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0 THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. Mnreli III. 11)01 Sheep Industry Of New Zealand (Coia lulu r.'H, l I'r.mU : I'.irjM nit r thobu or iliu Lulled StuUa. In tliu busiest f 1 1 li 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' I f. New '. .iliiti'l. Manli ,i. iiailii of thu )cur they receive from lb tu t'.tul (Spi i lul ( ri Kpniiil of The lice i cents uti hour, und lu many cases their Nuw Zealand Is thu c-hlcf incut freezing uinployua udd to this u present ut thu ecu tilry of the world, and Chriatehurch 13 uoao of tlu Boiison. 1 met oiiu luuu who 1U liiutton metropolis. Ii l a city of more told mu he gavu each of Ills hauda J..0 than &0.000 iiuoiilv. sltuaiud licur tho sea whtii thu hardest of thu work wub duuu. on thu Canterbury plulnn, wheru they mint) 'u,u shearing usually beglua In Septum- moru Bin up to thu aero than iinywhuru i,ur and Iuhib until Jauuury. It la donu by clue. This country loads all others In its u,u piucu, being performed by profuBslouul product of inuttoli. .Millions of sheep aio shuurera, who got from 1 to 4V4 cunts u ftozoii huiu every yuar for thu tahlus ot ahocp. Thuru aru men who can aheur moru l-uglund, and a ureal Heel o: aieuuicrB la uwu joo bheep ill a day, and not a fuw alwtiB moving hack and forth across thu ,aku ihulr $j pur dlum. Tho wool clips equator over thu octuns, tarrying this prod- uiry greatly according to tho breeds. Thu uct to London. Thu dlstanco via thu Strait Mcrlnua raligu all thu way from four to of Miigulluti Is moro than 12.000 mllca. II auvuli pounds taeh, whllu thu LolceBtera la liven further by thu Capu of (Jood Uopu will uvurugu lull pounds aud thu Llncolua or thu iBlhmus of Suez, but nevertheless ubuut uluven po.inds. Thuru aru aheep thu freights aio such that thu mutton can lilulx each pruducu from twenty to thirty bo Bold at u lowur prlcu than that ralaud pminda of wool at a clip, but thusu arc ox- in England Itself. , eeptlona. What do you think It costs tu raise 'rim crau which Is running over the sheep away down hero below thu equator tinllod StuteB aa to ilolglan harua Bhould and deliver them to thu English butchcrB, (, stopped, for thuy may bocomo as great ao that all parties can uial.u u fair prollt? a llCat na thu rabhlta aru huro. UabbltB Just 7 cifiitB a poundl Thu Nuw .calami Wuio introduced Into Now Zealand as pets farmur makes money by Bulling his sheep uud ihu Idea that thuy might furnish at thu faetoiy at 4 cents a pound, and meat. Thuy Increased no rapidly that they tho extra 3 cents aulllccs to pay for thu B00, overran tho wholo country. They atu killing thu dressing and freezing, aud till up tho pastures and millions ot dollars tho freight charj-ua and handling between havo slncu been spent lu killing thum or In hum and Loudon.' I doubt whulher mulluu ruuclng thum out of tho Bheep lauds. Of can bu produced at mis cuai hi uii.i mm iihU inuu.i ; - United Status or (iruat Ilrlialn. plug Ilium fur their skins aud lu freezing ihu caicasbua for shipment to London. !, lue.i oi Theiu aru men hero who make a bUBluess known to Kl in thu kheezini; m a.miieu.-- 230 sheep in a day, but thu lug water and thu buro-unm..-. men taUu Hut llrat let mu glvu you book l.ie.i oi bbl trapnUK and rabbit buying. I UBUal ovorago per hour la ulnu aheep foi them out from time to tlmu with pitchforks ,-ew Zealand-a aheep Induaiy. it is tnu of labblta at ulmost overy rail- each man. nnd put others In their places. , out of which 1cVu,,;irif ".'."Sbout '"'"1 Htt""' 1 lolu luat ttU0Ut ,.A"Cr kU1!U8JX,B,.eI? m b,1,l;'U!r UT" '" 1 ' ",r "'""' . Vi.iu V.i HI I It I 111 HOW llllo UUUlIk .... ( iin n n tirwils lwililttil Mm utrlfltl nff till ... Ne most muiiey. iew .uumm . .. iiuu.iiuo uounds of frozen rabblta are annu- VJVJ - ...... .... I. till illllUIIU III 1 iu.uuu.iiuu "''-, ,,. ,...v. ally shipped irom isuw zuuiu man. woman ami cnuu a h- , ,' lu ono jo.ir 17,000,001) llvo and have tlmusanua u, -.. rlui, u, BUch L.x,)orla al.uoBt half aa many "B " auveral hundred thousanda United Sillies, aim no in.."- -- ..,. Diaii ours. out proportionately much greater lliaii c i. ...,iH mi iiimual liicomo of j:a,uoo,000 of lis exports of wool, and in addition re ceives moru than 18,0u0,00O for frozen mill ion X1.&00.000 for itB tallow and moru than now bring lu of dollars an- lly. Krozen rahblla aru shipped with tho fur on und thuy aro, 1 doubt not, ofteu ,1 up uu u uu ueu.im . mu, duij-d u.i tu , nnntuer room wo Bce tUcIn rcacrlUg nd to London. . ... orcsaea t uuu fnt ,n nnothcp tllcy nro taU1B cnro ot tue rabbit aklns were w asuea u uowii wiui oi water. iui ib flhocpucnis aml , olllcrs thcy nro .mlllllg uu..u ou iultM, " "-" vool from tho aklns and spreading It out mlnutea from the time tho llvo sheep la (o dry A cur,oU3 Ueparlmont Is th:lt yieneu uu uiiiii it id ivuu; iui iiiiu.iub. When a sheep la finished thu butcher wboro the blood and bones aru turned Into fertilizer. Tho blood Is roasted In a great ,,m frouti frnm llln wnrrona of tho glVW It a BllOVO and tllO pulley tO Which It ...,,,,. roll .,, n,, nn Hip KngllHh nobility. lB uooHcd, running by gravity on a llttlo cor of tho faclory ,8 p0 of bIood ns lu a ..Ik rr.-.-liiK i-iu-ii.r,. Bel track, carries It off to tho cooling b 8 R sma huystack, It Bmcll8 ,lkc i.. .i... .,. ,.i. i room. From now on It Is not handled until , . i. iu.., ... I fiil.Mt IIUU IL'l UD tU OIIU Ul IUU llllilUIICD ... III IIIU II 1U. IIIIU UUI I'O tllVI UO U 1UUI. that amount for Bheep aklns and lauun Ulla Ney Zca. u Is ready for shipment. The work la douo Th,8 llo0(1 ,s vury valuablo for muu ,ro. IhmiI iiiuttmi fur Iliu In i i'B of Londuu. lupiuiy umi iuuiu to iouh "i"ui Wnr lm. ,imn i, wpnf in Wnsln n most Nuw Zualaud hag twenly-ouo meat freez- curcuaaea biuuuh mmns uul u. uUImh. There uru sheep farms lo uu Been ev., tho 1 1. I ... .. r ....... t 1 1 ...I,.., i mu.u ..... line uw s.uuillim uu inuH;'uuu wwui. wv.- - ui uiu iuuiuiicb ui iun uvriiuuu, nuvii t where. I luuu vlaliud many o them .iui- u t,alub,lshmi!Ul8 all(1 lho ,arKust auJ butcher shop Into tho cooling room and cour,0 of Anlcrlcnn8 cnme down and ma.lo ing my tour through thu Islands. l ey a hero at CnrJalchurch u later on from thero down to the freezing ft contract tor the product. The New Zea- 1b known ub tho Uelfaat freezing works, euaniuera. landers soon saw that they were getting having a capital of 500,000, upon which It After having been cooled forty-eight houra, rch out of their blood money nnd thcy paya dlvldeudB of 8 per cunt. It 18 a co- that tho unlmal heat may go out of them, concluded to havo tho profit themselves, ao uporatlvo luatllullou, tho aheep ownora bo- lho carcasses being weighed as they go, take wuen tho time came for tho renewal of tho . i i.iiiinr iiiouur- mo mucn uiiior uupi iu - lius Hi thu- United Status, bulug divided up llilo lalgo llelds leneed with wlru und uilun cuufuily eulilvatiu Many of thu holdings uio largu. ihu iug (hu urlIlclpaj gtoekholdera. It gives another trip on their pulleys Into tho freez- contract they refused, and now this und avenigu llock ul prubuui euniaina nuoui market for their Bheep, working ing chambers. Thero aro a dozen of these, tno oti,er by-products of tho factory pay, I i mm uiiueii. Thuru uio l!,i00 men who uuvo .. . ,,.iiuui,,,i Tin. nh.mn nr.. each liavlm: a ntorauc cnoacltv of about ti,i i,i nii nr o.n nvnnna nt liu each between boo and 1,000. and lliuru aro (1.lvt,n or Hi,lpl,CMl l0 luo factory. They 100.000 sheep. Each chamber covers ono- operation nnd management. 2,000 raimeitt m eum aru t,L,ro Killed, frozen, put upon ships nun or an acre, ami u you win imagine a Aa w. wnttf tlirnucli thn wnrlfa T nnu llir. .i.ooo uiuep. iiieio mu ...v-.w ...... --- .... nml uUilvt.rt.u to tuo iiutchors of London ut goou-sizeu cuy ioi incioseu in wans oi manager to glvo mo bohio Idea of wages. hau from ti.ooo to 10,000 una lio who eacn u 1)xc(1 c,ulrB0 of ft punuy u pounu oua nu frozen brino coated with snow and filled no replies thnt they ranjo from 1.C0 a day own lloclia of 20,000 or upwiird. lho lunji- Iiro,ta uuovo lnlg ,,u back to tUo farmora. with carcassca of mutton hanging down upward, and that for a day of eight hours. mini' hull nuw la toward Blliall llOUKS. UIO .,,,.,, mu. ,,i,,,, r. Ma aVww... nn,i frnm Mm nnlllni- nn tump linn nnnllinr llinl ....... . r.in... n c n ... .,,l J " " . . .,u iMvmij i.K.a ui'uui. w.vvv ulvv w.v.j ...... ..w . . . ..0 ...... -..w 4I1U JI1UU VUIUU IU IUO lUblUt; l- o ... win. (iirmuis huvu loiind It paja to raisu biilup shipping on tho average moro thun they nlmoat touch, you may have somo Idea they leave nt 5 p. ra., taking an hour off for lor mutton aud lho duy will noun cuinu Luo,ou) i-nrc-atacs a year. of a freezing chamber. dinner. They havo In addition to this what wiuii every faimur will have lila own mock Wo tu() a carrmgU nnu rde out to the Suppose wo cuter. How cold it is! Tho aro caucd smokers. These nro recesses ot oi Bhuep. works. They nro within u few mllca of tompcraturu Is eight degrees nbovo zero, ten minutes twlco a day for a smoke. The lu Aimti alia ihu sheep aru i eared en uuy m,,.!,!,,.,.!,, Tho buildings consist ot Tho sheep put In thrco days ago are already foreman fixes tho time, which Is usually at for their wool, lluro thuy aru i wired boi l at Bnct, surroUnded by paddocks filled as hard ub atone. Tap ono of tho enrcasses. in o'clock 'In tho morning and 3 In tho ami minion. i" ,. with shcup ready for kilKug. nnd drying Tho order to live. At Kalpol. near Christ church, there Is a woolen factor) employing GOO hands. It la thu largest woolen mill he low tlm equator and it makes every vnrloly of goods, from knit underclothing to the finest of ladles' dress goods. Thu mill taki's tho wool in bales of 100 pounds each, just as It cornea from thu backs of tho sheip. It U sol ted according to fineness, for tho hair on sheep vnriui na much as that onA man, somo being as line as thu hair of a baby nnd somo aa coarse as the wool of a negro. Next It Is washed and scoured by machin ery, then dried and then dyed. It Is next treated to a bath of ollvu oil to soften the liber and then carded aud combed and twisted Into ropes and relwisted by the spinning Jfliiny until each rope becomes a thread so small that It will go through tho eye of a needle. It is now wound upon bobbins and then woven Into cloth, Jimt na In tho best woolen mills all the world over. Tho machinery Is the latest und thu product of the flrat quality. This mill employs many girls. They aro healthy, rosy-cheeked aud well dressed; thoy aro well bred and well educated. Hun dreds of them ride to nnd from their work upon bicycles. They work eight hours a day, their wages being about $7.00 a week, more or less. KHANK O. CAHPIONTEIl. Inebriate for wool that thoy cau feeil out of doors an uio yarU8i w,cu nt urBt Bigut 8eem covered Take ono down and reat It on tho lloor; it nion ai New Zealand factories. )oar ruund, tnus saving mu wi'u " BnoWi !,(, which na wo get closer is ao stiff that It Btunds alone. It feels like Bound is liko a tap on a drum-head, afternoon. Theso smoke recesses aro com- As far as I can sec tho men seem con- barns or Btabiis. uu mo uiihui """" ,NU 8CU nro spotted with great piles of Ice. My lingers freeze as I tako notes and tented with their Jobs. Many of them own lho total oxpunsoa aru not moio than i uwy.Washcd wool. Wo nro first taken to wo nro glnd to get out. Hltlo cottnges near tho works, tho average per Bheep, and thu annual increase oi iliu (iu Blloup yuria nn(1 wntci, tho men drive Wo now go into tho chambers In whicli worklngman's houso being worth nbout llosk Is from 80 lo 110 per cent oi uio iiJiu- tll0 alllnala up n paBsaguway to the kill- the frozen multon Is stored. They are $260. Tho manager tells us that If a man bur of owea. Ing department on tho second Moor. Thl equally cold. Tho carcasses havo been put is ordinarily economical ho can pay for his Sheep farming in New uiland s man- (lml1(; ,B ,onu by mcanB 0f Uecoys. Thoru Into bags of white cotton nnd thcy nro home In flvo years, and that most of tho ugod upon sclentlllo pi luu pies. Hio peo- Mo HCVl,ra oU1 Bi,ecp which nro used day stacked up liko cordwood. They aro now men accumulate money. Ho tells us that plo havu studied thu biuuda und liavu bu- ufu,r (Uiy nmJ ycQr nftcr ycftr ft8 thQ rL,ady Jor tbu 8h nml Ui(j c(irB wl cnrry U(J factory nsurea tho lives of Its cm lucted thobo which will pruducu tnu moai np.l t.t IimiiI thitlr lirntliftm In llmm iln.Ln f.. tin. Iif.rln.r Hlinv u-lll Itn iilnvna utinn fillph InrillR thnt If thov nro Detroit Journal: Never had she looked moro beautiful than sho looked tonight, or tills morning, for tho clocks had long alnco chimed the, hour of midnight. ".My denr," her husband was saying, "I was detained nt tho club! Hie, hie, htc, hie. hlc!" "Merciful heaven!" cried tho woman, ngonlzedly. "Ho Is too drunk properly to lntorsperso tho hies throughout his dis course!" With this sho swooned away, while tho man hung his licnd guiltily. . . A A !'... wool ami Uio noai muuoii. mu (1,...,,llt,,r. Ti,ov Btart ti,0 roccsaioB. nnd thrciwn Into troiiuh-llkn chutes i breoda nro tho Llncolua, thu Merinos, Uio t,u( (10u8nmlB uouind, aheep-llko, follow slide down into tho hold, not to c Lelceatuia, lho Shropshlris, Uio bouiu- th(im ofUm looon Bho(jp pn8B up thftt of U10 Blllp untll till;y ro ,amica ln chutes nnd will killed whllo on duty their heirs will re- como out colvo from $1,500 to $2,G0O, according to the . T Amlnn amminl nt th..t. nnltptnn . . . . ....,.. U 1 . W .. .V.VVV " " ,' .HM J 1 1 11 U 1) 1 1 1 , 1. 11 I 1 . ,,1VJ It 1 U J II 1 1 .1 1. 11 1 1. MUHUUU. U.UUU... ' .Ub. downa and thu Hoinnoy .MaiBli. i.iilii oi . . . . machinery, lllirui-xl Woolen Mill lli-lmv i:nmlor. Iheso breeds lmvo Bpocml locallliea. Iliu Wu foow tho Blleop ,t0 thu uuuunB, which tho manager tells us Is American, wo You people of tho United States look upon Meiinos Ihrlvo best on the wild minis auu TJlu k1Ung room ,8 Bovcra hundred feel go on to other branches of tho establish- Now Zealand as n half-sav.igo country, hills, tho Llncolua nnd ltouiiioy Marsn tin lol)(? u )a ft Krcftt lmU wncd wlth ponBi mout ,() acQ tho Uy.products. In ono place Vou think It may perhaps havo somo gocd ihu molBt soil and thu l.ulcesiura on uiu (in(;li ll(ii(iinB twenty sheep. Tho pens fnco they aro canning sheep tongues to bo fnrma nnd sheep ranches, but I venture you dry plains, lho beat million Bhoep aro a cl,trni a0 j wd, stand tho butchers, shipped all over tho world. Tho output is havo nuvcr consldured It n land of great cross-hreodBi they aio known as nuozuis. Th() B1(,L,U nro jiiCu nt ti,0 rat0 of ten nbout G.000 tongues a day and tho tongues factories. Tiicso peoplo havo woolen mills It la uu old expreaalon that it is miru UV(,ry lnnut0i flio butchers aro very ex- sell at 20 cents a enn In ono-pound cans, which would be considered large In New lo get blyud out of a turn p. lho roy 1)ort Tlipy (,rnK QUt tho anmm, nn(1 wltn Tho c00klng Is dono In great vats In which England. They make ns fine cloths aa tho Zealandura hnvo discovered how to do u. t,u)r knlvo8 ,,, thcm B0 qUCKy that they tho water Is kept hot by steam pipes. Tho best mills of Oreat llrltnln, although their Thuy Ubu thulr Bheep to grind up turnips (J() kM( ()no mn) hng bouu Mo t01RHCa ,)0b nml lIown , t7,0 boll. lnl8 llnvc t0 bo protected by tho tariff in and thu result ia the blood which nuikea meat which Bella for ihIIIIoiib of dollara. lu fact, overy good chop you eat here la halt turnips. Tho peoplo tell mu f.iat tur-nlp-fed Hhutp produce tho best mutton. In buying a Bheup farm tho llrst qucBtlun asked Is whethur tho land will ralso tin nips, and If so tho prlcu Is much higher than othurwlBO. Now Zealand bus more tlmu 100,000 acrea of turnips. Turnip Ileitis aro lo ho Been on every landscape, und they often form a Blrikliig featuro. The crop growa luxuriantly ami before the bheep avo lot lu It forms a bed of blight green. Later on, when tho sheep havo hud Ihulr llrst chaiico at it, the green has all disappeared and in Us plueo there la an expanso of black soil covered with white halls set out in rows. Tho Held looks na though it had been plowed nml sown with billiard balls. You see Ihu sheep lilting the balls They eat ilium out of tho ground, digging nwn uu I l every root bus disappeared. In some eases the turnips are dug up by the farmer and ful In the pasture to the sheep. Labor Is high In New Zealand and every thing Ih done to cut down expensi b. On tho largo estates the sheep aro kept In enormous Ileitis, bo that a fuw hands suf lice to care lor a largo llock. Tho shep herds put In nbout ten hours, except nt harvest time, when thoy work from day light to dark. Their wages nro higher than New Century Waist 1 Style No I, Price, $5.00. This waist, inntlo of lino taffotn, can bo hail In any aliade. It is, wo bollovo, tho best waist over shown for llvo dollara, be ing handsomely tucked anil hemstitched. It can bo had with a bishop slcevo If desired. Mnll orders lllletl promptly. Monoy back, less express charges, If not satisfied. Now Spring Suits. New Spring Ilresa Skirts, New Spring Wnlsta In popular fabrics. Oft SC0FIELD CuW&SUITCO. UltKATEST SI1EE1' FUEEZINO WOKKS IN NEW ZEALAND-WOOL IN KOHEUItorNl) SI'HEAD OUT TO DUY Ladles Suits and Outer Garments Ite.uh to Wear or .Made to Order i.-.iii noiiii.As sTiu:iyr, omaiia.