Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-08-13
sheen and w COL.

my sheep have done: ana tnen let every
Intelligent farmer judge if sheep and wool
growing do not pay as we'll or better than
other branches of farming.
In the fall of 1860, brought from Yer
mont "a full blooded Spanish Merino
sheep, the best [ could get from come of
the choicest floeks. Since that time I
lave purchased from Vermont &c more,
making 100 in all. From that flock and
their increase, have sold bucks to the
amount of 1922, ewes to the amount of
S276, and wool to the amount OF 1854,
making in all, $1434, and | have yet on
hand my this years clip of wool, 924 lbs,
and l23 sheep of the best part of my flock,
being, aside from what | have sold, an in
crease of % sheep above the original
number, besides my last spring lambs, AZ
IN all. My sheep are heavy shearers, as
facts will show. | have buck lamb, Il
months old, from which | clipped Is lbs.
II OF, of long, beautiful wool. His
weight was rs lbs, being one pound of
wool to 5 IL lbs. Of carcass. Some per-
sons object to the Spanish MeriDo, on &C.
count OF their small size, but is it not bet
ter to get large feeceS from small sheep,
than to furnish from 25 to so per cent.
extra iced for large sheep, and get no
more WOols | also sold a buck lamb to
one OF my neighbors, Mr.. Brown, which
sheared the same, Is 3 4ths lbs, and |
have several other lambs which sheared
from 10 to IL 2 lbs. each. The 1913
sheep, as | said above, sheared 924 lbs. OF
clean, washed wool, making an average of
Z IL lbs. per head, 100 Of which SHARED
500 lbs; 40 ewes OF the 100 went "a
lbs, and % of said ewes averaged Ia
lbs. per head. Ny sheep were all washed
as clean AS could be in clear running Wa
ter, after being well soaked in a long rain,
except some eight or ten. My sheep have
only occupied at most 80 acres of land, as
follows: 20 acres for pasture, 10 tor hay,
and to raise their grain. Now, brother
farmers, what branch of agriculture pays
better than this
1t you think this worth publishing,
please give it room in the columns of your
paper. A. JONES.
Leeds Centre, Columbia Co., Wis,
Aug. 4th, 1862.
Debate in the British Parliament about
building Ships for the Rebels.
The following sketches of a debate in
the British Parliament as reported in the
news by the Ara660, shows that we have
at least one friend in England who dares
to speak out against the manner in which
English neutrality is taken advantage of
for the benefit of Tie rebels:
In the House OF Commons, on the 23d,
subject of the foreign enlistment act was
introduced by Mr.. Golden, who referred
tn fine IvnpApIiurc IF the A }yIo
dG an3a Elrg5Rjd, all built in British ports
for the Confederate service. He said it
was well known that two iron clad ships
were now being built in Liverpool for the
same purpose, and he believed that. if
they were allowed to leave England, the
Result would be a declaration of war on
the part OF the American Government.
American shipping had almost become
saleless i'll cor sequence OF the seizures
made by Confederate cruisers, and he i'm
plOred the Government to take steps to
prevent the departure OF these vesels.-
lie was informed that the American Gov |
eminent took note OF the value of every
vessel captured, and debited it to Her |
Majesty's Government. lie was further |
informed that the American Minister had |
made formal claim upon England to in
demnlty American ship-0Wners for their
losses. No doubt the claim was repudated |
by Her Majesty's Governm mt But OF dis |
puted claims of this nature an expensive |
and disastrous war might result.
Mr.. Laird, referring more particularly |
to the case OF the AL0ban1G, said every |
thing had been done in broad daylight
He tainted Golden with pursuing a course |
which, while iG would enable his friends |
in the North to get all they wanted,
would put Il stop in England TO legiti. |
mate branch OF industry. He accused the |
Americans OF having bnilt ships OF war
for Russia during the Crimean war, and |
with raising troops in Ireland since the
outbreak OF the present conflict.
Lord Palmerston defended the course |
which the Government had taken, and |
said he could see no distinction in princi- |
pie between selling arms to the Federals !
and selling ships to the OonteGerates.-
lie appealed to the principle laid down on |
the subject by the Americans II ,mselves. |
1t was OF course true that Eng .ad had a |
municipal law bearing on the question,
but the Government had carrie out that |
law to the best OF its ability, and that law,
which he saw no reason to alter to suit |
the emergencies of q foreign power, they |
would continue 10 enforce as far as posi-, |
Bile tor them to do.
Mr.. Golden was prevented on a point |
OF order from reading letter from Gideon |
Welles in Parliament. The letter was
nevertheless published in the papers. 1t |
is dated the 10Th of April last, and is ad-
dressed to Charles Sumner, and refers to |
Mr.. Laird's statement in Parliament shat |
his firm had been approached, in 1861, by
the agents OF the Federal Government. |
relative to building war vessels for the |
North. Mr.. Welles asserts that neither
'irectly nor indirectly was any application
made by his authority to Mr.. Laird or any
other foreign ship builders for the con-
struction OF vessels for the American Gov
eminent. Advances were made to him. |
however, on behalf OF numerous English |
and foreign ship builders, but he declined |
in every instance any proposition to build,
or procure to be built, vessels for the Fed. !
eral navy abroad.
RICHMOND MARKETs-We don't ex-
actly see how poor people manage to live
in the capital of the "Southern Oonfeder:
acy." The prices for everything neces.
sary to sustain life are fearful The Rich |