The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-12-25
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SHEET RAISING.


two Articles m your nee paper on The |
subject of raising wool in the state. l /
have 40 practical knowledge r. wool rails
ing in "a warm = climate a. North Caro-
liza enjoys. especially in the Eastern part
Of the Site. There are impedimenls in |
every department of husbaDdry TO retafd |
enterprise: hui feel sure that wool rails
ing has a. few draw backs as most bran
ches of employment. The hind. ane. |
may he summed up ~ follows. viz:
!. Cl male and f'od,
?, Tie d sea es Of shesp.
3. Necessary protection 90 sheep.
I. The Climate Of North Carolina j. |
in many respects similar To that Of Spain,
where the raising &c wool has long e.
vailed as staple. Much Of tie import |
ed ~ool 81 The United States. has been |
brought from Spain. The latitude OF the |
two countries Is not the same. but the |
caldness of tie Western Continent rem
drrs the climate much the same. The |
high or noun ain districts Of Spain pro.
duce the greater porli q % the woul. and
i. 10 probable that the same 10 to be the
ease in North Caro'ins. II is a notorious
fact that the Northern lalitudes are the
beat adapted 10 the growth Of wool. Scot
land and the more norIherly parts Of mid
die Euro:e raise the greater part Of the
wool for English manufacturers. The
nature Of sheep lsads them 10 the hills as
much as the forest courts the instinct Of
the bird. In cold weather sheep leave
ihe,fold and wander 10 some elevated spot
to Craze, and will only leave il in very
severe weather. Sheep should never he
housed; an open shelter, closed on three
sides, open on the South, ought TO be in
the enclosure in cold weather. Horned
cattle ought never 10 be KEEP, in the same
encl sure; YET sheep will pick much after
beth horses and horned cattle; perhaps a
farmer may save half the feed Of his sheep
by allowing them To pick after his Other
stock: but never lei them Craze together
or be accessible IN hogs in time Of hav.
ing young lambs. Sheep. if healthy, are
hardy animal.
The question. whether North CARROLL
ma has suitable climate. and the proper
food TO sustain large focks 81 sheep on
small portions OF land, is unsettled; for |
hold practical experience 10 be the only
answer admissible 10 questions of so much
impor ance. That sheep do flourish and
do well, in small focks. ia all parts Of
the State. is indispu,able; as l have seen
them in all sections, from The sea coast
10 the mountains. Sheep oil the common
wool kind, have been made 10 yield on an
average lbs per head for the whole flock
Of 80 Sheep and in one instance as high
as 10 lbs of wool was sheared from one
sheep. A farmer ought to be satisfied
with from 4 to lbs. per heal, unless he
uses more then ordinary care. Every
branch Of industry yields profit only 10
labor and attention. II You read the mode
Of tillase tina. brought al unusual crop OF
wheat or corn. you find the land was
ploughed deep, SUBSIDIZED. rolled, harrow.
ed, MANFRED aud worked over and over.
agsin aud again. A man tha, wishes TO raise
sgood field of corn must getup by day light
and see every thing right, and his land must
be kept all The time loose: so # he raises
sheep, he must be up al all times and see
them often. Salt them, have good shade
trees in his fields, or make shelters open
on all,siies in the summer. There is fly
peculiar 10 sheep pastures, besides the ex'
cessive warmth Of their wool, that rem.
ders good shades necessary--perhaps an
open grove on hill is the hes, shelter in
summer,
The only valid objection to raising
wool OF a fine quality, IS the changing
temperature Of Spring. Sheep, IL not
SHARED, would shed their coats annually.
The wool natures by the end Of Autumn,
and the new crop commences its growth
as soon as the fresh grass Of Spring has
stimulated the sheep. and produced that
change that all animals experience al this
season of the year. This new growth y
separate in its film from the old coat, and
il cut Off with il ruins the wh"le fleece
for making any fine fabric. as the new
growth in carding, works mp into knots
and pervades the whole texture. prodnc'
ing weakness or rottenness. Cloth made
from wool of such character is OF Inle'
rior value. The drawback is owing to
the long Spring. Sheep cannot, with
safety, be shared before May; grass often
puts forth in March, and sometimes IN
February; II did SON AZ. In the Yves
tern portions of the State this evil Is not
likely to befal wool raisers--,he spring Is
later and more abrupt. The only rene
dy for this evil is 10 feed the sheep from
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