Show STOCK 1 IMPORTED tiie THE necessity of improving their breeds of sheep and other stoc stoe has been ur urged ged upon the farmers of this territory for years past but hitherto very 11 little atle has been done in this direction this seeming neglect has been due to a considerable extent to the time and trouble required in years past for a journey to and from the east and to the great risk in bringing sheep and other stoel stools across the plains aa As soon however as the completion of the railroad rendered that journey a comparatively insignificant matter it is a gratifying to know that steps were immediately taken under the auspices of the deseret agricultural and manufacturing society to import into the territory the best breeds of sheep and cows from the east the legislature at its last ses n appropriated five thousand bollara tor tsih pur pose and placed it at the disposal of the deseret agricultural and manufacturing society and some three months ago the society deputed hon hou A 0 smoot to go east to expand this means for the object for which it was ampro 1 pria ted mr smoot has perform performed his mission and by telegram t V R L campbell I 1 esq of this city dated omaha uh insi we learn that in the course of a day or two he hip will reach ogden osden with two car loads of sheep chiefly of the improved kentucky breed and two or three ayrshire Ayr shire cows 1 the improved kentucky breed of sheep when weight and quality of fleece amount of mutton and hardiness nard nes and fecundity are considered is said to be equal ur or superior to any breed extant it is the result of judicious crossing with the most celebrated breeds of sheep in the world including the cotswold Cots wold southdown saxony teeswater Oxford shire and native breeds and the distinguishing characteristics and excellencies of these various breeds are said baid to be combined in the improved kentucky the agricultural report for 1863 page contains the following notice of this breed of sheep I 1 the improved kentucky sheep that is then the name am e bi by ngew which w they have been ion lon long iong and widely known wn have always faced tho the tuo bleakest blea kest winters and tho hottest and the driest summers without any except that which nature has haa given them and yet they havo have been bean almost entirely free 1 from alldis au disease cas et especially from the coughs which w often in n vinter inter affect sheep of tha the fine wool breeds and they thu have ben hen e equally I 1 lialis free from the snuffles snuff mes its and noot foot rot alich which have been so fatal to tho long wool wooi wool wooi breeds in springs and S summers uhl iners of excessive cael e rains clothed to the knes klies and to the ears ly by a thick long and fleece they bid de defiance fianco to the wind rak run and snow and seem at all times to be com con fort ablo and sprightly in summer thet they are changed from pasture to pasture and aid they devour almost every very green weed 1 in winter short grass is all they require and abd if that cannot be afforded them they will tak to otheir corn fodder with the phe he cattle aha and thrive well upon it though at lambing iain Jarn bini bing time like they require snore succulent ilent diet in the same report page may be found the fol foi following lowin g in relation to the bize size and quality of the fleece of th the improved kentucky 1 1 the tho fl fleeces ecos of these sheep vary afton ron rom eight to fifteen pounds fhe the thew whilo holo lock flock 0 over we ne hundred breO bree breeding dlug diug owes having averaged over eight pounds of mor more hanta chanta ble wool wooi free irom from burs tags ac I 1 and thou though h not washed on ide lee the she cheeps evs lack baci baek back still clean enough for domestic manefa ture though the tho fleeces of these thos eshee sheep uko uko those 0 of all other breeds are nua no per fbetty uniform as to length thickness and fineness of still theio there is a general genera uniformity and the diver diversity alty pity is of no disadvantage their wool is longe longer than that of any sheep except those of ahr tho cotswold Cots wold family and is equal in length to that of many individuals of that family while it greatly excels the wool of the cots cogs wold in fineness and softness of and in the number of to the tha square inch ech in some individuals it is wavy or curly but it is never harsh or wiry exee exec except p t the face and below the 1 knees nees the whole body is covered with a close chose ank ana and compact fleece which when full grown leaves rl open line on the back as with tho the cots wold but give gives a perfect protection to the shey sheep and causes caus eathem them to present a smooth han handsome k some and portly appearance their then fleeces jiahe io enough of greaso grease and gumto gum to preserve tho the softness and vitality of the libres even to their ends but not so mush musi as to give the sheep a dark dalk and dirty appearance pe arance their wool woof receives dimete dyes without any washing whatever iq r easily cleaned on the cheeps back and w when he it rd is washed in soft water with soap soak it readily becomes very white whito receives cheb chee mical dyes and preserves its ita lustre per r I 1 factly these extracts from such an autha ity are sufficient to prove the great ei clllence cel lence of this breed of sheep fet fit F amount and quality of meat they pm pro bably babiy cannot be excelled a two ye yer old ewe and a ram and ewe lamb abor nine months old I 1 owned by mr roberti robertt W scott of ky the originator of thili breed and from whom most of now being imported into tho the Terri territory tort tolT were bought weighed respectively ISS IS and pounds of the ayrshire cow little need byi said as a dairy cows cowa cow a milk and buttel butwel producer it has attained a most excellent reputation in this country british america great britain ailo alss ireland and in many parts of europe where it hi been introduced it is at a now ledged to be superior in these rei ret re sects geets peets to any other breed the deseret agricultural and mang mani fac fae factoring turing society are importing thea thes improved breeds of sheep and vend cattle us no to speculate up upon oab but ut solely to improve the stock of the ter territory alor to cover el e benses of Import importation atio atlo n is all ail aj they beuce they will sell them at ashmall advance on first cost as bic bie so th all classes of farmers may have 4 chan eban to reap the benefits that may accrue trot frol their introduction this is but the inauguration movement as soon as this thia ills ilis talmeg is sold off the society will immediate imme diatel make arrangements for the import atis atia of more an and d they design to sega sera sendel bendel E a two or three times during the preset season eason on this business the ny now presented to the fari fart pers pera of 0 tit T territory errit ory to improve theli thell slim ik 4 in of excellent and if it they are ire ais ata 4 feiy fu a al I 1 1 I to their own interests aa as thoy they should they will not be slow to tor avail thet selves of it r s |