The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-02-01
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.(Froni The :. WOOL Grower
VDOiF Growing.
,Whvnot grow more wool. ?-1t

&at Bile system. We have. therefore,
urged npon them, from time to time,
vi an increase of their ilocks of sheep.
Isl Our correspondence and observation
.Ss have satisfied us that there is 40 kind
OF farming that is 50 generally proiita-
sblesas raising sheep and. wool. 1t
matters not whether you arc upon
B tho bleak mountaiuG Of Vermont or
in the fertile plains of Texas, upon
the, prairics of the West or the now
y solitary hills and mountains of the
South --cvcrywherc and anywhere
the sheep will live aud thrive, and,
With proper care, pay more for the
labor and capital invested than useful
: and economical modes which have
s.s been given us to convert the vcycta
ton of the farm to money. We're
S.itjtor the FIRST time now presented to
.,ls, VIC should consider the sheep one
Z OF the most wonderful animals ma
aFture has produced for the use Of man
It's annual growth of wool, So admir-.
ably calculated for luman clothing
anl.usegi in every portion Of the globe
.,;sstst Skin md aaza4sh, and, in many lo-
6alities ,afrss fniiilk-a all which there is
4 30 little waste or, solittle loss. For
-atsleast seven years of its life it will
{ give an annual fleece each year to the
value Of tho carcass, and the yearly
increase will be nearly or quite equal
tostIo cost of other animals, the COW
comes nearest to the sheep in the
profit itgrcturns to the farmer if well
FED tt;,sit vii. pay fer itself cals
year BY tho milk il yields, and dcfray
also the{cost of l;nnp;;tsS; S;--------
Is there any branch of farming or
any other kind Of legi climate business
that will yield for a series Of years a
profit Of 10 per cent? We assume
Ii that there is none. The very idea
chat: a profit Of SO per cent. conIl be
realized in every branch Of business
i. would set the whole capital of the
country in motion. Farms would be
sold, merchants would sell of their
stocks, bankers close their banks,
and, indeed, everybody who had mo,
ney to invest would rush into this
gold mine.
We ever, without fear Of contra
< diction in truth, that there is hardly
alocalityin the whole Union, where
any kind Of farm animals Can suLsist,
IS that the sheep, if properly attended
to, will not give net profit on the
4 investment OF ut least 50 per cent.
and that. with the management Of
farms, it will give solne 20 to 40 per
J cont.
That there is no danger of ovcrdo.
3 ing the business, we have shown re
peatedlyain previous numbers. The
annual increase of population in the
Union requires the wool from three
a nRllionsTof sheep; SO that, to clothc
the Increased population, would re-
0S3an annual increase Of sheep
u III to four millions. But when VIC
come to consider that there is now an
annual deficiency Of over seventy
millions Of pounds, there can DC no
a doubt that wool growing is the most
stable pursuit that can be engaged
in. We, cannot glut the market, nor
will there be any long time that the
market will depressed below point
of profitable production. On the
contrary, it is certain that no farm
product goes less below this point
than wool. Ithas long been source
of constant wonder to Us that so ma
my farmers in the western States
neglect the shoep for tho very prcca-
rious business Of grain.growing.-
Every year will give them crop Of
wool if they do but take Gaze Of their
sheep. But there is no certainty
forGwheat, prepare the ground ever
II SO well. If We have been rightly in
" formed, the wheat raised i'll the West
has cost the farmer more than he has
obtained foritin market. Too much
dependence has been placed upon
81 this most uncertain and expensive
@ crop
We have. tried whcat-growing up
onFprobablyas good wheat farm as
Y Gali be foundin Western New York F.,
mad We have also tried sheep upon
4. tho same farm; and we are free to
confcssthat, although we have q good
markstSat our5.oWn door, yet wo can
raise 9 given amounted money quick
az ant! much easitls with q flock Of
sheep than @ithwhcat. But we find
il welLtoraise both ,sIlcaffand whcat,
AZ by dat means no iintl VIC get a
better profit than TO be confined to