«,hn ate a basketful of pralines. Mrs.
Sherman has proven by good truth-tell
ine figures that it pays to give cows all
they will eat. In consequence of this
nolicv her herd averages 388 pounds of
butter per cow a year instead of the
average everywhere else of 155 pounds.
Success with her dairy stock led
Mrs Sherman into breeding horses,
and'here again she has scored above
others It is from the Minnewawa
farm that most of the majestic horses
have come which are used in the flre
department. The stock is the Perch
eon and like the cows, each colt is reg
istered. Until a few weeks ago Mrs.
Sherman owned the famous "Contra
Costa." She has sold him to the Carr
& Haggin ranch.
Mrs Sherman soon branched out as
a fruit grower, and to the 250 original
acres were added at one time 640, at
another 186, at another 40, and there
are always some 2,000 acres rented for
pasturage. She found that nothing
could be so well handled with a dairy
as an orchard and vineyard. Every
day upon these vineyards and orchards
are spread the sweepings and washings
from all the stables. This constant
fertilizing and cultivating, together
with the fact that the trees and cut
tings were the best that could be
bought, have given other marvelous
records to the famous farm. Emperor
grapes are planted on thirty acres, and
from this little patch last year she got
a check for $11,000, and it has never
brought a smaller return than $7,000.
Then as far as the eye can reach are
growing choice raisin grapes and
peaches and prunes.
Handling this fruit has necessitated
a plant for drying, packing and stor
ing. In one place the steam cream sep
arator of 150 horse power is puffing
away; in another part of the farm the
machinery for drying fruit is working;
in another, the stock is being cared for
and all told there was so much business
to get from the Minnewawa ranch that
the railroad company ran a spur from
its main line to it. This does away
with tedious hauling to a station,
One of the ' results of all this has
been the development of an interesting
settlement on Mrs. Sherman's domain.
At all times there are people enough to
make a good sized village and at times
there is a small army on the place.
There is, perforce, a Chinatown.
"Minnewawa" is the show place of
Fresno and all visitors of note are en
tertained there. Among the recent
ones were Secretary Wilson of Wash
ington, D. C, and his party. The Fres
no authorities call the telephone into
requisition just by way of courtesy,
but the latch string is always on the
outside, and there is never a "setting
to rights" because company is coming.
This wonderfully busy and success
ful career of a dozen years has not di
verted Mrs. Sherman one iota from her
interest in her home. She has added
interest in all parts and built all sorts
of wings in the pretty house on the
farm since she bought it. The vines
and plants are treated as well as every
thing else on the ranch, so roses climb
to the roof and the porches for two
stories hang as heavy with wisteria as
a Japanese tea garden. Palms grow as
Hixuriently as in the tropics, and the
daintiest of flowers nestle everywhere.
All Oregon and Washington travel
ers for the east will find the Northern
Pacific's new North Coast Limited, the
•rack train of the northwest. It is elec
(»ic lighted. Send for one of our North
(;oast Limited leaflets.
Testing nilk and its Products.
J. P. Austin, a practical creameryman
and dairyman at Monroe, Wn , writes us:
"I consider It a book that every one in
terested In the creamery and dairy bus
iness should have, (specially beginners. If
J could not get another copy, I would not
take TEN DOLLARS for the one I have."
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Ranch and Range, Seattle, Wash.
RANCH AND RANGE.
Sheep Industry in Utah.
Regarding the sheep industry in
Utah, John H. Seeley writes: "The
sheepmen of our state have had a very
prosperous year and if things continue
as in the past can look forward into a
bright future. Range sheep have done
well this winter, so that losses are at
their minimum, and as prices of wool
are better than we have known them
to be for years the sheep industry has
really no cause for complaint. The de
mand for sheep of all classes, muttons,
stock sheep and especially rams for
breeding, is very good. As far as lam
personally concerned, I do not recol
lect another year when inquiries for
rams came as early and as plentiful as
this y9ar. Everybody wishes to know
something about Rambouillets. Range
sheepmen have found out that the Eng
lish mutton breeds did not come up to
expectations when their progeny was
turned out on the range to rustle and
rough it, and consequently they are
looking for sheep that come nearer to
filling the requirements for general
purposes, and no other breed will an
swer these varied demands as well as
the Rambouillet. They are what the
French breeders cal" them, the sheep
"par excellence." Large, heavy bodied,
good sheep, with dense fleeces of long,
staple wool, and very fine at that. They
are also well adapted for the range, be
ing splendid feeders and will stand
herding in large flocks. I have bred
these sheep for many years. Ever
since 1890 I have used nothing else but
thoroughbred Rambouillet rams and
started my own herd of thoroughbreds
at the same time with ewes imported
from California. Have made other im
portations since. In 1892 I purchased
the ram "Bill McKinley" at a long
price, and last year I got some of the
best rams that ever left Ohio. Have
also just bought the entire herd of A.
A. Bates, of Irwin, Ohio, which I will
move to Utah by April Ist. This will
enable me to offer to the trade a very
superior lot of rams and it shall be my
earnest endeavor to furnish my pa
trons with rams that will come up to
the demands now made for a "general
purpose sheep."
A healthy, thrifty lamb will very
soon require more food than the limit
ed amount which its dam furnishes,
and when not more than a week old, it
will begin to pick at hay or clover as
it sees its dam doing. This is an indi
cation that it needs additional food.
Clover hay is excellent, but it should
be supplemented by a fe^d of half a gill
of oats given morning and night. There
is no better nutrition for growing ani
mals than oats. It will enable them to
eat and digest other food and put them
in the way of being thrifty all the rest
of their lives, until their teeth are too
much worn by use to masticate well.
Some of the sheep feeders, or rather
lamb feeders, in southern Minnesota,
report excellent results from feeding
cob meal to lambs, with just enough
oats and bran mixed in it to keep up
the growth of bone and muscle. The
corn is ground, cob and all, and the
oats and bran added. Cracked barley
is also giving very good results, though
it is not absolutely neoesary to crack
it.
If prepared to keep the flock under
shelter in all bad weather, the one med
icine which can be used to advantage
for almost all sheep diseases is sul
phur. Throw it in their feed boxes or
on the ground where their food is
thrown. Have no fear of doing harm
with it.
Steel trestles and bridges have re
placed wooden ones —where not earth
filled—on the Northern Pacific. All
ready now for the North Coast Limited,
April 29. Best and safest track to be
found in the northwest. Send to any
agent for North Coast Limited leaflet.
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*I 7 MAIN ST., SEATTLE
We Can Supply #
Creameries, Dairies & Cheese Factories
WITH 1 FULL LINE OF SUPPLIES AND APPARATUS.
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Ideal and Curtis Milk Heaters, Pcnberthy Noiseless Water Heaters,
Blakeslee Jet Pumps, Boston Butter and Cheese Cutters, Simpson's
Baby Butter Molds, Simpson's Baby and Jumbo Butter Cutters, Ro
tary Pumps, etc.
<SlllJfo Also a Fu" Line of the We" Kn° Buhl M'lk Cans"
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Mail Orders Promptly Attended To.
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Manufacturer of H
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Jobber of
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Creamery Butter. \
1 am.prepared lo fill all orders promptly to merchants and dealers of Southwest Washington tor all
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