The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-07


There between 1910 and 1850 insrsass Of 300
Jos in the number Il sheep In the United States IL
will be useful to observe with closensss the progress
Of sheep breedipg in different parts Of the country We
perceive that In New England there has occurred
marksbe decrease in their number. There In that
division Of the Union in 1sie, 81 sol in 1850, tbs
number had declined to 2l6i452, being decrease Of
/ GAG SIS, on IS per cent,
In the five Atlsr''-
esylyanis Dala ware ard Msrylsnd-there was
or . s, from 4o2 Stl to 56 39I eqa.l to
. ao9ut zz3s per cent In Pennsyvanis Their. vas =
GAR, however during this period Of 1855 900 sheen
We gee that While there has been positive dmiputio
augmentation of III 6es In those South Of Mar, =
west OF New York Ohio has gained most larvely bsv;
a oe as pasturng in 1870 2t2s 4ol and in 1850
zs an 1nors.s Of 9ls 52S or nearly 100 mar .ss
In each Of the Sses south and west Of the lines ina
Gated there has been large proportional increase IN
this kind Of stock aud there reasonable ground for the
oriDion that the Lilly lands Of Virginia North south
Carolina Tennessee and the praries of Illinois Iowa ana
Texas will prove highly favorable for the rearing Of
sheep for their wool aud pels
New Mexico has The extraor dnary number of s77 III
sheep mere than Fix to each nhsbtsn proving tins so
aud climate Of that trriory 10 be we'll adapted this
de eruption OF stock and giving promise of large add
tcn from that quarter to the supply OF wool The i'm
potspcs Of fostering this great branch Of nations pro-
du otion il sho by the fact assumed by inteI
gent writer the subject that population annu.lv
consumes amount II wool equsl 70 pounds for each
person
II this estimate be approximation to correct
yet very far short of producing quantity
adequate the the country and IL L. eousiix
olesr that possess amount Of unamployed land
adapted TO grazing sufficient to support ocks numerous
enough to clotbe the people Of the world
STOCK.
The large amount representing the value Of live
stock In the United states canu0t be considered exrav
CANT In view OF the maense Of animals
IL is item Of agricultural capital whch Jrds rood
IN dcstion OF the wealth and prosperity Of the country
WOOL.
Anssgous to the for which ~ cotton wood
L. product OF only less importance the a
the country than that leading staple Of agrcusurs
and CO mBcrce.
IL very gratifying fact that though the number os
sheep has increased In ten years. but twelve per can't
the aggregate weight Of their ceces has augmented forty.
Fix per cent
In ls4o there 10 81 S74 sheep yielding
pounds of wooi equal to st-loo pounds per head.
In 1850 the weight % ca IN fleece was a. 100
had token place In the varops breeds o. tho
Amtrcnn sheep to In their average product abo
thity two per cent throughout the United States And
critical analysis Of thu returns 81 sheep aud vol proves
not only that capsule OF such improvements
but that IL has actuslly aiken place
In Vermont the greatest attention has been given TO
sheep breeding time money ana intelligence hs'e been
freely applied 20 the great object Of Obtaining breed
CON bnipg weight and 1nenrss OF fleece THESE eifrts
have succeeded 20 well that afhoush tue M IN Der ~
sheep In that state bad declined nearly nsh IN tho
period fro the the sef-a.h ceosns the yield OF
wool rtms ned nearly the same IN. Nersgs weight o.
the fleece this state 10 isse as pnuods aud In
SEQ n had 20 7-f00 pounds; the gain being
q DUAL 10 nimosi severity pee cent
In M.ss,cbns.ts also where strenuous exertfons have
be. m s,e though NO large scale ~ In Nercont,
10 sheep cortespoDdirsy beneficial result
has hen obtsned spd the weight OF the hssos
has bs en- increased ffhn AZ TO s 10 pounds
The state OF New Yogk produced 2locoo pounds more
wool In $50 from ass eco sheep than from MS 90 In
toonIIsUED on sIxrH rAGK