Show THE WOOL QUESTION the raising of sheep for the production wool has boon so much agitated in this country that jig aconis afa to refer to i much moie still it is a question of such great interest to our population hat wo wish to emphasize its importance at abi opportunity our territory is beyond any other adapted to the raising ol 01 the fleece bearing ovine specie the facilities for the working up of the wool are limited and thus it seems incredible thai our farmers j have not yet manifested a greater concern in this matter ilie prospects are good and we might stop there with the western say no more if every wool grower and every one who might and should be a wool grower would believe us but there are always sona e incredulous persons who think that the end is near these ap and timid parties are tingly anticipating the end of goad times the end of prosperity prop erity yea the end of the world by plane tic and otherwise there are many who will object to of raising sheep by remarking everybody is going into that butinas butin cs the market wll be glutted ow this sa idle idle talk wo are not growing near tho quantity of wool that we consume and until we produce that amount it is the height of folly and tho depth of ignorance to chino over the dangers and damages of over production look al tho market today to day it may in one sense bo called dull is no wool to bo obtained many are the bo buyer few arc tho why is thi shall it bo this way much longer wool when it can bo produced under favorable circumstances baich as they are in our territory will take it for the next ten or for that matter twenty years be the most profitable product of taft farm prices of wool are somewhat descending but this doea not come from any peculiarity of alio business but u only an incidental feature ot the j general decline of the price of all articles raising the question does it pay to raise sheep the blural kaw loraw comes to alio following sensible and timely arguments As few people fisli to work with out some compensation the answer may le that there is plenty of land that is worth but little except for pasture a great deal that has no other uie a present under these circumstances we must choose between sheep bittle and horses catliff and horses require more capital than and more care and shelter take longer to mature and moreover horses require more juddi mant it appears that the land that we farm should be in grass nearly hak the lime for the last few years it has not paa much profit for grain raising owing to low price it is best to utilize this grass in como way we might let the grass go down on the land and apt rpt f more profit able wo cannot taka i oft the farm to profit unless we bring it back in ome shape or other the fanner that sells bis bay and straw generally soon bells his farm for without hay and straw we make but little manure and without manure corn aad grass do not grow well in any section As our friends like to hear tha ring of figures wo will refer to a few data furnished us by the above quoted western atwal wo find among the western distrusts of pennsylvania manufacturers contracting for tho woo of what maybe called mountain at half a dollar and in kentucky thy aro asking 45 cents to 40 cents on bord alio llio cars and will not coil less in texas nothing pan bo bs low 30 cent to 33 i that i desir able an fn california the farmers have exalted ideas and do not caro to contract on the northern ranches preferring to wait in anticipation of of securing higher prices they arc now holding burry at 25 to 30 cents firmly wool in fact expect to acure extravagant trava gant prices nl season all cheso facts and figures should certainly bistrong bc strong enough an incentive for our agricultural friends to devotta part of their attention to bihss subject our hills and mountain aro adapted to thae raising of innumerable flocks of sheep our streams furnish sufficient motive power to run the factories in use and a good many more our boys and youn men want employment everybody wanta cl othea why hen dont wo raie our own wool to wear our own stuffs |