Show GEORGE 9 CANNON EDITOR wednesday dec 30 1868 THE ANGORA goar GOAT ASA WOOL animay ANIMAL THE necessity of becoming self sustain ing in the fullest sense is fast bein being realized by the people of this territory and measures are being adopted all over the territory which must in a very few years produce highly gratifying results co agricultural and manufacturing fae fac turing societies are being formed and steps taken to import the purest of seeds of various kinds and the best breeds of animals the importance of improving the breed of sheep in this territory and of increasing the quantity and quality of wool has been urged repeatedly upon our people and we believe not altogether without effect our attention has teen leen been called to an article in the california farmer of the loth dinst headed and goats as wool bearing animals in which the writer mr robert W scott of near frankfort ky shows the cost and productiveness of both sheep and goats the result being largely in cafor fa of goats i in 1819 the first experiment in goat raising in the united states was made by mr james B davis of south carolina who that year imported some of the pure angora goats since which time they have been known as the cashmere goat and have been gradually diffused allover all over the country and have proven themselves prolific in all situations and of great value for their wool in california the raising of goats has been systematically tried trie dand and promises to be a great success mohair as the wool of this goat is commercially called has been in demand says the sacrament i to daily bee of the dinst at 80 cents in gold and is likely to be worth sixty to seventy cent sper pound in gold for come the bubines was commenced there by the importation of a few of th pure male angora and a herd ij i females the resulting half reeds breeds will be worked up to seven eights angora which it is believed will be j just xa as good for hair and much better for all purposes than the pure angora i As this a subject of more than ordinary importance to our farmers and to the people of the territory at large we present the following from mr scotts letters in drawing the comparison between sheep and goats mr scott says 1 I would not if I 1 could have one sheep less or one pound less of their wool raised for we now nw import nine and a half million pounds of wool and oter oyer over seventeen million dollars worth of woolen goods gooda all of which and more we could and ought to produce would do so if there were no villainous doggin the land but rather let us have more goats and more of their wool commensurate with its superior quality and value Speaking of the Improved kentucky breed of sheep mr scott says one hundred breeding ewes of this breed have produced eight pounds each of clean unwashed wool which sold this year at 38 cents per pound which reckoning five sheep per acre of good grass land gives 1520 1520 per acre for the wool ahne anne ane goats however mr scott says consume less and live on a greater variety on meaner food than sheep and at least eight of them can be kept where five sheep can be five pounds of clean wool as shorn will be a fair average for grown full blood animals my flock yielding from two to eight pounds of ail all ages and from three quarter to pure bred this makes 40 pounds of wool per acre from goats also at per pound the price at which I 1 have this year sold my lot of mixed breed wool will make just fifty dollars per acre more than three times the value of the cheeps wool and more per acre than sheep will make the same number of female goats will produce one third mord more lambs than the same number of sheep will and the eight goats per acre will thereby produce almost as much meat per acre as the five sheep will and the goats meat is essentially as acceptable and nutritious and will be as sa leable as the mutton of sheep 11 if the above estimates are anything near lear the truth goats it will be heen seen are of f greater practical value than sheep of any my breed and mr scott beott is inclined to the belief that they are of greater productive value than any other farm stock and especially when it is remembered that they are healthy hardy prolific and above all that they are free from the depredations of dogs this is a subject well worthy the consideration of our farmers the goat from its hardy nature and almost omni verous tastes might be raised in large largo numbers on the hills and mountain sides in almost every locality of our territory As scavengers on old farms and as pioneers on new lands in clearing ng them of noxious weeds bushes briars and burrs they are of great reat service to the agriculturist ang and when it is remembered in addition to this that I 1 they also endure better than any other stock restraint by cp hobb hobbling ing herding and picketing all of which are practical and effective with them in open fields and paA pastures tures that their flesh is as nutritious as that of the sheep and that the mountainous character of our territory renders it specially adapted to the raising of the goat we are decidedly of the opinion that rais rats raising njg goats in large numbers if made a business of would prove highly remunerative to the agricultural portion of our community adulteration OF or FOOD WEIGHT the new york world has entered upon a task in the performance of which it cannot but render great service to the people of the country namely the investigation of the weights used by the grocers of new york city and the adulterations adulte rations of food practiced bethem by them the adulterations adulte rations of food are exposed by chemical analysis conducted by professor seeley the false weights are proven by sealed measures and officially verified weights with first class goods bought at so called first clas class houses the adulteration of food has for years been a crying evil am among i ong our cousins across the atlantic and legislation has been attempted with but very little success kostop to stop the abominable practice this shameful system it seems has reached and I 1 becoming very general in this country at least in the city of new york for according to the world adul te rations are frequent and false weights almost universal the loss through the latter being estimated at 15 per cent the adulte adulteration ration of almost every co conceivable cei vable article of food has become so common that in new york city there are large establishments whose iness is to prepare and sell adulterants adulte rants the retail grocers are said to be in league with the manufacturers of the several adulterants adulte rants to whom they send for their ground beans bone dust P D or pepper dust and so on it has long been known thu that at in large cities the stuff too often sold for milk is but an abominable compound composed of milk chai chat chalkl water starch cheeps braids brains ac but these investigations of the mored world 11 orla orld prave prove that nearly neaily everything taken info into their stomachs by the people of new york city is a rom compound pound almost as villainous drugs wines liquors and even coal are adulterated to a shameful extent as well as food tea that indispensable beverage in almost every family outside of utah is found to be adulterated with leaves of the beach elm horse chesnut palm fancy oak willow copla poplar hawthorne and sloe starch rice aks husks ments of silk worms and sand for coloring the tea are used rose pink dutch pink vegetable red and yellow dyes chrome yellow venetian red prussian blue sulphate of lime verdigris carbonate of copper of copper chromate and chromate bi of potash carbonate of magnesia black lead soap stone logwood indigo and ic for the taste are used catechu and of iron coffee is about as bad being composed chiefly of chicory roasted beans acorns mangel worzel roasted wheat rye and potato flours roasted peas parsnips par snips sweet potatoes inferior or damaged damaged coffees sawdust mahogany sawdust old sea biscuits oak bark tan and brick dust for color burnt sugar madder root roasted horse liver and burnt blood have been used the adulteration of flour is extensive many of the adulterants adulte rants being of a most injurious character they consist chiefly of beans rye indian corn potato flour hydrated sulphate of lime chalk bone earth plaster of paris powdered flints old or damaged flour and alum to correct the taste confectionery seems to offer a peculiarly advantageous ad van field for the arts of swindlers lers of this class and the wonder is that thal L many more children are not polso poisoned nad to death I 1 by its use among the adulterants adulte rants for confectionary are arrow root wheat and potato flour hydrated sulphate of lime white potters clay chalk plaster of paris sand and for coloring cochineal lake indigo prussian blue antwerp blue artificial ultra marine carbonate of copper carbonate of lead or white lead red lead vermilion chrome yellow gam bouge sap green of copper indian red brown brawn ferruginous earths cobalt lith lithrus mus ultra marine and naples yellow cocoa chocolate mustard spices sugar vinegar lard sauces bread honey pickles cream of tartar and and numberless other substances in constant inconstant use in almost every family are found to be in most instances but vile compounds some of them being strongly adulterated adulterated with virulent poisons this state of affairs is by no means flattering to the morality of the parties engaged in this traffic very many of whom are no doubt looked upon as consistent members of christian churches it would be well if these practices were confined to the city of new york but it is more than probable that other large cities would be found equally as dir elect as it who can say that this wholesale adulte adulteration of the commonest necessaries of life is not the prime cause of some of the epidemic diseases that occasionally work so much devastation among the people and if so where does the responsibility lie it amounts to little less than murder here is a fruitful field for the wisdom of legislators if they could devise means to punish such wholesale fraud it should be done promptly punish ment sharp and severe should be dealt out to these wholesale plunderers the people of utah may after a while see the wisdom and expediency of the counsel repeatedly given in lib relation to becoming supporting self and abid especially that in relation to tea coffee and other stimulating and hot aricks drinks 0 abr for ae the news dene GENE GENERAL iral ItAL i memphis 26 the avalanches little rock special says generals babcock and porter of grants staff left for home tonight it appears that they were not authorized to investigate the militia ou outrages frages all ali the militia except to be withdrawn from lewisburg and the citizens are to be allowed to forma form a company and the civil authorities in conway county are to preserve order the conway refugees are preparing to return home new orleans inspector general ayers left yesterday for the disturbed portion of arkansas to examine into the condition of affairs and report new york GeorgeV george franeis francis rau eis cis train hr arrived today to day 3 ff augusta ga and his two maiden sisters residing inco in columbia county were murdered and robbed on thursday night and their house seton set on nire fire the bodies were consumed suspicion rests on some negroes in the neighborhood chicago 27 the leading republican journals express indifference at the amnesty proclamation some consider its promulgation at this time in bad taste but no denunciation is indulged in new york in lafayette new jer sey a widow named white just previous to her death sent for some fellow members of the methodist chuh and confessed to them in her dying hour that about seven years ago she poisoned her infant child and about a year afterward she poisoned her husbands father and later still when her husband re turned from the army she also administered fatal poison to him the woman had always borne bornea a good character being a member of the methodist church her only reason for making this confession was a desire to rid her conscience of this load of crime she bhe was perfectly sane to the time of her death savannah the supreme court of georgia sustained the decision of the lower court which held that the consideration of a note given for borrowed confederate money was a good and nd valid one new now york 28 it is stated that gen Gr anthas granthan grants has expressed himself as being opposed to turning men out of office merely for opinions sake he says the purpose of his administration shall be the faithful performance of the duties ef his bis great office to see that the laws are carried out that honesty and economy prevail in the public service and that all its officers are capable and effi clent stent men he holds that if any officer a the public service has shown a becu liar lar fitness for a position and given evidence that he faithfully performs its functions with honesty of purpose no matter what his political opinions may be it would be improper to displace ace aee t that at officer with coul dat least east perform the duties no better chicago mrs augustus dickens widow of charles dickens brother died in this city this morning from the effect of an overdose of ra orphine morphine the coroners jury returned a verdie verdict fc that the dose was taken while laboring un der mental aberration she leaves three children lynn mass A fire this morning destroyed the lyceum hall hail fraziers block which contained the post office whose contents were safely removed also rubles rubies block all of which were occupied by the fire was only extinguished after the arrival of steam fire engines from boston the loss is roughly estimated at probably six hundred people will be thrown out of employment by it st louis 27 two freight trains on the hannibal and st joe railroad collided near chillicothe Chilli ou op thursday morning instantly killing both the engines and both the firemen the engineers gine erd erg were completely smashed and the cars burned it is stated that the body of a young lady was found in the wreck burned to a crisp from the waist up A train on the iron mountain railroad was thrown from the track just below jefferson barracks yesterday morning when one car containing about 20 persons was i precipitated down an embankment making two complete revolutions nearly every person inside was injured some severely but none fatally gen sully sent a detachment of cavalry from fort harker on the to scour the upper valley of of the salmon republican and saline rivers kansas it being eing reported that indians have been recently seen there gen sully sally thinks that sheridan will return from the campaign within twenty or thirty days rO REIGN london the times publishes a let ler from mr dilkes son of the eminent journalist denouncing the recent violence by the the british authorities at kong chow china mr dilkes says such acts will be more dangerous to peace between great britain and the united states than the alabama claims the tines times agrees with dilkes and i pronounces the outrage a violation 0 of f treaties and offensive to the chinese government new york 27 the heralds london cable special says Burlin games mission commenced yesterday and thus far matters have been favorably discussed the tho he recert violence by byan an english man man of war in chinese waters gags had come up for investigation london 27 the oriental question absorbs attention it is not absolutely certain that a conference will be held the sublime porte declines to yield the independence or to make a sale of crete or to transfer that island to egypt or any other terms fora compromise lord clarendon as was expected adheres to the old policy of england with regard to turkey napoleon and the emperor of austria it is understood are united in their views while it is |