The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-03-12
/ suEEp.aAIs1Naa IN rHE SOUTH.

yf9dslout Of his road any time 10 kick {:
shccn. We are inclined TO think that the
old man "f Roanoke was not SO unpastora
in his st'istes and so avcrse to Arcudian pur
suits, us this remark would seem to Indicate
y but that tie sentiment was really intended
for The "w"Ivcs in sleeps clothing" tl,a,
sought to cat out the substance of the pco
pie, Especially the Southern people. They
douml"-s-rxistrd then; We know they form
numerous and respectable" rla>s of pol
i.irians now, aud tlrvtncvcr felt the appli
CATION OF the foot or. the weight of quit:
l'ercl,a, from the days OF Ea,"Iolph to those
Of tile eslanne"tcd Brooks, without richly de-
servihy'it. IS
. Next I" the cotton plantation, the sheer
produces the most importmtsand valuable
material for textile i,brics,Siin the civilized
world. In this cousst,y, thus fur, little at,
tention has heen paid to sliecp lusLandrv,
Lowvver, and only in a few eases has an at
g tempt been n,;,,!c to improve the quality oil
? wool, Or discover the climatic and geograpl,
ical laws atfectin. lis growth. But, here
after, for rrasons we will name, We think
that sheep husban,lry will not be so gencr-
ally di,r"yarle,l, in the South especially,
and that The production of wool for the
home an.l foreign market will become an
extensive alnl highly rcmumcraive pursuit.
We were, therefore, much gra,ticd by an
opportunity afforded lis recently to obtain
some valuable facts and suggestions with
reference t" the geography, soil and climate
best suited 10 sheep hushanlry, from a gen
,irman who has devoted many years to the
suhj"c: as speciality, and has established
certain n~nlls ;7v u rigid course of expert
n.ntalion. We refer to Col. NJ. X. Cock
ill, who now resides uear Nashville. Ten
ncssrc, anal wl,o t"fnvry rc~ilc,l Il number
of years III Madison coHn:.. Mississippi.
AS to Col. Cu,kriir, SUCCESS in Sheep
raisng AMI improving the quality of tic
wool by j'''ici"us breeding We need only
mention thai he successfully competed with
Henry Clay for the media! at Il stock cxli-
btion in kentucky. The defeated states
man MIS- taken entirely Lv surprise, llaving
counted confidently OH the superiority Of
some SaN"ny sheep presented linn by some
ut his Eu,'rrn friends. and aske.i Colonel
Cucl,l:l how il MIS- he Ind slcc. clcl in
carry;"" away The pr;:c so easily The
Colonel j'"'"iariy answered that while Mr..
Clay WI, ;.l,>"rhci in politics and lookin"
after the wo,! interest in Congress, he was
for twenty yrals occupied in improving the
breed Of l'i> sheep and perfvcting the quail
ity Of lis WOOL But Il greater triumph,
awaited him in a much larger and more
difficult lic"l "f competition; a sample of
his wool, produced from the Electoral SAX
ony breed Of sheep, was put Oh exhibition
at the London Fair in 1851, AMI took the
prize over all competitors from nearly every
part Of the w"rll. The specimen exhibited
1T the WORTH, Fair WAS raised in Tenncs.
See, but Col. Cuckri!l assures us that he
sla& lTroducc, wool in ..iadison county.
Miss, even >"i,cr in texture and of 4 better
quality i'll every respect, than that produced
Ill Tcnncsscc or elsewhere.
From these and many corruLorativc facts
asccrtaIncd i'll the long AMI Intelligent cx-
perlcnce Of Col. CockriII, We think that two
leading conclusions arc lrIuciLlc lst. That
wool eq''sl ts and surprising that Of any
country III the woll'l, can be grown in the
United States. 2d. That in the Cnitc,
States, the locality best adapted to wool
growing, is II belt lying near the 32d par
"i'e' of latitude, extending about three de-
grees n"rll, and one and half degrees
SOUTH a"i stretching longtu,linaly from
the Atlantic scahoard to the region Dor lcr
ing Oh the heal waters Of the l;io GranJc.
!" other wo'ls, it appears that the region
Which experience has proved 10 Le the best
adapted: OH account Of climate and soil.
ana the admirable arrangement Of the wet
ahd dry seasons, or rather the peculiar ap-
Poft'on'neLt Of 'lryncss and moisture, for
'"o s"'ccss'u' cultivation Of cotton, is also
equally fi'tc'l for the growI, Of wool; thus
placing it i'll the power Of the South to
s3sco"'ro' tile tw" great textile staples Of COM
mercc and manufacture. =
- The diversion or considerable portion
OF tho labor and land of The Soutl, TO the
growth of wool as one of her staples, would
not only give II broader foundation to l,,r
commerce. but ii would arrest, partially at
least that dangerous tendency to conges-
t'on which results from the high price Of
cotton AMI scarcity Of. slave labor. This
congestion, this concentration of capital and
labor "ill!in circunscribed area. might
prodace the apr"rcnt glow and seeming
S'gor Of Intense I'eaIll but we fear the
'e"e %"al' bc the transient fiusll of fever,
Il q. Il t-a.. s.--