keel keep my sheep clean ania and resolved to try another ala atA other othen plan which idid edid by purchasing a farm about two miles mim north of riehmond richmond fenced it by itself and it taking my sheep with me beffre I 1 shearing I 1 prepared a tub full of water and soft soap and after shearin shearing applied it freely with a brush until their shins skins were clean I 1 then let them luu lun run by themselves and do their own hi herds rd ing and to encourage enco eneo urage thein them to come hoge home home at night I 1 fed them a I 1 the salt that they wanted and supplied them with quaking asp logs and poles and let them bark them which they do ina in a workmanlike manner and it is surprising to know the amount that they will eatoe ea tofit it ily by adopting this ahls plan they come home themselves to their thein salt sait and bark and lie near by where it is fed to them they whey are not corralee corr aled I 1 have a good goold large corral with a small stream of bf good water running through it to be used when in n haying time I 1 pick outtie out the hay with the most weeds tick sick in a for them which they relish the best which with othar good bay hay bay and different kinds of roots toots are put in handy to be fed in winter when it comes and feeding is necessary they fe are borr corr corralee aled and their feed is ift put into ra racks 8 and troughs fixed for congeni convenience ence enee and add economy in feeding femino are liberally supplied with clean dry bed bedi t ding and clean clelin water sheds and abd stabling are fixed nixed fo for fok their comfort comfort and to protect them from the rain a and nd i snowstorm snow storms a stable is fixed specially for the ewes which is large enough to comfortably hold the also in times timis of severe storm sor sop very cold weather when lambing time comes my ewes have plenty of milk an dhave and have no trouble in taking to their lambs when shearing time comes I 1 have good tood gooda clean healthy fat sheep with a good clip elip of clean wool on them and as my fam family say it ia Is encouraging to work it up and there is satisfaction in wearing it this is what I 1 practice and the result is encouraging to preach tome to we sheep raising is profitable and encouraging cou raging the practice of having sheep run in large herds without any restrictions as to whether they are turned into it in a healthy condition or not and having them confined in a corral over night ia Is one of the poorest plans plang that can be adopted some argue that they can afford to pay but very little for herding herd ipg ing as their sheep do not increase enough in numbers nor not in wool to justify them and the more there is in the herd the smaller the herd bill will be this thid in part is true and until prompt measures are adopted and carried into nto effect in regard to turning diseased sheep into the herd we may naturally expect to have diseased sheep and they will tili not increase much in numbers nor in wool they will be no help nor benefit to us i it ia Is gratifying to know that a different mode of herding is 19 being pr practiced in many parts of our territory that of ha haying ing the shepherd lierd ilerd travel and camp wil WIT with 1 the sheep some borne even object to this the bhe best plan because of going whre where there is more wolves than there Is Is around a settlement but I 1 am safe in saying that there is more sheep killed by dogs when they are ard herded near a settlement than there are by wolves es when they are aro ar kept on the range with a odd herdsman with them besides their eing healthier and in every way doing better setter much might be said sali on this interesting te subject but as I 1 may have already been too lengthy 1 will close hoping loping that those who awn sheep will will make the necessary preparations id ill the summer time by building good sheds and stables and securing plenty of good lay iny and roots to feed them in the winter then if they adewell are well weil cared eared for they kiil ivill be profitable to us and return retura an ample reward for all dur lamorand lab iab orand expense this blessing or reward like 1199 all athera will iii come ome onn ofil ona a natural principle the lord helps heis hosa wha help heip elves covi CI COTI 0 tit |