Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1836-01-22

" NlGH'h ~ VIC FiIlt III ~, uUu CUE" Ifi
ed dlsIracotul burden, from whch we
should r%tricaic ourselves as far aud as
fast as possible. There can be no good
reasonbc given why The rich pasturaec of
the hills and the lugunant meadows Of the
Northern States cannot produce a~ good
locks of sheep, and as fine quantities Of
wool, a. similar regions in SaxOnv or An
dlInsia or why the manufacturing skill
ana industry OF our free citizens. cannot
compete successfully with the sprlles' ar
tlzans of the old world. To expect that all
this can b. accomplished At once is idle
time is required, capital and perseverance,
must be employed and exerted, aud it Is
evident that these are now successfully us
ed. The prices which all kinds Of wool,
more particularly the higher grades, have
for n few years pas commanded, have JUS
tined the attention which has been paid to
this branch Of farming, and is beginning To
amply compensate those who long. and lI
mos w'1nut remuneration. end"avorca 10
introduce the best breeds Of foreign sheep,
and render the quality Of our native WOODS
un"XcrptionabIe.
There are many sections OF our country
which are not adapted to the prediction of
grain, but which arc most excel Hen, for
paSlurage: and in such cases, nature her
self seems to have pointed out the most
proper means 10 be adopted in the culture
Of the soil. Too long have the farmers in
snch parts of our state, been engaged in
attempting the cultivation of wheat and
corn; rocrRbe crops may have sometimes
been raised. bn' as Il whole their system of
farming is failure. Unll grain commands
higher price tnan at present, to undertake
to force us growth on udconrcnlaI soils.
must result IN loss to the farmer and h.
who, with the present lights of experience
and present prospects before him, persists
IN sowing wheat or planting corn. when he
might cover his plains with herds. and hills
with ilocks. most clearly mistakes his true
interests. |, needs but lrlle skill in arlth-
metiC to show. that where the average
crop OF wheat does not exceed trom ten 10
fifteen bushels per acre, it cannot be raised
with profit; the st thing the owner o.
such farm can do. is to convert II at once
into grazing farm. There is every prob
ability hat fine wool Will continue to com
mnnd good price, since It may be- in our
climate considered one of the absolute ne
crssaries of lite ard not ,o he d,snorsod
with. and y farm od,,,oI r. ;,sn-oJnc,ior
takinr MI thinrs ;n,o conLido,o,,on ,ho
wool orowor, or tho doi,vman Gamma, C,Ip
50 far bohird tho vboo, rro,yor in no,.nro
fir as soma b,ve ;noo,pod
In co,tinr H,cl or sho,, r,,,ol o,.o
and o;ten,ion oro roo,;si,o IN nrI,- ,y'a.
tho brood of sham onJ Tho om,r;,nar ,aa
y,ol bo or tho lind d,.,.,l
tho nre.en, INN, .n,ro,t,n,, nr . n',,. ,,,,.
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fr,cnds nf tho S,oni h Marina .nJ ~, So.
n, Morino I, is nIloroI ,h,t Tho c,,,na.
are. as whole boov,e, bndlsd shoon and
in our connr,v have nrovaJ tho h,,J,a.,
while the wool nroduccd nv The S,v,ny !.
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