The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-01-12
From the Wool Grower and Stock Register.
FUTURE PROSPECTS OF WOOL.
AND HOW TO GROW III.

AAa0 AOU ~ VAN" 4As
It's a fact worthy of the most profound
conderation, by every grower Of wool, that
his occupation for the next ten years, prom
lses rich returns for invested capital and la
Dor. During the last decade, there has been,
many of the old wool growing States, a
failing off Fin the number of sheep rails
ed, and pounds Of wool grown. In 1910,
New York had upwards OF 5000, 900 sheep,
being some over a quarter of all in the
United States. Vermont had then over L.
10000. Now, New York has only $780,
600, and Vermont only a fraction over 800,
90, and by January, 1858, her tiecks will
doubtless not exceed 100000! The causes
which have led TO this result are various, but
it is foreign tc IL purpose tospeak Ct them.
In many other States, there has been a sim
liar decrease, or falling off.
For ten years, the increase of sheep
throughout the Union, has been only one
and a half millions, while the population has
increased from eighteen to twenty-four mil
lions. The American population doubles in
about twenty-five years, without the aid of
foreign emigration; and it is moreover true,
that the annual increase of our population
requires the 1eeces of 1000, 600 OF sheep.
Six pounds of wool to every maa, woman
and child in the United States is the esti-
mated average amount required yearly for
their comfort and use. Consequently, they
would consume $50, O00. 600 lbs. OF this
amount, we grow SO, 500, 900, or a tfiiie
over two pounds for each individual. Now,
we actually consume, annually, three times
the amount we grow, and this compels us
to buy of foreign nations, 100, 900, 000 lbs!
Ofthis, $4,000, 900 is bought in the raw ma
terial, and the remainder in manufactured
goods.
If it be a correct estimate, hat the in
habitants Of the northern and middle lati-
tudes require, annually the woolof twosheep
to each individual, then it follows that in
many Of the wool growing countries of Eu-
rope, We shall look in vain for exports, in
consequence Of the large gain of population
over the gain in their fiocks.
France. with a population of SO, 900. 900,
keeps only a fraction over Sc, 900, 900 sheep.
Austria, with a population of Sc, 900, 900,
has only 33,000,O 900 sheep Great Britain
and ireland, with q population of 20, 000,-
900, keep only 80, 100000 sheep. The
sheep Of Russia number $4,000, GEO, while
the population is 60,0o0,000. Spain does
better; a population of $4,000, 900 keep 49,.
900, 200 sheep. Prussia has $4,000, 900 in.
habitants and 16, 900, 600. Turkey, with
population of 1000, coo, keeps l4,3O0, 0oC
while Sweden and Denmark keepless thar
5000. 600, with a population Of over 5,o00,.
900. In short, in seventeen of the larges
nations in Europe, the sheep number only
2o7, l7l,35l, while the sum total Of the
population Of these countries is over 9s6,
OOO, 900. /,
1t appears clear hat Il ese nations can.
not export wool, for in many of them WOO
growing has reached its utmost. limits, anl
yet do not raise enough for their own con,
sumption! The Australian colonies, since
l843, have never exported less than I6,,
O00, 900 lbs annually, and often as high al
4G, 000, 1000. Since the discovery of The
gold mines, however, which has caused
great neglect of the flocks, England has sui
tered materially in her receipts of wool from
that region. 1t appears that there is a de.
tciency Of sheep and wool throughout near
ly all of the great wool growing sections o
the globe, and hence we infer that wool, es.
pecially good wool, will command a high
price for q series of years to come.
Heavy drafts are being made upon the
old stocks of cloths in market, and Eher
these are exhausted we may expect a per,
maneat rise in the manufactured fabric
Many of the countries that once exported
ine woods nov export none. The South
American States still export large amounts
of wool, but it is OF the coarser grades and
cannot enter into competition with wool
grown in the United States. From what
ever point we view the subject, we must ut.
ter it, as the strong conviction of our best
judgement, that the inducements TO grow
more wool present stronger claims upon the
attention and enterprise of the American
farmer, than those of almost any and every
otherof the varied pursuits of agricultural
wealth.
But" says the reader, "to enable me
to grow more wool, must | not purchase
more sheep?' reply-not necessarily
You can grow much more upon the same
number than you ever have, doubtless
Every one knows that the same acre of ill.
lage land may be made to produce from sc
to SO per cent, more than its usual yield, by
the aid Of fertilizers, or in other words by
adapting their feed to the make and growth o.
wool. One Of the cons fluent parts Of WOO
is albumen; hence those grains which con.
tain the largest per cent, Of albumen, make
the most wool when fed to sheep. WheaI
and rye contain largely Of it--peas and bean,
have 50 per cent. ofit--oats lo4 per cent
only. ash s.Ft,E fr4 rss..,,.
II has been ascertained by actual expe.
riment, that the following are the results .
feeding different kinds OF roots and grain!
for the production of wool:
1000 lbs Of potatoes, a with salt, make SIS lbs wool
10. do. Mangel Wurtzel, raw, ai5Ss do.
boz do. Whest.A ~ ..aH......ss l4& do
Do. do. Rye, with sail. ...., Ia do.
DO. do, Rye, without salt ...3. lev do.
Do. do. BarleyssygA sssg.E%.sss.lla do.
Bo' g. peas. s,. ,s,ay-r rt4r do.
These results and they are the same b,
different experimenters show that peas
wheat and rye, produce the greatest %increas
of wool, and give about twice the humble
ofwool that roots do when in equal weight
Corn meal, oil cake, and such gross sub
stances, are the proper feed when fat
ton and tallow are the objects. But
flock master. whose main object ii
must rely on good hay and water
daily moderate allowance Of the
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