, 1863-04-02
0he .farmer's Corner.


Wook0r0Wink,
Wool growing In the United States has
lo1g 1lno6 become . prominent branch Of
farming, and, from the great profits which Il
is0pabloOf yielding 70 the produces, We may
taaonally conclude that L will ultimately
beooms one Of the great and leading interests
Of the nation. There is every reason for
believing that the United States is destined TO
be q great sheep.breeding and Wool-growing
country, because causes will occur to render
it sacka Indeed, it 10 far from impossible
that the end Of this ever deplorable war will
ppstate powerfully in producing this result.
The enormous advance in cotton and cotton
tnanuiactufes Bince the installation Of our
present administration into power, has neces.
saEilf OccaslUned corresponding advance In
Tho prics Of wool and wooden manufactures.
his large lncteAss IN the value Of toolens
is not due merely 70 the operations Of spec
tlAtorA q some writer's have alleged, but
The tfus canss d 10 be found in the unchang.
ahls lnH of demand and supply. And 50
Increasing demand that We should appfehend,
rather, still further advance instead Of .
decline IN price Il is . well known fact
that for number Of years the supply Of
Woolens has not been adequate to the de.
mAnd. According to. the last. census the
total amount az wool raised ID the country
was 00.5ll, ,3l3 pounds, and the amount
used In nnnhfaclories Nas over $4,000, 900
pounds, bus leaving Z deficiency Of full
one third Of the whole amount raised TO be
supplied By foreign importati0u& And this
deficiency, great as Il must appear, Il should
berSnembered, existed at Q time when the
country was IN Q state Of peace with itself
and . he rest Of mankind 1" and when the
immense cotton factories Of the North were
IN full tide Of successful experiment." &C
shown by he eighth census report which
states the aggregate value Of the annual pro
duct Of these manufacturing establishments
70 amount 10 he lAfge s1i1 Of over one hun.
dred million Of dollars Yet notwithstand.
ING this vast amount Of cotton goods thus
forced upon The market every year, at prices
% oxossdingly low e 70 operate to largely
dimiaish the consumption Of wool BY the
s1t1tliuiion of cotton, The business Of wool
growing and sheep husbandry was generally
decned We believe one Of he most profta
bloih which the hrmtr could eneage. II
Ereds 10 argument 70 show that what Il has
ben, N this relpect q must continue 70 be
n much grlatsf degree; q must be obvious
% every one who viii give 10 the subisct
he o1n1id uuunIdsrafoi IIgoufht aISS 20
b remarked. perhaps, that wool l. not now,
and or some time cannot Be, subjecied 70 its
former compositions with cotton and Gun.
soqunily must command the entire home
m1rk1I end hence ed greatly N building
up Tie Wooleh minulSctnres IN this country.
Il ha1 been matter Of surprise 10 us that
% many ArmeIs n he western States con
time % neglect the sheep for The very IN.
probable business Of grim growing, e must
inraf|lbIy b he cass during the existence
q he var Every year viii give them .
good crop Of wool (ImpuSing not The least
relponlibilily IN point Of risk q least 90 far
e ihs var lS oonosrned) u they do but take
proper care 81 their sheep. n We have
been correctly iniorwed, The wheat raised IN
he Wei for he past two yearp has cost the
larIn1 noi1 ihan h lhal obla|dSd 6r L IN
markok We question the wisdom Of con.
ilnulng this practice when The same labois
employed IN wool and sheep rnising would
e1ord Z hnndsome proft, HI