Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-10-22

MON bl, ak mount,ius of Vermont or
in the fertile plains of Texas; upon the
pziries of the West. or the now soil AIRY
hills and mountain Of the South. Every
where and anywhere the sheep Slll live
alS thrive, and with proper care pay
more for the labor and capital invested
than any other animal, or any other sys-
TEN Of farming. 1t is one OF the most
useful and economical machinery wEich
has been given us to convert the vegita-
,ion Of the form to money. Were IT Tor
the first time now presented TO US we
should consider the sheep one OF the most
wonderful animals nature has produced
for the use Of man. lis annual growth oil
wool, so admirably calculated for human
c'o'hing, and used in every portion OF the
globe--iis skin and flesh and in many
localities its milk all serve for the neces-
saries or luxuries of man. There is no
animal in which is so little waste or so
little loss. For at least seven years oi
its life il will give an annual fleece each
year equal to the value Of the carcass;
and the yearly increase will be nearly or
quite equal to the cost of keeping. giving
as a general thing a profit Of cent per
cert. OF al other animals the COW
comes nearest to the sheep in the profits
il returns TO the farmer. for if well cared
for, will pay for itself each year by the
milk it yields, and defray, also, portion
of the cost of keeping.
& Is there any branch of farming or any
other legitimate business that will yield
for a series of years profit Of tell per
cent? We assume that there is none.
The very idea that profits of SO per cent
could be realised in any branch Of busi-
ness, would set the whole capital of the
county IN motion. Farms would be sold
merchants would sell off their stocks,
bankers close their banks, and indeed ev-
cry body who had money to invest would
rush into this gold mine.
We aver, without fear of contradiction,
in truth, that where any kind of farm ami
mails can find subsistence. that sheep, if
properly attended to, will not give net
profit on the investment of at least so per
cent, and that with The ordinary manage
ment Of farms, it will give some 20 to
40 per cent.
That there is no danger Of overdoing
the business, we have shown repeatedly
in previous numbers. The annual in
crease Of population in the Union requires
the WOOL from three millions of sheep SO
that to clothe the increased population
would require an annual increase Of sheep
equal to four millions.
But when we come 10 consider that
is now an annual deficiency of over sev.
enty MILL ons pounds, there can be no
doubt that wool.growing is the most sta
bic pursuit tina, can be engaged in, We
canno. glu. the market, nor will there be
any long time that he market will be de-
pressed beyond profitable point Of pro-
duc.ion. On the contrary, it is ce rtain
t at no farm product goes less Often be-
low this point than wool 1t has long
b en source Of constant wonder TO US,
that so many farmers iu Ohio and the
Western States neglected he sheep, for
The very prccar,ous business of grain
growing. Every year sill give hem
crop of wool, if they bu. take care of
their sheep. But there is no certainty for
wheat, prepare the ground ever so we'll.
II We have been rightly informed, the
wheat raised in The West. has cos. the
farmer more than he has obtained for i,
in market. Too much dependence has
been placed upon this most uncertain and
expensive crop. We have tried wheat
growing upon. probably, as good wheat
farm as can he found in Western New
York and We have also tried sheep up
on the same farm. and we are free to
confess that although we have good
market at our own door, yet we can raise
a given amount Of money quicker, and
nuoh easier with flock Of sheep rhan
With wheat, But we find i, well to raise
10th sheep ard wheat, as by that means
We find we get a better profit Than to be
confined either alone, which indeed
'nos' lsnd that can be plowed is the better
10 come at regular and not long periods,
under ,ha plow. With us, and in this
region, four years is as long as it proves
profitable to leave land to grass. Very
lew now resort to naked fallows. Some
nov their clover early, and then let it
grow till August, when it is turned under,
cultivated, and sown to wheat; Others
NOW the first year, and posture " vi,h sheep
he second. and then plow. Every good
f,rmer keeps few sheep at least. Very
many who nave been in the habit Of put
ling up large quantity of pork for sum-
lner use, now select out few wethers,
and give them extra keep, aud make their
smumer meat Of mutton--decidedly the
most healtbful that can be used fresh,
and thus realize The mopey for their pork
fresh,
The inducements to grow more wool
are, a sure market, less fluctuation from
the point Of profitable production than
any farm product, larger interest or
profit on the capital invested than any
other business, and therefore the best bus.
mess as general thing the farmer can
follow. r. C. PETERS.
A COOP CEMsNT.-I have found gum
shellac, dissolved in alcohol, very excel
lent Tor joining broken vessels it makes
them nearly as durable as if they were ce-
mented by heat. / have been using for
veara. a mortar which wna broken and in