Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-18
Wool Growing IN IowA.-AIr. VIM.

WOOL UROWlNG IN IOWA.-Mr. w m.
Tuclc or of CEickasaw Co., purchased
700 sheep two years since, and dlstrib-
uted 500 among farmers in hocks Of Is
or 20 each, on condition Of receiving
one-half the wool and the return Of the
Iold flock and one half the increase at
the end of two years. The result has
been that one-tenth Of the sheep have
been lest, notwithstanding they have
been exposed to all the usual casuali-
ties, and some Of them to a want Of
proper care lie has received for his
share of the wool one and a-half lbs.
# wool per head. The increase at the
end of the two years, is equal to half
the original number. The wool, after
paying the cost of transportation to
market, was sold for 35 cents pound,
yielding return of over so cents per
head annually.
The breed is half Merino, and the
length and quality Of the wool, as we'll
as the health Of the sheep, indicate that
the circumstance Of pasturage and eli
mate are very favorable. The wool
product in this case proves that capital
invested in sheep, even on that plan, is
not only safe, but will yield en- the wool
alone "a profit Of twenty-five or thirty
per cent. per annum the sheep having
cost from one dollar and half to two
dollars a piece. At the end Of two
years the original flock, or its equiva-
lent, will be worth the same price, and
the increase is clear gain. There is,
therefore, an increase Of about % per
cent. per annum Of the capital invested,
besides the fifty cents a head for the
wool, max ing vrvr .-~e.".r fun- rnr cent I.
from that source Hence fifty per cent,
year is the reasonable expectation of
profit from such an investment.
! 1t might seem surprising that sheep
could be let out on terms apparently so
unfavorable to the party taking them,
but so successful were the men who re-
ceived the sheep from Mr.. Tucker on
these terms, that nearly every man
wished to take more in the same man
J ner, and so scarce are sheep IN North
ern Iowa, chat Mr.. Tucker could have
: let out several thousand this season on
those terms. This case is but one out
Of number, and fairly goes to show
that this branch Of stock growing will
before long command large share Of
t attention among our farmers. There
} is at this time a great demand in Iowa
, for sheep, circumstance highly en-
: cournging, as after their introduction
the manufacture here Of wooden goods
/ is sure to follow.
Iowa should become manufactur.
} ing State, to such an extent, at least
as to convert into goods the raw mate
5 rial produced within her borders. FRS
t in the list that Of wool, if so converted
r through the agency Of our own capita
5 and labor, would directly benefit our
people, enable them to save no small
f portion of the money sent abroad fo1
. such goods, and greatly add to the in
: dependence and wealth Of the State.
MISS MATCHED MATCHES The lat.
n divorce trial in New Haven, Conn.
teaches us what people may expect t.
e marry without the permission of com.
: mon sense. 1t is impossible to live OF
love. We concede that point. But
: then, it is equally SO to live where natu
: raj love has no existence for. we dc
[ not call that ''living" which is mere
t state Of vegetation, without the noble
excitement, the pure devotion, the chiv.
9 alric disinterestedness, Of soul which
loses its own natural egotism in its at
tachment to another. When woman
marries for home" she may plead
necessity in bar Of the Judgment discre
ton would pronounce upon her cul pa.
, bi.ity. But SIC commits fearful out.
rage upon the law of lo,e e, and upor
the rights Of sentlent nature. She may
not escape the penalty Of her guilt, anc
her affection IS severe. The man
though, who weds one who cannot love
him adds folly to crime. lie counts on
bare possibility as an inevitable
thing; for love does not always come
: with intimate association; and as nc
man is great to his valet, so few mer
become idols to their wives. Add tc
this fact that love is as much hunger
| to the heart, as thirst is an incxorable
demand Of the stomach, and you have
, the rightful peril Of woman thus mis-
matched, unless religion or moral prin.
, ciple sustain her amid the temptations
, Of her life. No sensible man would
place the woman he esteemed in po-
sition so wretched and critical.
UAYTI.-The area of the Island of
EIayti is about 10000 square miles,
one-third Of which is comprised in the
empire Of Hayti and two thirds in the
Dominican republic. The population
Of Hayti is G50,0O and that Of the re-
public Of Dominica is $50, 900, nine
tenths Of whom are Of African descent,
and the remainder of the Spanish and
Indian races. The capital Of the re-
public is the city Of St. Domingo, built
, by Bartholomew Columbus, brother of
the great discoverer, in 1496. The
Dominican army numbers about 12,-
600 men, while that Of the empire I'M
der Soulcuquc, numbers not less than
10000, besides navy of 4 small YES
sells and 1 steamer. The climate Of the
Island is one Of the most delightful in
the world, the soil rich and the scenery
superb but its productiveness has de-
clincd under the miserable and corrupt
rule with which it is afflicted the ex-
port Of coffee and tobacco has fallen off
almost to nothing, and sugar is actu-