'opyrlght, 1901, Dy Frank Q. Carpenter.)
f VD.N'UY, Aus
3
Chat with Man Who Owns a Million Sheep
k Q. Carnenter.)
trnlln. .Iiy
II. - (Spe
cial Corre
spondence of
ho lice.) I had a
lint tho other day
illi the sheep king
Australia, the blg
.st sheep osncr of
'lis grent sheep
nitlnent. Aus
ralla Is tho wool
titer of tho world,
i' has more than
iiiO.OOO.OOd sheep and
't cuts enough wool
'rom their hacks to
i ring In $100,000,000
i year. It has some
if tho largest Hocks
of sheep over gath
ered together. Job's
enttlo upon 1,000
hills cannot compare
with them. There
are 100 men in Son
South Wales alone
who each own flO.000
head; there nro hun
dreds more who havo
20,000, 100 who each
havo 10.000 and mnny
who own (locks of
1,000 and upward.
There are twenty
ono men In this
state who each own
100,000 sheep and
McCaughey, tho king
of them all, has more than 1,000,000.
line Million Kliei-,
1 TnKliK
worth n great deal. 1 hnvo soino Bbccp
which will average seven and a half pound?
to tho lleece, and I think hy hreedliiK that
I can Increase this to fifteen pounds per
lleece. 1 have had sheep which produced
ns much as forty-live pounds of wool nt
ono shearing, and at one time we cut tlfty
two pounds of wool from one of our Ver
mont rams, and thlrty-llvo pounds from n
uwe. I have distributed tho Vermont shoep
through my Hocks both In Now South Wales
and In Queensland, and tho result Is a con
siderable Increase In the clip. We And
that the sheep which come from a cross
of tho Vermont nnd tho Australian retain
their wool much longer than the Australian
sheep,"
How it !.-., UIIO Sheep Limit.
I wish I could show you Borne of tho Bhoep
exhibited at tho Sydney sheep show. There
were In t-1 1 700, representing every part of
Australia. Kour hundred of those wore
Merinos, being in the lino wool class, and
3C5 were fat sheep entered In the competl
Hon In tho class for frozen mutton. Kvery
sheep nt the show was worth several bun
dred dollars. Anions tho latter was Mr
McCnughcy's jr.,000 ram, which took first
prize. It was a great oblong bundle of wool
with a pair of big horns nt ono end of II
Tho wool Iny on It In Jolds and rolls, tho
skin apparently wrinkling Itself In order
that It might hold more. Its ears were
entirely hidden by the wool. Tho wool
A l-'l V 15 THOUSAND. DOI.I.AIl It AM
KHANK (5 OAUl'HNTi:il
rope. It used to bo that (Sormany, Hoi- tnkes Uss than four pounds of wool to
glum nnd Krnnro bought tholr wool from mnko a suit of clothes, nnd for a cent you
Australia through London. Now each enn carry tho wool for tho suit from Aus-
camo out three Inches over Its eyes and country sends Us own buyers nnd the most trnlln to London. Tho sailing vessels of
lliero were small holes In It through which or tnom ucnl flircctiy wmi tlio coiuuUhsIoii mo wool ueei go nrounu uio capo or noon
tho eyes looked out. I stuck my finger "Rents of Sydney. Hope, whllo tho steamers, as a rulo, travol
Into tho lleece nnd could Jest touch tho Oii.-l o.n Hi fenl n I'miml Tln lho Bwz cannl Thu flll"rU'Hl rmt" M
skin without putting my whole fist Into it. ' ovcr 11,000 miles, nnd tho carrying of four
In 1897 W. II. GlDson sold The wool hung down In great bunches on 11 18 BUrpnsing now cheaply tho wool can pounds 11.000 miles for I cent is one of the
brought 12. GOO
the ram "Iloyallst" for $5,000, and In lSU'J tho belly nnd tho legs were covered clear bo ta,cn ,rom A,l8trnlln to London. There wonders of modern civilization
Think what" 1.000,000 sheep means! Let Tnolllns Gibson sold "Admiral" for 1.D00 to the hoofs. On tho outsldo tho wool was nro n,nny llnc8 of B'cnmors nnd thcro are Tho prices of wool vary according lo
them weigh 100 pounds anieco and they Kulncns' or .uw ai mcse sales nunurcus oi a ciiriy coior, dui wnen I pulled It nsldo hi,u i iuu uum- quality. Tno coarso wool win oricn nrmg
would give enough nuittna to furnish a "f sllcep solJ from 100 t0 1.0. nuJ 1!ny rtml looked In, It was of n rich creamy nca8, Somo of tho steamers nro of 10,000 only 13 or 14 conts, while tho flno brings
slice to every man woman and child In tho BOla ""ween i,uuu ana ?5,ouo. in isue wnuo. mo sirancis or wool were spiral u mucn ns ai mucn ns 30 and 3& cents. Thoro nro
United States and leave enough for an Irish Mr Gluson sot on tho average $S30 for the and springy nnd very fine. 10.0U0 bales. Somo of tho sailing vcsboIb ccrtnln brands of wool, known by tho
stew for our wholo nation next day The Blieop llu brouKut t0 11,0 B!'. nd In 1890 In some of tho stnlls I saw owes which wl11 take 2,000 ba,C8- ana" tno compotltlon names of their ownors, which always bring
on, upon them would clothe tho people of . r ! "! JJ?. V" ? W! " !hom' " IVZtV "'"'l 'l". . , 4
onu rn f ui. ...in. it... n..iin tuivuu uu inu uyuiuk'j i uia win ovurywaero i iienru mo nrniscs nr our vor-i " - ..v.... .v v..m.h.m.i -.
perhnpx of New York or Chicago and they Bll0W you lhat " pays to brccd fine ,bcop mont 8hecP- 1 nB'(C(1 "e "ln" whether tho
would annually produce enough pet lnmbs ln Australia, and will give you some Idea sheep did not lose their wool from genora-
for tho Marys of half tho United States ot tbe enormous value of Mr. McCaughey's Hon to generation In so warm n country
All these i,nen nr., nwnn.i i.v Snmimi Mc' holdings, many of tho sheep being very as New South Wales. Ho replied that they
lino.
Caughoy. an Irishman, who camo to Aus
tralla In lSr.6 with practically nothlnu. He Slieen ICIiik LII.p Verniont lliiiun.
failed at first and stnrtcd again with a Mr. McCaughey belloves that tho best
ftnall (lock and from year to year has added rams for Australian sheep are thoso from
in his holdings until ho has now more Vermont There is a large Importation of
sheep than any other man In the world, such sheep every year, and thcro nro Atnor-
Iln hag mnrn noma nt lnml Minn ciTinnn nnd Irnns whn mnkn n linsliiesn nf tnklnt- nhnnn
hi- possessions nro In tho best parts of across tho Pacific to Australia for sale. thom nt tbo show- Thcy looked more llko a
Australia. I am told that one nf his farms They choose the finest and best bred Vor- "owd of Yankee business men than nny-
n th" Darling Downs Is thirty-six miles mont Merinos, ship them to Puget Sound th,nK C'B0- nni1 nt the dinner which was
long and forty miles wide. Ho has other nnd thence by steamer to Sydney. Sovornl ?,vt'n th7. .mn,, Rpo(,cllPB n vesponso to
did, and thnt tho bringing In of cold-cllmnto
sheep, such ns "tho Vcrmonls," provented
this.
AniiiiiK Hie SiinntttTN,
Tho sheep owners, or squatters, as they
are called, wero nil well dressed nnd well
cducnted men. Thcro wero hundreds of
stations In New Smith Wnles nnd nltogether shipments have been made around the Capo
ho owns more than 1,000,000 acres
toasts which wero ns goed ns you will
nnd of Good Hope, but ns a rulo tho latter hear nnywhore. They were all landholders
Bidorod prlnclpalltlrs In tho United Stntcn.
chat with Mr. McCaughey ho told b,,t wn'c,, o looked upon as quite small
he had been importing Vermont bcro- .For I?? ,"11
11HI VICt' Jll Uailll'HL llllll 11 llllf," minimi
leases nhout 1,000,000 or so more. His cs- routo Is too long nnd the sheep sometimes
tales nro fenced off with wire into great die on tho way,
paddocks, In which the sheep nro kept. He In my
tins Bunk artesian wells to supply them mo that ho had been importing
with water and ho Imports lho finest of rams for nlmost twenty yenrs. Said ho:
Vermont rams to Improve hl3 btock. At "I went to Vermont first In 1886 nnd
one shearing he sold l.SSO.OOO pounds of picked nut 120 owes and forty rams. I
wool nnd at another tho product nmounted sent them to Austrnlln and used them for
to 12,000 bales. Somo of his ordinary sheep breeding. Tho following spring I went
havo cut ns much ns twenty-two pounds of back and brought 102 moro sheep, and since
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The Ileo has secured n series of beautl fill reproductions of fainoUH paintings and
beautiful pictures In colors. These picture h am nil suitable for framing and will look
handsomo In any homo The first of the ho rlen will bo
Tho reply was that ho had not, nnd thnt his
possessions nil told comprised only nbou'.
Cfi.OOO ncres of lnnd. Another ninn wns
pointed out who owned 200,000 acres and
nnnther whn hnd hnlf a million neres, nil
under fenco.
In Ilie Wool WnrelioHHi-N.
Sydnoy Is tho chief wool market of Aus
tralia. It ships hundreds of millions of
pounds of wool to Ruropo ovory year and
It has somo of tho largest wool warehouses
In tho world. Lot us take n wnlk through
ono of them. Wo nro In a grent room
covorlng mnny ncres. It Is roofed with
glass and upon Its floors nro thousands of
bnles of wool. Kach balo Is as high as
your shoulder. It is wrapped In yellow
bngglng, but tho top Is open nnd lho whlto
wool seems to havo burst forth nnd to bo
pouring out upon tho floor. It Is marked
with tho stntlon from where It comes.
In othor parts of tho warehouse aro
mountains of wool which have been tnknn
out of tho bales, nnd In other places tho
men nro repacking tho wool for shipment.
Come with mo to ono of those piles nnd
examlno It. Soo how dirty nnd grensy the
wool Is. Tho sheep nro not washed befnro
shearing and lho wool Is exported ns It
comes from their backs, the cleaning be
ing dono nftor It rcachos the Huropean
markets. Thrust your hand Into tho pile.
Now look at It! It shines ns though It
wore coated with vnsollno nnd your cuff
Is soiled with tho grense.
SrltliiK Wool In Sydney,
One of tho curious fentures of Sydney Is
Its wool snles. Rverythlng Is sold at auc-
A TIIUi:i: TIIOUSAND-DOLLAIt KWH. Tnn Bn'0B ,nko p,nco 'n November.
December and January, when buyers from
wool nnd nt n roenni honrin.r twnniv.flvfl 'bon 1 bavo bouKht 1u,te a lot of Vermont nuglnnd nnd tho continent nnd from tho
averaged over sixteen pounds each One atock- My puro Vermont Bheop now num- "nltcrt States and Japan como hero to bid.
of his rams, which took a premium at tho lr about 2,000 head and 1 hnvo sold many Tho buyers wear long overalls nni linen
l imiis, iuiu v Ail 111 1 11 1 iik 1 uu vvuui. i nvy
tho aheep from bnlo to Imlo, tnklng notes of oach
man'fl Block, In order that they may know
not Includ- how much to offer for It In the auction
n l.n nnr. nf 41. filmin fnnlnil llrt ftflfl vnntnn A n n 1n AAA t.l.
I -j.il! . 1'K turn, ui iuu ouvuji, iuwii;u j' Tuivw, luiMiia. no iiiuiijr un iu(uuu UUIt'S nr HUinO-
It i n 1 Ur fnr,ncrs ,0 know that but I think that tho results havo fully Jus- times sold In a day, and slnglo sales will
for it uncommon th'nB In Australia tf)ed tho expondlturci. I value my Vor- foot up ns much as 7r.0,000.
ward 11 ram t0 Be" for --000 anJ up- mont flock at 60 guineas a head. I bavo I chatted with Mr. V, E. Wlnchcombe,
"r aro shcep 8nlo 1'cro every sold aomt. 0f them nt 500 gulnens, or I2.K00. one of the largest wool dealers of Sydney,
Hon nni ti0cl( U 8old nt auo" 1 BoI(1 n ram t0,,a' for '2'000- nni1 1 bav0 about the business. He tells me a few
curr'e. i l." T, ll,s,nnct'B llavo - sold ewes ns high ns 750," yeari go almost all the wool of Australia
1 000 mil nuns lmvo sold ,or "' supposo that tho chief profit comes wu shipped direct by the squatters to Lon-
i' hi ,as' or moro tllan ':,'00 cad"- from tll0 improvement of your own flock," don. and there resold and reshlpped. At
the Vhpn i m, .th0 hlfihc8t prlccs ot said I. present the greater part of the product Is
In 1000 i m i c,urlnB lho past ten ycara- "Yes. That's whero tho money Is," replied seit to commission agonts at the ports, the
to Mn V i P WCr 80lJ frora ,1,E00 Mr- McCaughey. "I think my crossing my Sydnoy brokers Bhlpplng nbout 400.000 bnles
: J" 891 tho highest prtco broeds wltn tne Vermont sheep has added annually. Mr. Wlnchcombe and his part-
Went ,,n Jhe ram "Prcs' at least a Iound of wool per Bhoep a year ncr sell about $7,000,000 worth of wool,
I8 0OO m !L y . wmC5.. S,lb80D' ,oW for to ny oc"B- You sco I have about 1,000,- skins and other such things eyery year,
w wnue 0M of Mr- McCaughsy'a sheep 000 sheep and an Increase of this kind Is and their dealings are with all parts of Eu-
recent sheep show, hnd a lleece upon It (,u,fin!: h1 'nst, ten ycari!l , ,
which, ho told mo, would cut forty-live , ,s not 0"P"Blv 10 Ket
pounds nnd. nlthough ho wns offered 5,000 here from Vermont? I nsked.
for tho sheep, be rofused It Ves' My nrst ln'portatlon.
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