Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-10-03

| know this recommendation is unnecessary ia
many members OF this society, as the splendid
specimens of sheep here exhibited will amply
testify, but would like to have the subject an
| preciated by the whole farming community.
| am fully of the opinion that field well
sheeped and once ploughed is better fitted for a
crop of wheat than with any number of plough
ings without the sheep
A writer on this subject in the Patent Office
| Reports, SAYS, sheep are to be admired for yari
Gus reasons, for the warm and healthy article of
clothing they produce, for their valuable mutton.
for their ability to produce two crops in one wear.
viz: wool and lambs, for their quietness, and for
various other reasons, unlike other animals they
| have no disposition to inure one another. The
stronger will not Cypress the weaker, and the
stranger may eat at the same rack. In this re-
! spect what valuable lesson is taught the shep-
herd by his flock, sheep may die in debt to its
purchaser, but it cannot 20 him who raised it.
The reason for this is plain. 1t pays all charges
once year, and the moment it has settled for
arrearages it commences to accumulate at a rate
which is sure not to fail where withall to meet
the next annual settlement, and die when it NAV.
always leaves fair compensation to its owner
tor what little 1t has consumed of his substance
Notwithstanding the opinion of some men to the
| contrary, sheep are greater benefit to farm
than any other stock have ever kept. They
will turn thorns, and briars, and noxious weeds
curses pronounced on Adam and his seed, into
useful substances, aud in the end cause them to
become extinct and valuable grass to grow in
their stead. Thus do they tighten the tolls of
man, thus do they turn the curse into a double
( blessing, yea treble. His horny fields into
green rich pastures, into warm clothing for his
body, and into Wholesome food for his subsist-
enCe.
One other subject before close it is this,
would suggest to you the propriety of petitioning
the Legislature for law establishing state board
of agriculture, also an agricultural board in each
of the several counties, and to provide by law
for the collection of the agricultural statistics of
the state, through the instrumentaity of the town
assessors.
The great importance of information to be
thus derived must be admitted by all 1t would
give the condition of our whole state, and the
comparative advantages of each county.
BY this knowledge spread out before us we
could more readily avail ourselves Of the bene-
fits enjoyed by our sister counties, and mpart to
them any peculiar benefit possessed by our
own.
From the several town reports table could be
compiled by the county board and by them trans
mitted to the state board exhibiting the principal
products Of the county, the number Of acres de-
voted to the several crops, the quantity of seed
per acre and the cost of production from these
data and others given the profit derived from each
crop could be ascertaned and noted both per
acre and per bushel, this table should also en-
brace the number of horses, cattle, sheep and
swine.
Various valuable differences might be drawn
from careful examination OF such table which
would cost the state comparatively tritie.
In conclusion, in behalf of this society would
thank the ladies' who have participated in this cx-
hbton for their presence and their cooperation
with us in this, our peaceful and honorable pur-
suit; we feel that their influence and effort are
indispensable to our success, and that the educa-
ton of our daughters is of no less importance
than Of our And we appeal to mothers to
strive to give them adjudication at once Solid
useful, and pract zeal, that shall fully prepare
them to fill every appropriate station to which
they may be called. This is emphatcaIIy prac-
teal age, woman is restored to her natural rights.
and is justly esteemed the ornament and retiner
of society, the companion and friend of man.
Her influence although not acknowledged has
controlled the acts of man in every age of the
world, in the days of chivalry she presided over
the sports Of the tournament and bestowed the
prize upon the successful knight, and at a still
earlier period the poet tells us
''The world was sad, the garden was a w'd,
And man, the hermit, sishsd .iIt woman smiled"