MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
IJuslictniirjr. 
NATIONAL  BUTTER  AND  EGG  ASSOCIAT'N. 
The  Third  Atiniial  Meeting  of  the  National 
Butter  and  Egg  Association  was  lield  at  Oaven- 
liort,  Iowa,  the  first  week  in  JIarch.  From  the 
rojioTt  of  its  doings  in  the  I’rairiii  l-’amier.  wo 
gather  tlie  following  items:— The  meeting  seems 
to  have,  been  a  Mticcess,  thong li  few  producers 
were  present,  Uio  athuulance  being  iiminly  of 
leading  dealers  fiom  New  York,  Philadelphia, 
Baltimore,  Chicago  and  other  cities. 
Inthe-adilreasofthe  President -Ceo.  E.  Ooocir 
of  Chicago,  it  is  stated  that  two-thirds  of  the 
butter  made  in  the  West  brought  less  thstti  1(5 
cents  per  jiound  to  the  producer,  and  the  belief 
was  that  if  it  had  boon  made  by  the  creamery 
system  at  least  fi'oin  25  to  30  cents  could  have 
been  t)btaimsl  for  it. 
fKPORTS  Of  BUTTER  ANO  CHEESE. 
The  Soc’y,  It.  M.  LrrTi.EK,  ga»e  a  statehient 
from  olhcial  sources,  showing  that  the  exi>ortH 
for  the  year  ending  June  .30, 1H75,  to  have  been  ; 
Butter,  G,360,2H7  pounds,  valued  at  iSd.nOfi.OOii, 
and  of  cheese  lOl.OlO.g.w  pomuls.  valued  at  !»13,- 
650,(503.  The  exports  of  cheese  to  Great  Itrjtai'n 
presented.  Mr.  Real  proposes  that  the  eows  bo 
made  to  stop  having  calves  until  ^tay  ;  or  if  they 
come  in  milk  earlier,  ho  would  have  the  dau-y- 
men  make  butter  at  the  farm  or  give  the  milk  to 
hogs  or  other  domestic  animals,  or  wo  suppose 
throw  the  milk  away— anything,  so  tliatit  be  not 
made  into  cheese.  This  e-ourso,  he  thinks,  will 
onabJo  dealers  to  got  rid  of  their  stocks  and  cause 
a  scarcity  in  the  market,  and  as  a  matter  of 
conrst^  enable  dealers,  who  ha\e  stocks  .if  cheese 
of  their  own,  to  realize  a  large  iirnlit  in  tljo  dis¬ 
posal  of  tlicir  gooiis.  But  cows  at  this  season 
(March  8)  are  raiudly  coming  into  milk,”  and 
no  persnasio*  of  dairymen  or  Philadelphia  I 
dealers  will  Im  able  to  induce  them  to  delay  the 
necessities  of  nature.  Again,  the  cheese  dairy¬ 
men  dcficndii.g  upon  the  opening  of  ttiefactoV- 
ios  at  an  early  day,  have  no  convenient  buildings 
and  ntensilH  for  sotting  milk  and  making  butter, 
and  bonce  tlio  milk  must  be  fed  to  animals  or- 
tlirown  away  diu-ing  Mateli  and  Vitril. 
New  York  .Liuynien  are  not  likely  to  look  with 
favor  upon  this  proposition  of  the  youthfid 
Real  A  correfqioudent  of  the  Ivittlo  Falls  Join-, 
nal  says ; — “  Mr.  REAi.a  .Ivancos  four  categorical 
reasons  why  the  opening  of  fa.Hories  shonl.l  bo 
SHEEP  HUSBANDRY  IN  COLORADO. 
Eds.  Rdiial  Permit  me  to  answer  in  the 
RmtAL  some  of  the  many  .piostions  asked  me  by 
anxious  in.piirers  in  the  East,  frequently  by  mail. 
I  catiie  to  Colorado  with  ray  family  in  Juno,  1871, 
to  got  relief  from  ast.lmia,  from  whiidi  I  had  siifi 
fere<l  ranch  lor  thirty  years,  and  fotind  hero  eora- 
pleto  relief.  Phis  cliinato  I  helicvo  to  bo  a  sjio- 
citlc  lor  this  most  distressing  complaint. 
1  reniov.'d  here  from  the  far-famed  Genosoe 
Valley  in  th.o  western  part  of  the  Htate  of  New 
York,  and  Immght  with  me  three  car  loads  of 
pure  bred  Spanish  Merino  sheep,  bred  with  much 
caro  for  ten  years,  from  choice  selections  of  sev¬ 
eral  ol  the  best  Hocks  in  Vermont.  Shipping  in 
excessive  hot  Weather  and  acclimating,  my  losses 
were  ah.  mt  5,^  i  .or  c wt.  Since  they  have  hecome 
acclimated  they  Jiavc  done  remarkably  well.  In 
the  winter  of  1871  5  1  fed  to  my  entire  flock  of 
about  1,6(10  (part  Mexican)  about  six  tons  of  liay 
costing  ^<10  perte-ti.  The  M.ixicanslmep  ate  very 
little  hay.  It  bi-ing  the  first  w  inter  m  Colorailo 
-  ai.  ®r..)0(»,y>)|,,  ,5f.i,.vf.,i  H... •  , .  i-'ci  uni.  i no ;ui;xican slioep iito  vcrv 
Ibl, 010.8.5:1  pounds,  valued  at  «13,-  m“jied\  nKliiete.  ^GO  At  bi-ing  the  first  winter  in  Col.irailo 
bo<3  m  The  exports  of  choose  to  Great  Britain  pWees  So  tor  as  •'•■bancement  of  IV, r  my  Merinos,  they  re.iuived  n.ore  than  usual, 
and  Ire-land  w(, re  nearly  !K),0()().(MKI  iwimds.  The  veil  to  an v  otlier  brtnM  rV'^i  '‘ft’*/ was  eonsi.lered  the  most  severe  cokl 
imports  to  tins  country  dming  the  samo  time  I'  'T  ’  Kince  18(50,-  Imt  with  the  e.xeeption  of  about  fen 
wm-o  of  butler  1 .109.620  pounds,  valued  at  « 319,-  farmers  to  ni  l  \  n  ‘  “tl vising  days  of  severe  cold,  it  was  much  the  fiju-st  winter 
470.  and  of  cheese,  3,120, 112  pounds,  vah.ed  at  -  ^  luid  ever  seen-very  Uttle  Hn.,w  and  nanv2. 
$518,357.  The  duty  on  both  butter  and  cheese  S,  Todd  wint  - i  -d 
IS  four  cents  a  ponn.l,  ^  'varohonses  thronghont  the  1,500  Mexican  ewes,  henlinglhcm  near  Fort  (' 
OLEOMARBARIHE.  riStun-rr.:..?''"*?"  rWtee  Vallor  Mn 
The  committee  in  regard  to  the  adulteration  of  pr<i<luctiou,  in  order  t"wt  lu-tilichd  micos  mav  h  iotormed  me  recently,  he  I, ad  lost  none 
butter  >nth  oleomargarine  reported  that  as  there  realised  for  their  fabrics  hie  ^  little  hay,  and  his  sJmep  wintered 
is  four  cents  a  pound. 
OLEOMARQARINE. 
The  committee  in  regard  to  the  adulteration  of 
butter  >vith  oleomargarine  reported  that  as  there 
was  now  no  a<iultera(.iDa  of  butter  with  this  ma¬ 
terial,  there  wiw  no  msM  of  legislation  on  the 
snbjttet ;  but  a  resolution  was  udoptesl  recom¬ 
mending  that  oloomargarino,  when  on  sale 
should  be  branded  as  such.  ’ 
BOLD  MEDAL  FOR  BUTTER  AT  THE  CCHTENNIAl. 
The  committee  on  securing  a  display  of  daily 
pnxlncts  at  the  Centennial,  recommend  that  a 
gold  medal  of  the  value  of  .t50  be  awarded  for 
best  package  of  butter  of  no  loss  than  50  p.,unds 
to  bo  shown  at  each  of  the  two  special  displays.’ 
June  20  and  October  17,  and  this  recommenda¬ 
tion  was  adojited. 
PACKAGES,  SHIPPING,  AC. 
L.  E.  Fits  of  Cliicago  urged  tlie  importance  of 
the  best  packages  and  packing  of  butter  foi- 
market.  Butter  should  bo  gra.led  and  sold  on 
it.s  merits,  yfr.  llEBJiANCEof  New  York  lielicvod 
that  oominibflion  merchants  should  keep  sliipiKirs 
infornietl  as  to  the  stab,  of  tJie  market,  priees, 
.tc.,  hut  it  vran  not  safe  for  liim  to  predict  prices. 
Bhippors  should  not  got  into  such  a  competition 
as  not  to  allow  a  safe  margin.  Five  per  oimt. 
commission  is  as  Uttle  as  is  safe  in  the  hiisincsK. 
3Ii-.  RiciuiiD.sof  Chicago  urged  Gio  ini], ortauce 
ofshii,t,ing  butter  when  fresh;  ho  opposed  the 
policy  of  holding  it  in  liopes  of  high.n-  jiricos  as 
rosnltiiig  in  losses. 
In  regard  to  i,aek.ages.  it  was  stab-<l  that  the 
New  York  summer  trade  prefers  oak  firkins,  whicJi 
should  ho  of  good  weight,  ‘26  poumla.  Correct 
tare  should  bo  markoil  or  branded  <m  the  pack¬ 
age.  Fall  trade  requires  tubs.  Roll  I, utter  should 
not  bo  shipiH.<l  in  Urge  packages,  but  in  kegs  and 
tubs.  I’l-iute  should  nut  bo  packeil  with  large 
rolls.  Welsh  lul,.s  aru  liked.  Chicago  picfeis 
tubs  to  half  (irkiiirt.  Tlie  oak  for  p.-ickages  should 
be  grown  on  high  and  dry  ground  as  that  from 
realised  for  thoir  fabrics  on  hand. 
If  the  proisisal  to  delay  oi>oning  the  cheese 
toctoi-ies  were  followed,  its  oidy  result  wmdd  lie 
to  put  money  into  the  iiockote  of  dealers  who 
have  stocks  of  last  year's  chcoso  on  hand,  w  ith¬ 
out  in  the  smallest  degree  boueliting  dairymen. 
Whatever  may  be  said  against  Aj-ril  clieesos,  it 
is  undeniable  that  they  generally  bring  the  high¬ 
est  prices;  and  while  this  coutinne«  dairymen 
are  not  likely  to  inllate  tJie  huttor  market  by 
abandoning  chcoso  malting  to  timi  their  iiiilk 
into  butti-r.  'I'ho  proi,(,sal  to  make  cows  conn-  in 
later  is  not  likely  to  he  followisl  by  dairymen 
who  understaiul  their  own  interests ;  for  early 
cows  pay  host,  smeo  their  full  jiclding  seasou 
continues  much  longer.  Fi,r  instance  cows 
“coming  in”  I  he  mid.Ue  of  3[ay,  will  commonce 
to  shrink  the  same  time  as  tin, so  that  ealvod  in 
the  Ix-ginning  of  April. 
Daijymc-n  must  consider  their  own  interests 
while  ttiey  are  cndoav<,ring  to  improve  or  keep 
u],  the  high  standard  of  the  A.mt-rican  cheeso 
market,  and  it  is  not  to  be  snpjiosed  that  they 
wiU  relhninisli  their  most  profitable  imHliico 
without  obtaining  an  oipiivalent  in  return. 
Geo.  W.  Davis,  a  noted  factoryman  of  Herki¬ 
mer  Co.,  N.  i'.,  in  reforring  to  Real’s  l(.i,li«h 
],roposition,  says  .-  ■  I  have  had  20  years’  exts.,- 
riouco  in  the  dairy  and  ten  years  in  a  clieoso  fac¬ 
tory  of  from  506  to  806 cows,  and  it  has  ever  been 
the  fact  that  the  early  and  late  milk  has  giviai 
the  best  cash  retm-iis;  and  wliy?  Simply  be.- 
eauHO  Uie  demand  was  greater  in  inoiKirtion  to 
the  sui,])ly.  Would  the  dealers  {>ay  more  for  the 
early  malse  if  they  could  not  j,asH  tliem  into  con¬ 
sumption  ?  certainly  not.  But  Mr.  R.  cl„i.„« 
oanuary  was  consalercd  the  most  severe  e(,kl 
Kinoe  18(50;  Imt  with  Iho  e.xeeption  of  about  ten 
ilays  of  Hovei-o  cold,  it  was  much  the  finest  winter 
T  Iiad  ever  seen— very  Uttlo  snow  and  many  fine, 
snimy  days.  Messrs.  Thimdlk  &  Toi,d  wintered 
1,500 Mexican  ewes,  henlinglhem  near  Fort  Col¬ 
lins,  in  llie  cache  at  l,a  Paredro  Valley.  Mr. 
Tiujikle  informed  me  recently,  ho  had  lost  none 
(uid  fed  very  little  hay,  and  his  sJie*-],  wintt-red 
finely.  Several  otlier  sheep  men  winteroil  iieui- 
here,  from  HOD  to  1.000  each,  with  no  loss,  ami 
fed  no  hay  or  grain. 
My  friends  l-kist  ronsidereil  me  an  authority 
upon  sheep  husbandry  in  Colorado,  hut  1  must 
say  my  expoctaliims  have  been  fully  realized. 
One  man  can  easily  herd  1.500  on  the  iilains  and 
1,000  among  the  footiiills.  PirsU-lass  herders 
usually  get  about,  .•f(20  per  month  and  hoaa-d.  It 
is  iieoessary  to  have  slieds  to  ]»rob-et  sheep  from 
winds  and  cH-casioiial  storms  which  may,  at  some 
seasons  of  the  year  and  at  ran,  (,eri<Ids,  he  se¬ 
vere,  though  many  tlncksam  winteretl  or  corralcd 
nights  in  b<,ard  and  some  in  ojicn  pole  |,enH  with¬ 
out  any  cover,  and  .laily  graze  tho  year  round. 
The  best  lime  for  <,ur  lanihs  to  drop  is  from  IMay 
10  to  Jmie  liJ,  it  then  being  warm,  fine  weather, 
and  tlu!  ewes  have  plenty  of  green  feed  and  give 
abiindam-e  of  milk.  I  tliink  with  g(s-,d  care  and 
proper  management,  80  per  cent,  of  Jamlis  can 
bo  easily  raised  from  Mexican  ewos ;  I  have  beard 
of  125  per  cent,  inercaso.  Mexican  ewes  are  very 
piolilic.  Nearly  all  Mexican  tlooks  lioro  areci-oss- 
ed  with  Hpanish  Merinos,  and  much  more  atten¬ 
tion  is  being  i,aid  to  i.nwuring  jmre  bloods  for 
this  ])ur|H,se  than  forincrly.  Many  slioc],  men 
have  been  imposed  iqion  by  sheo],  rlealers  and 
Ix-d(Uera  from  tho  East,  selling  tiumi  grades  for 
pure  bkxsl  Morinos  and  giving  pure  pedigrees. 
One  {,ure  l.lmid  for  grading  u],  a  dock  of  native 
or  Mexican  ewes,  is  of  more  real  value  tlmu  a 
hundred  grades ;  hence  th,,  necessity  (,f  i,btain- 
ing  ],m-o  bloods  to  cross  on  Mexican  owes.  Tlie 
incrt:ase  in  wool  when  j,iire>  bloisls  are  used  is 
about  doubltHl  tJie  first  cross.  The  Jtoxicana  cli]! 
here  from  23-;,  to  3  Ihs.  and  cost  from  $2  to  S<2.50 
lUDs.  1  rims  shonJd  nut  be  packeil  with  large  sumption?  certainly  not.  But  Mr.  R.  claims  here  from  2i  L.  s  ii.«  J'M'-ansclip 
rolls.  Welsh  lutes  are  liked.  Chicago  prefm-s  that  they  liinder  the  sab  of  grass  cl, ocse.  The  cost  from  $2  to 
tubs  to  half  (irkin«.  Tlie  oak  for  packages  should  vt-verso  has  ever  been  t  bo  argument  by  fletd-  The  third  cross  have  ^'1111^80^'*^^*^***'^  <-'ol«rndo. 
begrownonhigh  and  dry  ground  as  that  from  u<‘*l  I  fall  to  see  the  point  that  what  l.as  111  to 
low  wet  ground,  allows  the  brine  to  soak  through  «licmld  lessen  tlie  luico  of  better  goods,  ovct  10  b«  of  Me  w  I  wl  ‘ 
and  si,oii  in  api,oanmco.  One  point  mo\-e  the  propriety  of  utilizine  the  7^*^;0  lbs.  oMme  wool,  wLicl,  sells  hero  for 
freight  oh  BUHER.  •‘•tlk  m  Iho  pioduclion  ‘i  ...ea^  \  «  2c.  less  than  m  Boston.  Tho  .Merino  cross 
Tho  freight  on  butter  from  Chicago  to  New  AAmory  with  us  was  exploded  fortv  vears  ago.  and  counti' The  half  Aids 
York,  it  was  stated,  was  ^1.1„  jh,;  HK)  p,„uZ  I-a.-tice  of  slanghleriug- ihe  calves  at  e.xcelle.itmutten. 
with  no  I'eductiou  for  large  quantities.  Bacoi’i  ‘‘“-VH  old.  And  again;  we  are  teld  that  if  a  If"'"  Hl^t-ep.  I 
IS  Khipimd  for  50c.  and  cheese  for  65c^  The  rate  '’“^A  the  clieesc  proiluot  was  cut  off,  we  should  '  f  ,  .4."  ‘  country  as 
from  East  to  West  is  lower  than  from  West  to  Abe- vemaindsr.  any  in  tlie  world,  though  not  in  ],roductive  ca- 
East.  Counting  out  padvagea,  the  net  freight  8up]H,se  this  Mr.  Real  should  a], j, roach  {'•‘‘’‘Ay,  see,,,»  iHJciilm^^  adai,ted  to  shoe], 
from  Cldcago  to  New  York  is  ijl.tis,  or  iifl.40  nor  AA^®  ffrain  grower  whilst  busy  with  his  reaper :  m  bemg  rapidly  invested 
100  ixmnds.  The  reason  given  by  the  reprosen-  "  hotter  leave  a  part  of  tlus  fine  whieh  it  is  ex])ected  will 
tutives  of  tho  raih-oads  was  the  greater  value  of  of  wheat  and  turn  in  the  swine,  to  the  end  '’‘AAi 
butter  and  the  increased  cost  and  weight  of  ro-  '“‘‘y  A^^'”  '‘nd  better  r, rices  ^“'A  P'  Hucnce.  Colora<iois  sni,pohed 
fi-igorator  cars.  tor  what  yon  do  harvest?  Would  lie  indorse  Ao  be  capable  of  siistainmg  30,000,000  sli.-ep,  ami 
CHlCAOO  RECEIPTS  OF  DAIRY  PRODUCTS.  to  "  A-aHol  case  )"sho^  ™  ^  ^'‘7 
It  Avas  stated  that  during  187,5  Chicago  had  re  ^Vo  should  advise  our  vouthfiiJ  i’luludelnhia  in-iffat  1  n  1  ^  where  it  can  bo 
reived  nearly  15.000, 0(H)  %uuds  of  cheese  and  to  gain  a  Uttle  nmre  exi-eriunce  in  the 
over  30.000,000  noiinds  of  I, iiltiw  wavs  (,r  danying  lieforc  seading  his  letters  of  P‘‘'”A“'“*‘'''l'“‘'‘‘Ay''‘AlboimmcnseIyaugnioutod  — 
Hmhmeiit  to  sustain  1(M),000,0(M)  or  more,  of  sheep. 
It  has  beeu  estiinated  from  a  few  experiments 
that  one  acre  of  Alfalfa  (I, neernu)  will  sustuiii 
20  slieep,  but  I  tliliik  it  a  more  safe  cidculation 
to  say  ton  to  an  acre,  whieli  will  very  materially 
increase  tin-  capacity  of  this  country  for  giowinir 
and  si,oii  in  ajijioarauco. 
FREIGHT  ON  BUHER. 
riio  freight  on  butter  from  Cliicago  to  New 
York,  it  was  stated,  was  jn-r  1(K)  p.,unds, 
with  no  reduction  for  large  iinantities.  Bacon 
IS  slupimd  for  50c.  and  cheese  for  65e.  The  rate 
from  East  to  ^VoHt  is  lower  than  from  YVest  to 
East.  C^ounting  out  padvagea,  the  net  Ireight 
from  Cliicago  to  New  York  is  or  ijfl.do  per 
100  iJounM-  The  reaBon  given  by  the  reprosen- 
tutives  ol  tho  raih-oads  was  the  greater  value  of 
butter  and  the  increased  cost  and  weight  of  ro- 
frigorator  cars. 
CHlCAOO  RECEIPTS  OF  DAIRY  PRODUCTS. 
It  was  stated  that  during  1875  Chicago  had  re¬ 
ceived  nearly  IS.tHJO.OlM)  pouud.s  of  cheese  and 
over  30.000,000  pounds  of  buffer. 
The  election  i,f  ofiicers  resnlled  in  tho  follow¬ 
ing:  I'rcsidenl  -George  E.  Gooch  of  Chicago; 
yec’y-R.  M.  Littlerof  Davenport,  Iowa;  lYeas.’ 
— E.  L.  Kemp  of  Baltimore,  with  one  Vice-Pres¬ 
ident  from  each  Htate. 
Ihe  next  Annual  Meeting  is  to  be  held  at  Chi¬ 
cago  on  tho  first  Wednesday  in  March,  1877.  and 
a  special  meeting  October  17,  1876,  at  I’hiladel- 
phia,  tho  time  of  Special  Daily  Show  at  Centen¬ 
nial. 
~ - - - 
OPENING  THE  CHEESE  FACTORIES. 
The  silly  advico  of  J.  II.  Real  of  Philadelphia, 
urging  cheese  factories  to  delay  commencing 
work  until  the  first  of  May,  shows  an  ignoranee 
of  dairy  matters  which  raises  a  smile  on  the  face.s  | 
of  most  dairymou  to  whom  tho  project  has  been  I 
advice  to  New-  York  iluiiynmn.  'I’he  clieese  lac¬ 
tones  of  N*?w  Vtirkare  now  being  rapidlv  oiiened, 
and  cheese  is  being  niado  as  in  former  years. 
3D'.  Real  s  plan  may  do  well  enongli  for  Pbila- 
deljihia  dairymen,  Imt  it  won’t  work  in  Now 
York. 
— - 4-*-* - 
PLAN  FOR  SETTING  MILK. 
X.  A.  YVillaud  ;  -Y'ou  will  *lo  me  a  favor  by 
giving  me  an  aiisw-er  to  the  following  question  : 
In  your  opinion,  what  is  tlie  best  ami  most  con¬ 
venient  arrangement  on  sale,  and  wliere  can  it 
be  hiul.  for  setting  milk  in  a  spring  house  tor 
malting  butter  only  from  200  or  300  cows  ?— .\l- 
REUT  \V,  Morse,  Eunlon,  N,  Y. 
All  the  recent  |»l.ans  fur  setting  milk  are  very 
fiUlv  desenbod  m  the  “  Practical  Butter  ikxik,” 
lately  published  at  llu.s  uflice.  Wc  could  liardlv 
11 ril  most  productive  industry  in  Colorado,  as 
-ilUl  JJ*  before  stated,  to  at  least  100,000,(11)0  of  sheep, 
_  producing  450.000.000  lbs.  of  wool.  Wc  hope  to 
mrnRAnn  this  the  banner  County,  if  it  is  m>t  already, 
tULOKADO.  in  the  prodnetinn  of  woo',  and  wool  growing 
answer  in  the  1’*’®’*.'''^'^’^  A^^Ar  to  be  tho  leading  industry  in  this 
ems  asked  me  by  AA‘'’  A'ont- 
iqiiently  by  mail.  ‘'''T  ’"‘"A  :^'“A  'Am  nmst 
ilviti  limn  1S7I  desirable  jilacc  for  slioc])  ranchos.  Iliough  shei-ii 
irhiL  ^  -■  --*>■  n.. 
found  here  com-  '^’”*A(nls  ahere  water  can  be  obliMned,  but  wood 
eve  to  be  a  spo-  ""‘1. ‘""A^®*'  '“'d  "dt  as  coDvenient.  Inside  tlio 
nplaint  foothills  and  even  among  the  mountains,  tlieie 
.  ,  .  iimny  forks  and  valleys  well  adapted  to  gruz- 
fame.1  Genome  ing  which  are  being  i-a,.idlY  uecni.ied  by  flock- 
!io  Htate  of  New  n,,,sters  a, ml  stockmen. 
'7  Now,  when  it  is  well  known  that  sheep  graze 
>re  witli  much  ,,.rjuii-iiig  lilth-  if  any  hay 
c.  wnso^  sey  ,,,•  grain,  it  is  easy  to  sec  that  this  imlusti'y  is 
■  ^‘dppmgin  very  renmneralive.  Hlieep  hiisbandi  v  is  a  very 
aling,  my  losses  „,ife  busincas ;  sheep  keeping  very  li<-althy  here. 
17  have  become  Hnmi  the  most  desii-ahle  ranchos  will  be  oocu- 
pied  and  Uioso  rich  and  most  nutritions  grasses 
Miiro  iiock  of  now  animally  wasting,  will  be  led  off  by  stock 
.  ions  or  Day,  and  made  to  )iroduco  immense  herds  of  iiorses, 
n  H  »<  ep  11  0  v<.ry  cattle  and  sheep,  mid  millions  of  pounds  of  wool, 
j- '  n  Colorailo  ti,„a  ,.,dianci„g  (he  wealth  of  tblurudo  many 
f  ‘  "“'"’’A-  millions  of  dollars.  Mr.  A.  F.  Clieto.v,  lonnei-rv 
•H.  severe  ec.Id  Secretary  of  the  Wool  Growc-rs’  Assm-iatioii, 
a  or  about  ten  writes :  The  climate  of  Colorado  in  mlmiiably 
le  ines  win  1  ada]i|ed  to  shec]i  liiislmniiry.  It  is  temperate, 
im  nianj  I  m.  which,  for  raising  sheep  in  large  nmnbors,  is  an 
ODD  wintered  absolutely  essential  point.  'ITo' niurkeil  suecess 
*VM1  who  IluvG  (»nly  801UO  four 
I  **1  years  in  the  business  at  inost,  with  no  previous 
s  itad  lost  norio  knowledge  of  its  requirementH,  fully  prove  the 
VT, “djtobility  of  tho  cliinato  and  grassus.  The  Bnf- 
*“AdMA  near  falo  and  Giunima  grasses  are  special  fa voi  itos  and 
1  no  loss,  and  doservedly  so,  as  for  native  griisses,  they  contain 
more  fatteiiiiig  and  lifo-giving  proiiertius  tlian  I 
I  an  authority  Jiave  over  seen.” 
do,  but  1  must  It,  is  grass  in  eimmier  ami  cured  hay  in  winter, 
fully  realized,  and  no  (h-outh  kUls  it  or  iliminishes  its  imtritivo 
Uie  iPlaiiis  and  qnalities.  Tho  risks  attendant  on  wool  growing 
d  te  '-'(i'  T(  ^  F^'uloi-ado  uro  nominal  -serious  losses  only  aris- 
ct  te!?  r  ‘"A?  igtmrance  or  carelessness,  or  hoUi. 
I  r  )m  I  Inmip  wishing  to  come  to  tliis  ci-inntry  to  ongago 
/*''■(  d  "j  '*’"'*'1’  Ici^bandry  caiiijot  fail,  with  proiior  emo 
■ed r'i  '’"‘A  ‘"tolligcnce.  as  natiirn  has  provick-il  the  rest. 
si'le  Dens  wi  1.  ‘‘•''^’'A^'''A  ‘“*'A  ‘“"PA®  f*'*'  nud  grusses 
I  v  -  •  1  K‘’‘^'A  all  the  year.  Hheep  hnsbamlry  is  ati  ructing 
D  is' fro *'^'7  iittontion  in  CliJorado,  as  it,  lias  been  salis- 
llii  t  factorily  doinoustratcd  that  wtxil  growing  hero  is 
feed  "*'l  **'  profitable  and  lucrative  emfilovim  nt.  Ifc 
7x1  nu-e  A»  ‘to  intoucy,  but  is  being  raji’idly  devel- 
Tliis  si-acioi.s  pasture  bii.l,  once fim  homo 
or  lamns  can  of  the  savage  ImUaii  and  conntlc.HS  b.-rds  of  Imf- 
I  have  beard  fiilo,  has  now  become  available  for  lii,;  suste- 
ewes  are  very  uance  of  many  roillioos  of  doniestie  animals,  tlnis 
lore  are  cross-  dollars  to  thu  wealth  of 
h  u  Aboflo  who  Oisriijiy  it.  The  nalivo  red  men  ha\o 
nioio  alien-  f,otn  remiivod  from  m-m  ly  all  of  Colorado,  by  tho 
|•e  bloods  for  Govermneiit,  to  reservations  si-t  apm-t  fur  tiiem 
i.V  shoe])  men  'vlx-re  supplie.s  arc  genei’onsly  riirnisli(-d  tliem.’ 
I  ileak-i-H  and  A'buy  “‘’u  being  1  aught  ugricnllim- on  Homoreser- 
vatiuiiK,  ami  there  is  no  more  danger  here  from 
III  grailes  for  them  Mian  m  the  East.  'I  l.e  raifroad  facilities 
le  pedigrees,  make  it  (any  to  iqiproach  almost  any  portion  of 
tX'k  of  native  <  '"lorado  suitahle  for  gruziug,  ami  offer  a  grand 
value  tlmu  a  Sr'ovfs- anil  shirk  ruisor  to 
,,  f'.'llow  tlieir  chosen  occupation  With compai-alive- 
ity  of  obtain-  |y  1U.(|,,  labor,  and  the  en  tainty  of  ample  and  re- 
1  owes.  Tin;  inunerative  profits  on  tin- c.apItH  I  invested. 
<  are  used  is  Colorado  embraces  (17,51)0.000 acres,  about  two- 
Ytexieanscliii  A''''''A«-  V'"  1,'''‘'A‘M»’  three-foiirths  of  whicJi  arc 
,>*■7#  -i.i  rn  lamls.  i lie  balance  irt  iminntiii nous  and 
ly-i  to  jj,„cb ,  ,f  it  rich  in  the  precious  inetels,  wliich  adds 
n'U  Colorado,  greatly  to  the  wealth  iind  in  osperity  of  Mm  Ter- 
lesuver  «-igJit  ‘‘‘lory-  about  300  miles  wi!..(  -,f'the Ylissonri 
e  choice  ones  "‘'’V*'- Fall  snllicii.-iit  for  eroiis.  while  west 
•11s  i,4.i.r  I- "  AA'i'A  Agriculture  is  not  ronnumr.-divo  with- 
■  ,  ®  out  irrigiition  and  only  a  .small  portion,  or  per- 
Merino  cross  Imps  uiici-twetitieUi  of  the  whole,  can  Im  inigated 
(iptcd  to  this  “**  Flic  stn-iuns  availalijo.  These  lands  west 
llent ninth, n  the  rainy  belt  are  the  Lands  that  produce 
■  sparsely  the  Buffalo  and  (fi-aiiinm  grasses,  that 
Jie  sheep.  I  are  believed  to  bo  tht;  most  niitriMons  of  all 
1  country  as  grasses.  Stock  growing  went  of  tho  rainy  belt  i.s 
■oductive  ca-  ‘'““^dcrod  nincli  more  rcnmiiorative  tlian  where 
>fcrl  r*'"'  tolls  f"i-  crujis.  because  there  tho 
i  sue(  }i  grass  remains  green  until  Me-  frost  kills  it,  and 
Idly  invested  then  it  is  bleached  ami  ilrenclied  wiMi  rain,  snow 
.XjH-cted  will  and  dew.  depriving  it  of  much  uiitntiou— while 
xixmses  with  of  said  rainy  belt  th<*  grasses  drv  u|>  por- 
ois  snonns..,!  A®®Fly  cured  luiy  Ixffmc  frosts  come,  and  we  sel- 
IP  dom  liavo  any  d*-w,  rain  or  snow  to  bleach  or 
)U  slii-cp,  ami  wash  them  in  winter,  coiiaequcTitlv  thev  retain 
being  inU'o-  Iheir  nutritive  <(ualitics  the  year  round'.  Tho 
ro  it  can  bo  ?’‘A'3'‘  K™'^FA‘«A'  gixsses  fur  tlie  yem- 1«  gonerallv 
Ilf  iciiiatn  its  A*. “"'A  ’A*””'-  ““'A  F'"'y  nsuiilly  dry  up 
1.1]  are,  Its  j„  July  and  August.  Locatioiw  near  tho  Rocky 
lUgnioutod—  Momituins  or  footiiills  are  considered  ]>r4  fcrabJo 
'iCjof  sheep,  for  slmkiii  wiijlcr— the  nioniitaios affording  jn-o- 
ixperinionts,  toction.  but  princqiaUy  011  accomil  of  the  eool, 
will  siihtuiii  1''^A'-^r  and  suiqilies  of  wood,  timlsu-.  IuiiiIk:!- 
I  •  ,•  ““'A  “hm**,  whicli  tho  mountaiiJS  suiiply  in  abun- 
1  Cidculatuiii  dunce. 
y  materially  With  such  an  imnumse  countiy  well  iidaiited  to 
iiicroaso  the  capacity  of  this  country  for  gi-owing  ^‘^'1  g>'f»'ving  in  our  own  laud, ’is  it  not  surpas- 
stock  and  wool.  Alfalfa  can  be  cut  three  limes  ‘‘‘‘ig  strange  Miat  wo  import  fifty  million  lbs.  of 
-«v  IAIU.VO  «i/tUkl  i»nH  Bb  2..  I  ..  ....  ..m  1  » 
fiUlv  desenbod  m  the  “  I’raetieal  Butt«-r  ikxik.” 
lately  published  at  Mu.s  uflice.  W'c  could  liardlv 
answi-r  our  rxjrrespomlciit  dolinitely  without 
know  ing  mon,  in  detail  concerning  his  buMiiii; 
conveniences  for  water,  &c.,  &c. 
hero  in  a  season,  yielding  six  tons  of  dry  liay  per 
aero,  and  is  niiieh  preferrod  by  stexjk.  H  can  be 
mowed  onco  in  six  weeks  and  juoduco  much 
pasture  after  tho  third  cutting.  Its  rajiid  growth, 
and  preference  by  stock,  make  it  a  most  desira¬ 
ble  forage  filant  for  tliis  country.  It  is  believed 
from  c-arefuJ  estimates,  there  are  now  in  Larimer 
County  alono  at  least  i()(),000  sheep,  ami  tlmttlio 
imtnral  inereiise,  and  annual  iiuportatiou  from 
Now  .Mexico  and  the  Hlates,  will  double  the  num¬ 
ber  annually  in  tiiis  country  until  it  is  stocked 
to  its  full  capacity,  and  thus  swell  the  aggregate 
wool  and  as  much  more  in  woolen  inanufactured 
gorxls  ammally?  If  the  j, resent  tariff  on  wool 
and  woolens  is  preserred  intact,  so  as  to  inqiart 
confidence  in  this  industry,  will  not  tin-  time  soon 
enmo  when  wo  shall  grow  all  tho  wool,  ami  more, 
that  this  iifdion  may  n(4ed  for  bunu-.  consnmp- 
tion  ?  I  think  so.  ,1oh>-  Hiieldon. 
Fort  ColUn.s,  Larimer  Co.,  Colorado. 
Remark-s.— Tliaulss  to  3Ir.  Hhei.dox  (  whom  wo 
recognize  ua  a  forim  r  suoces.sful  sheep  jireeder 
and  wool  grower  in  YV'estern  Ntuv  York,)  (or  liis 
VCI7  interesting,  siigg7-slivo  and  instructive  arti¬ 
cle.  YVe  .shall  be  glad  to  hear  from  liim  occa¬ 
sionally,  and  trust  he  will  furnish  ua  a  paper  (>a 
cattle  raising  and  grazing  lu  Golonwlo.— (En. 
