Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-14

care was extended to them, even through
the revolution and the government of Bona
parte. 1t was from that flock that the sheep
through all parts of France have been i'm
proved. In 1892, through the medium of
Lord Auckland, then English ambassador
in Spain, George ILL., procured forty choice
Marines from Spain in exchange for eight
fine English coach horses. To this flock
some small additions we're afterwards made,
and it was conhded TO the care of Sir Joseph
Banks, and much pains were taken, and the
flock succeeded toleraby. In 1904, this
royal flock was sold at auction, with view
to disperse them over the country, and inn
prove the wool. This experiment, however,
has not succeeded nor has another, under
taken for like purpose, about 1910, when
the King of England obtained from the
Cortes Of Spain larger flock of Marines,
and dispersed them through England Va
rlous causes have contributed to prevent
the cultivation Of fine wool in England, but
think the principal are these The corn
laws and protective duties of England have
given TO the production of bread and meat,
for their dense population, an encouragement
and bounty which render that department of
agriculture Of vastly more importance than
any other In order to raise wheat. the
lands must be MANFRED. 1t is law of ma
ture that a fine fleece never grows on
large sheep. To manure the land, the
English farmer cultvates turnips in large
fields. lie folds his sheep, which are of
large size, and can endure, unhoused the
English winter, on these fields and they
consume the turnips, and lie on the land,
and thereby manure the land, so that a crop
of wheat, worth on an average over two
dollars per bushel, can be produced and
the sheep yield large carcasses of valuable
mutton, averaging weight of one hundred
pounds each, which sells at eleven TO thir-
teen cents per pound. These sheep are OF
three breeds, the Leicester, the Cheviot, and
the South Downs; all long wooded sheep,
yielding fleece of from five to eight pounds,
which is only used for worsted and for
coarse goods. The Marine sheep are quite
too small aud weak to endure such treat
merit, or to promote such objects, and there
fore they are not acceptable to English far
mers, and do not succeed. The English
manufacturers are now still dependant on
foreign supply for all their wool for fine
| " OhutiOihS uHb missy
In Germany the experiment has been en-.
tirely successful. In the latter part of the
last century the Elecior of Saxony procured
from the King of Spain a choice selected
flock of Marines. The Eector was an ex.
cellent farmer, and he improved and enlarg.
ed this flock. 1t was soon satisfactorily as
certained that the Marine did not degener
ate in Saxony and, in IT'S, he imported
an additional flock of three hundred, anC
from these has arisen the iSdTOny sheep
They are improved Marines. This i'm
proyement has been produced by the mode
of treatment and feed, that is, by constantly
selecting, entirely with regard TO hneness o
wool, regardless Of symmetry or size, ant
by keeping them sheltered from the sever,
heat of the sun, in sheds, during some hour
/ in the hot days of summer, and in warn
, buildings in winter, and feeding dry fodder
: including gram, through the winter. Thi
: has rendered the sheep less, and the fleec,
, finer, averaging probably not over TIVE
t pounds. From the time of their introduc
, ton, to the peace Of 1914, these sheep wer
) gradually spreading over the kingdom o
Y Saxony. When Europe was relieved iron
its long protracted succession Of continen
S tai wars, and the Germans returned to tn
e arts of peace, their patient application, AM
discriminating perseverance, soon brough
e their country to an improved condition O
: husbandry. Germany was soon found sufii
f cient, not only to furnish its own supply Q
: wheat and provisions, but TO furnish larg
: surplus: and these sheep spread into a
e parts of that country, and have been lon
- roisa1 0plu IN
n but in the Prussian and Austrian states, i
# Bohemia and Hungary. For some year
e their wool was all sold to the manufacturer
# of France, Flanders, and England, and froI
d those countries the Germans received the
;, cloths and other manuiaciures-more esp,
e cially from England. After some years,
= was found that as England would not n
Y ceive the provisions of Germany, which VIZ
n then their, as it is now our, principal pre-
e duction, Germany could not sustain tn
5. commerce, aud therefore they formed the
ir commercial uniOn, and adopted protect,
IS system of duties, which enabled them
le prosecute their manufactures with success
e and make a home market for their produc
-e This has lost to England the German ma
Of ket for her cloths and many other article
ID John McGregor, Esq, Secretary of Il
ID Board of Trade, was sent from England
: Germany to inquire into, and endeovor
c. make some arrangement on this subject.
ut In 1910, he was examined before col
ne mittee of the House of Commons, an
n among other matters, he testified: Aft
as the year 1914, when the people ofGermaI
r. were compelled to become agricuturalis
e, instead OF being engaged as soldiers, in t
it course of two or three years they produc
he a great superabundance of agricultural pr
lr- ducts, and not being able to find mark
ny for that produce either in England
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