The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-09-07
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sfIlc Woo. growing bushes is rapid
~ Increasing init err land! South
FERN ates lot sout nions s.
The imp oftanee of fostering and en-
scoura ging this greats branch Of national
Industry ard production, may be
shown BY d feWswell ascertaincd facts.
nsintelliget,tS@riter states that out,
popnlat ton annually consumes an
! amount of wool equal to seven pounds
for each person.. We will take more
mod aerate estimate, and suppose it to
bessix pounds for each person. The
u popnlation i'm $50 was over 23,OO0,-
600, @hich,at six pounds Of wool to
each person, would show an annu;,
riandsinsthis country for 13S, ,OO0,-
600, pound Of wool; and it will he por-
tlonMbt moro as our population in
!. .S8crsases. This amount at 80 CENTS per
3 pound as mn average, gives the sum
sof, over s41 100000 as the value Of
Ssthe wool consumed in tho United States
,sinsone year.
In the year 1850 tho whole amount
sEof wool produced in the United States
]; WAS a little less than 100000
ponnds. This shows that far less than
SSshalft theMo Moolsrequired for use is pro
daced in.this country; the balance be-
ing Imported in the form Of wool,
s@ollens cloths, hanncls, &c.
At the same time it i, we'll known
thatswe possess within the domain of
the United States sufficient amount
unemployed land, we'll adapted to
grazing, to support llocks Of sheep so
numerous .;ll their annual yield Of wool
( would clothc all the people on earth.
The price OF wool has considerably
$ad yanced, and the population largely
increased since 1850; and if the above
sSstata Y dat rs correct, we may safely assume
that the demand for wool in this coun-
try, in the present years, is not far
u from fifty million dollars. This csti.
sl mate will not seem ext avagant when
I've recollect Tint it is but little over
two dollars for each person in the
United States.
Iaking5in to account the constant
ofpopulation, it may be safe
sly affirmed that Notwithstanding the
fluctuations in price, the wool growers
sEof this country have before them q
& constant and sure demand for $50
1000, 900 worth Of wool every year for
lall time to come. And when rcmem
sSber that the American demand is con
sstantl y increasing, and is not vet one
q half supplied BY the home production,
the wool-growcrs in the Union NAV
4 rest assured the amount Of production
{ can never pass the limits of demand
sinftheir day and generation. Such
then is the cheering prospect before
1.-THE wool-growing interest of our coun-
q try.
- But again; 1t is estimated that the
3 pelts, the carcases, and the lambs of
every sheep, flock viii pay the whole
annual expense Of the flock, and of
I preparing the wool for markets. The
/ value of the wool then is clear profit.
III the above estimates be correct our
farming interests must thrive, so far
this one product of their interest is
concerned.
But there is another consideration 0
vast Importance to the wool trade
The. efforts within few years to i'm
4 prove the breed sheep have produced
the most encouraging results. 1t is
\ stated that the new breeds, that are
being introduced to somc extent, pro-
Sduce annually more than twice as
sSsmuch'int quantity and value as the old
tiocks. One hundred sheep of this
improved kind can be kept and man
aged at the same expense, and will
bring twice as many dollars TO the
) Golfers of tho farmer. Every farmer
thenwill be abundantly repaid the out.
8 lay to improve the character and dual
#9ty of his locks.
S One other fact may be mentioned,
q encouraging ., to western wool. growers.
The number Of sheep is constantly
3 diminishing, and the wool growing
business declining, in the Eastern
States. One reason is obviour. The
Il richfand fertile regions Of the Wcs,
can produce wool at far less expense
than in the cold climate, and in the
hard soil of the Eastern States; while
1.-THE cheap transit by railroads keeps
tho price at the West nearly the same
as at the East.
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