The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-10-30
From the WILMINGTON Journal.
wo0Li SHEEP. DGGsi

WOOL, SHEEP. DGGsfa 5a9,
Among The things meM essential to sur ma
.ceni manufactures. is the article of wUol.
without wool. the making Of good winter
cIothing ior our troops is myth. Without
wool, blankets exist onfy in name. With
out wnol, we make neither cassmeres nor
kefseys. nor bats. nor good hannels. for VIM
ter use. Af
Without sheep. we need hardly expect 10
raise wool, and with ihe number OF dogs roam
,ne around. eujaying ihe largest liberty. and
in,lulging deculed preference for mutton Of
their own killing. we must not louk for any
marked development of the wo"l growing
business. since the sheep upon whose backs
the woa is To grow. are kept under by the
constant depredsiians Of the dogs. Nut ma
ny days since. we asked distinguished
gentleman from the mountain d,str,ct. for in
formation upon this paint--ihe raising af
sheep AID the growing Of woul. The range
VIZ know {. be- almost unlimited. the pastures
eoud, the climate favorable, the breed OF
sheep fair. In answer. he admitted that al!
ihi. was 81. Hr said there were = guud
many sheep. "and upon the whale," sad he.
:. summing Il up. may say 'hst. t,k,ng one
year With another, We raise enough sheep 10
feed the dogs"
Flotks do not increase. They are not al
l.w.d TO increase. far the de nand to feed
the dogs. is sboui equal to the supply. or
possibly a little In advance.
Nav we like dos. Every body likes al
least his own dug. But the suppurt VI the
innamsrable yrlp,ns ours that afflictthr State.
Is really heasy Tax upon the produce of the
saif; why. the hea pup"latian, sustained up
on their c.rcas,es, sust drink n"re bl.'ud
dails than 4 drose OF oxen could supply.
There is isreri.inly no animal ecunony in that
There can surely he no plea II political econ
omy that can either justify or excuse the
keeping ol . set sf u>rlvss ours. TO the serl.
uas dtt,iment Of the Stale. aud AZ the es.
pense ol a great aud important branch o
lmanuiactures. winch is derrivrd of the ma.
lrerisl necessary tacafry /, on. SIMPLY becsuss
every white family must have sun,lry mon
er-lss aud every negro twice as many as th'
whites We might sum have woul enough
if only nisetern dags oct Of every twent,
we're hanged. aud the remaining dog wa
praeiicrd little in the art Of swimming il
derp water. with big slone tied to hrs neck
The sheep walks oi the southern mountain
ranges, taking hill and valley Together, ar
full, equal TO ihose oi Spain. both IN rrgar'
TO heritage aud climate. aud would rendr
the t'aniedracy perfectly independent Of th
world st large. in regard 10 her supply o
woul. if only the sheep could be saved fron
the tender metcies nf the dogs. Spain ha
some ls'uOO.O0O af sheep 10 1850, wherea
the whole United States mad At that time on
I, 2i.7aI ,si4; ami. taking into considers
ilon the lset II The saperi.r breed of th
spsnish shrep. IL 10 evident that their ei,
OF hne Merino wasl. far ereerded in quaniI
" the caarssr art,elr sharn Iron the rsihs
larger number oi inferiar American shreI
a Narlh Csralins aud virginis mad l.905. rs
!. sheep. and made $751; sos pounds ai wa
= during the gear ending June l. 1850. bein
sbaut Two pounds psr shrtp.
: Since that time the aumbrr has probabl
retrugrsdrd rather than advanced. and N
Iproduet in wool has kept stationary. Eve
beihre this war cemmeherd our ir~ waor
Iarfories were put 10 their trumps 20 kec
sp siaek el wosl fi far rally good fabric
A dag a-be. dYyilsd race II muitans - the
!, ferc.s turn aud ragged - unimproved
!, breed. since n. budy cafes Cor investing mar
!. money in getting tege,her fnr stock far b
!. neighbors' Digs TO eat. will hardly produs
D very hne wo.l under sny Circumstances. al
under present circumstances can neither !,
) crease iasi enaugh nar furnish wool enaue
10 meet the demand ior any Kind Of fabric
l. there no remedv faf this sort Of thing
. lCsnnotthe legislature do somethingi WI
!. nat the people themselves tske 4 up aud >,
\ 10 iiat once thrnughauf the lrngth aud brrsdi
of the State. East and West. Narth an
:. southf ltiss msiier uf the grsvest impu
tance. tits q serious matter, and np neI
affection Tor dng- or daggcry ought nov
a be allowed 20 interfere with matter that ,
y deeply involves the success d our whol
Y movement. as Dies iae wael erup.