. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 (ffitp gwefcer tmb &p0vt#maxu [July 2, 1S98. Advantage of Sheep. 1. Tbev are pro6tab!e. 2. Tbejr weaken (he soil leasl and strengthen it most, 3. Thej are enemies of weeds. 4. The care they need is required when other farm opera- tions are ;-hcb. 5. The amount of need not be large. 6. The returns are quick and many. 7. They are the quieiest and easiest handled of all farm stock. 8. Other farm products are made more largely from cash grains, while those from the sheep are made principally from pasture. 9. There is no other product of the tarm
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 (ffitp gwefcer tmb &p0vt#maxu [July 2, 1S98. Advantage of Sheep. 1. Tbev are pro6tab!e. 2. Tbejr weaken (he soil leasl and strengthen it most, 3. Thej are enemies of weeds. 4. The care they need is required when other farm opera- tions are ;-hcb. 5. The amount of need not be large. 6. The returns are quick and many. 7. They are the quieiest and easiest handled of all farm stock. 8. Other farm products are made more largely from cash grains, while those from the sheep are made principally from pasture. 9. There is no other product of the tarm that has fluctua- ted so slightly in value as good 10. B> comparison wool osts nothing, for do not horses and cows in she Iding their coats waste what the sheep eaves ? In conclusion: Sheep pay. Miov of the wheat fields of Tolo county went 15 sacks to the acre this year of drought and poor crops. Yolo, you're not so dry. Just as we were closing our forms last week the glad tid- ings were Hashed over ine wire that the wool market had actuallr opened in Montana at sixteen and sixteen and a half cents per pound, and that some large deals had been made at these figured.âRocky Mountain Husbandman. The Buena Ranch company of San Diego, has a gang of men pi n ing tjrly acres to tobacco. The Cuban crop will be so abort for the next few years owing to the war that there will be big money in the marketable tobacco raised in the Uoited States. Two hundred and ninety-five head of cattle were shipped Tuesday by the railroad from F easanton. Theii destination was the Sargant ranch near Lodi. The stock was purchased in this vicinity by Mr. Bailey, and the average price paid was in the neighborhood of $16 a head. Several thousand head of cattle from various parts of Ore- gon and many from California will be pastured on the Klam- ath reservation this Befsso. The agent has already granted permits to a number of stockmen, and the Indians are fenc- ing their allotments in oider to acco
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