The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-06-12

As1sF btoun0 10 Tie oil
rounlries. Few gardens here can con
|. pare with iurnip field shrre n deennes
and hneness u iilih. and On yrry Eeu
gardens : manure 80 liberalls apnlied. 4
. J an right in my impression about m,
; iemperssuEe q The mountainous dinric.,
relerred 10. ihry therein possess ! No.
|. enElabls advantage. fnr il Is m, 20 Be de.
MED Ihatin our nnFihernand middle S.ales
, q isr as The Potomac and including hi.
District there !. probably, in mos, wears
20 degrees Difference between lie ex.
lremes ofcold in thal portion OF The conn
: Try and Great Bn ain. Here IN Washing.
lon' Tor instance. The mercury has been
known 10 sink 10 degrees below zero,
while IN England il rarely gees down "a
10 abOSs--in the majority Of winters pro.
baby nolas low a. l2 above zero.
Much as am hurried with preparations
70 remove 10 New York. having been
driven from nv native state 10 look for
bread, and what's almost as essential 10 ms
existence, occupation. l must take lime 10
suggest again. after lapse Of % years,
when the measure was earnestly pressed
" the third volume Of my old American
Farmer the importation Of .7lpaca orPe-
rupian Shep. And here again, what an
instance of the slowness with which sue-
gesiions for agricultural improvement are
adopted. compared with the ayidi,y with
which every improvement in arts and in
arms-in medicine and in manufactures,
as imported from countries however dis
tant. at whatever cost. As FAR back as I
have stated caused This sheep 10 be en-
grayed TO illustrate descriptions by Mr..
Roblnson-ien years AFTER il was impor-
ted into Scotland. where IL was improved
IN size and in fleece, yielding Is al d even
IL pounds Of woodland since its impor
taiion 10 Scotland, twelve millions of
pounds OF Alpaca WOOL has been impor
ted from South America. So in 1921, in
the same work. you will find that dis
tribuled two barrels OF Peruvian Guano
told the whole story Of ITS efficacy and
its uses, from HumOold and Ulloa, with
Its analysis by French chemists; II years
pass away. and not an ounce more is
brought to the country. until years since,
II too, was tak'n TO England and tried,
as was the Alpaca Sheep, and now for
soolh we can't get Guano fas. enough.
Well am happy to add that two enter
5siaiarsss lsvo agsvra. ~ TAKE measures
for the importation Of the Alpaca Sheep
into the mountains Of North Carolins, and
hence. perhaps, the following may prove
acceptable:
The hardy nature and contented dispo-
sition Of the alpaca cause il to sdsp. itself
to almost any soil or situation, provided
the heat is not oppressive, and the air is
pure. The best proof of its hardness is
its power TO endure cold, damp, hunger,
and Observation-Disclosures TO which it is
constantly exposed on its own native
mountains; while its gentle and docile
qualities are evinced in its general habits
Of affection towards its keeper. No ami
NAL in creation is less affected by the
changes Of climate and food, nor is there
any one 10 be found more easily domicila-
ted than this. IL fares well while feeding
below the snowy mantle which envelopes
the SUBMITS and for several months in the
year clothes the sides Of the Andes. II,
ascends the rugged and rarely trodden
mountain path with perfect safety; some
times climbing the slippery crag in search
of food. and a, others inslinctively seek
ing j. on the heath. or in rocky dells shat
tered by the wintry storm at the same
time that, when descending. it habitu-
ates itself to the wet and ,lreary ranges on
the lowlands, so long as il 10 not exposed
to the intense rays Of the sun.
am truly mortified to be so hurried as
to make it impossible to give satisfacto.
ry answer TO your inquiries. Suffer me TO
add that have been engaged 10 conduct
an agricultural periodical, to be entitled
",he FARMERS LIBRARY and MONTHLY
JOURNAL OF AGRIcULTuRE"-the first
number TO be published OIL the first day Of
July, each number 100 pages making 2
volumes Of 600 pages each. The Pro-
prietors encourage me TO spare noexpense
10 make il worthy of the country, and see
tina. the claims Of that portion of the Uni.
ted States of which we have been speak.
ing shall not be lost sight Of. Referring
you again to.,he third volume Of the Ame-
rican Farmer, 1922, for fuller account
of four varieties Of Peruvian Sheep, re-
main, dear sir, very respectfully and tru-
ly yours, J. ). SKINNER.
To the Hon. +. L. CLISaMAS.
important 10 Pork Raisers.-ln con-