Nov 18
a good spirited young squaw let him take her & make
a wife of her & if any of the Brethren in the south
want to take a squaw to wife let him go to Amisa
while He is in the south & let him seal them the
same as any body Brother Tenny gave us a relation
of his experience in Bringing about 400 goats from
Calafornia He says the she goats have Lambs three times
each year & they have from 1 to 6 kids each birth they
lambed twice while driving from Calafornia & lost them
all He says he drove them 130 miles across the burning
desert before they would drink & he was a week going
that distance He says if they are left to run on the p[r]arie
without a shepherd they will loose half or two thirds of
their kids they will drop their kids & stand a few
moments & look at them & then would follow the flock
& leave them & when the shepherd is with them & they
do this He takes the kids & carries them to a pen & when
the goats are drove in the pen he takes the kid to the dam
& she will not own it he then ties up the fore leg a foout
or two high to a fence then sometimes she will take the kid
in her mouth & throw it away the shepherd then ties a
string to her uppnder Jaw & ties it to a fence & makes
her stand an hour or so & lets the kid stand & suck
& in a little time the Dam will own it He keeps the kids
in a pen till a month old before he lets them run loose
with their Dams when Dams loose their kids they
are vary profitable to milk for either milk butter or
cheese their milk is much riches than cows their
[FIGURE] Butter is as white as snow He has taken 20 lb
of tried tallow out of one goat he alters the
Bucks the same as sheep they get their full
groath at two & half years they are then killed for their
meet & skins & they produced meat faster than any
other stock. He says he can herd 200 sheep & 200 goats
together & drive them to any place easier than he can 100 sheep
alone as he can drive goats to any point of compass & the sheep
will follow Buck sheep will mix with Goats which does
not injure the meat But Buck Goats will never serve a
sheep when a she goat produces a Buck land [lamb] gendered
by a Buck sheep they have two pair of horns, but it
is not often they mix in this way A she goat will give
from one pint to 3 pints to milking

November 19, 1858 ~ Friday

19^th G A Smith went to Provo I spent the day separating
scraps of 1858 I spent the evening with President Young
Brother E. Snow G D Watt & Tinney were present

November 20, 1858 ~ Saturday

20^th I spent the day separating scraps it snowed mostly
through the day I called upon President Young in the
evening at 9 oclok. I conversed with him upon
the Deseret Alphebet all our former manuscript was
lost and he wished me to Join Elder G. D. Watt in making
out another at 4 cl 5 oclok P Dodson came to serve

Nov 18 a good spirited young squaw let him take her & make a wife of her & if any of the Brethren in the south want to take a squaw to wife let him go to Amasa while He is in the south & let him seal them the same as any body Brother Tenny gave us a relation of his experience in Bringing about 400 goats from Calafornia He says the she goats have Lambs three times each year & they have from 1 to 6 kids each birth they lambed twice while driving from Calafornia & lost them all He says he drove them 130 miles across the burning desert before they would drink & he was a week going that distance He says if they are left to run on the prarie without a shepherd they will loose half or two thirds of their kids they will drop their kids & stand a few moments & look at them & then would follow the flock & leave them & when the shepherd is with them & they do this He takes the kids & carries them to a pen & when the goats are drove in the pen he takes the kid to the dam & she will not own it he then ties up the fore leg a foot or two high to a fence then sometimes she will take the kid in her mouth & throw it away the sheperd then ties a string to her under Jaw & ties it to a fence & makes her stand an hour or so & lets the kid stand & suck & in a little time the Dam will own it He keeps the kids in a pen till a month old before he lets them run loose with their Dams when Dams loose their kids they are vary profitable to milk for either milk butter or cheese their milk is much riches than Cows their [FIGURE] Butter is as white as snow He has taken 20 lb of tried tallow out of one goat he alters the Bucks the same as sheep they get their full groath at two & half years they are then killed for their meet & skins & they produced meet faster than any other stock. He says he can herd 200 sheep & 200 goats together & drive them to any place easier than he can 100 sheep alone as he can drive goats to any point of compass & the sheep will follow Buck sheep will mix with Goats which does not injure the meat But Buck Goats will never serve a sheep when a she goat produces a Buck land lamb gendered by a Buck sheep they have two pair of horns, but it is not often they mix in this way. A she goat will give from one pint to 3 pints to milking

November 19, 1858 ~ Friday

19 G A Smith went to Provo I spent the day separating scraps of 1858 I spent the evening with President Young Brother E. Snow G D Watt & Tinney were present

November 20, 1858 ~ Saturday

20th I spent the day separating scraps it snowed mostly through the day I called upon President Young in the evening at 9 oclok. I conversed with him upon the Deseret Alphabet all our former manuscript was lost and he wished me to Join Elder G. D. Watt in making out an other at 5 oclok P Dodson came to serve