The St. Landry whig., 1845-06-26
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the a~tteiitiOn oftbe farming cortSnuniiS NJ our
own imnediaIe region 10 he important sahiees
Of wool growing Is being realized, aadt hat iAey
are awsking n nssense ofthe vast RESOURCES hat
are presenting themselves 10 sheap Flisinsss and
alsO aftbe increasing yalae OF The laounlaiR
lands IL this state adapted 70 this purpose.
A few facts connected with ne history 6f
other countries, when brought before the K6tfes
ofthe farmers ofIenncssee; nnd Indeed III tbs
whole of The southwestern states, 4 considered
with care, VIII, we think, induce many pf lhem
10 revise their systems ofsheep hnsbandrY, and
extend them Is their utmost limits
The growth DC wool has neyer beea Iberia.
ken w any country or by any people without
returningto thar people NIL tho hlessingsto be-
enjoyed on this earth, that peaee mud plenty
could bassow. The political situation cF
Spain may Esr : time, and no doubt will, opes
rate against that prosperity which ahe has Cd
long enioyed through her wool trade; and ii 10
probable that her flock may comparatively dc.
gg%eMerase, through the anarchy and confusion
shut Fclglssthfougla hcf once GaiF PROVINCES III
this respect she stands a warning 10 axvry true
patriot, though 1t IS satisfactory 10 know that
even this c~oniusion had not taken place antilthe
civilized portion oftte globe have availed them
selves oflhG treasures once possessed By SpaiF
alone, but now happily spFeadto nearly every
corner 3 fthc earth.
One reference lhat we will make 10 exefn.
Eplllythe results oF d malicious syatum of sheep
husbAndfys Is II that DC Germany, standing as
she does before The world, 81 ghe greatest cxpoF.
ting wool country known. II ist6 be borne in
mind, that previous 10 the year l765, Saxony
was not a sheep raising country, and that NJ vas
entirely owing TO tho enlightened policy of her
then ruler, who enforced his views especially
amongst his own tenantry, making ita part &c
his agreement with those 10 whom Ne rented,
that they should keep 9 certain member Of
sheep. And let us now soc her condition. III
appears from The parliamentary documents, that
lho wool imported from Germany Into England,
in the year lS4l, amounted 70 2O,O59,775 lbs.
being more than a third of alt the foreign wool
including all the colonies, imported into that
kingdom in that year.
Let Us look al the wool producing ~colenies of
England. That ofNew South Wales, establish.
ed In 1897, under all her disadvantages Of her
convict and criminal population. In the 1871,
"a period OF fifty -four years from her first settle.
ment) shc imported intoEngland 1905, 600 abs.
OF wool; while her more infant establishment of
Van Dienlan's Land, sent into The mother coun-
try 3,507,53l lbs.--and II Ia worthy 10 remark,
that the first ship landed in this island did NOT
take place ill 1907. The total amount III wool
imported into England during tho year ls41,
was 90, l7Oi073 lbs, which il presumed % be
equal TO the amount grown In that ceantyyl-
milking a total OF ll2,34l, O4S lbs. IT also 40.
pears, that here was ~ the close Of The yeor g..
Ola,060 lbs. oFtofeign woof'Hf bond. aHd Dres,.
ming that there were about the snlaIe aip,,pnt
OF nome grown wool manufactured tho amoun.
used IN the manufacturing establishments of
England Tor ls4l, would be Us near AZ nnss;,,i.
100, 900, 600 lbs.
we have not az hand anyFepor ofthe amount
OF wool grown IN the ". y in 1871, though we
nave o. tha, q her imports, which il appears
wsslI,409, 76a lbs. III 1880, ne wool nso, ",o
lEf his country 3A,6l2,llA lhs., md tho nroha-
hdity is, that the amount was not much ineren
sed in lS4l, which, five, take az 4 datn N ,vorl,
upon, we have the total 4 7,2Ii,s7s tba. heinz
nearly one halt the amount lnantGtetuFhds IL
England that year. 68S7s.~
Our imports Of manufactured wooden oooJs
from England alone, h that year amounted ~
y $i,S21,ss0, orss$I 1880, 335--so says the bar,io.
mertary report. Whit amount we. iuiuosted
from Nefmany, France DC. we are nj present
uniformed Of. That France IL manufact,,ring
extensively, and thar she Is short oftbe row mas
terial, we are assured from the fact Of her me
ing agents through the whole vesterr ma
southwestern States, engaged In the purchase ~
every quality Of wool; aud taking ali these cir.
ctmstances into consideration, we hnve tbis
state ofthings presented befbre us. First the,
las a pastoral people Vithal, and beyond the n.
cessafy resources under our control. wa ,io mot
grow sufficient wool for our " use. nut ;mno,,
upwards Of p 10000, 900 worth Of manuG,ctrrad
WOODEN goods yearly to meet our demand for
that article besides a large proportion ofthe un.
manufactured material. That as a commercial
people, upon which we pride ourselves, We nrc
TOO careless 70 take ,adyantage of and meet The
! ! Wlshes OF eood customer for an article which
! we can raise IN the greatest abundance, and a
y certalnly larger amount ofproft than any people.
WIZ our farmers reflect on these fhings1 oncs
I again, with q view 10 drawing their a.tontior
2 to the the subject, we inform them that evar,
farmer ~ the state can have cash for every onncs
4 Of wool he can raise, Mt more than re,n,na yatine
y prices; that one house Iii Nashville al0na Il ~
thorised 70 purchase one million Of poundsl-iu
y DEED, an uniIErited amount, for French exporta
y toni That horne consumption must necessarily In
increases; that, with ordinary attention, the oual
2 NY and staple ofthe wool itself will be so impro
2 ved as TO produce a greater return; that our NOR
flcular section ofcountry 10 better ndaoted 4
sheep raising than any other in America: TIM
our elimate Is suci that we can do ali Spnir !
Austria can accomplish; that indeed nothin6
wanting but q j~udlcious action of the Grtncrs !
ID Tennessee in The improvement Of their byeed ,
sheep, and an expansion Of their focks, "a N
sure themselves and the state al large 4 noeit;o
h unequalled IN the annals ofagricullnral hislor
4 Tennessee ~Agrieuhsrtsk.
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i" tdnd Herald, bis mode ofcatching the bee mi
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