Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-22
J. M. McGUE.
RrcHNoSp. Sept. q, 1868.
Col. j. N. Cox,
House Of Daleraies.

House Of Delegates:
Dear Sir: have received your communication; ap-
preciate your motives in making tde inquiries, and
take pleasure in giving you all the information in my
possession.
First have been engaged in curryug aud preparing
leather x, from sixteen 10 this me whea am forty
six years Of age For sUIe years past have been en-
gagged in wholesale deapg in leather, hides, oils &c.
The most vruable oil for dressing leather of all kinds
i ncais foot coE.foot oil From ny experience,
regard the oil extracted from the cares Of the dog
equal iH quality 20 the cow.foot Of
Tie next most va liable oil is the common fish oil :;
but since the men; OF the war from necessity
have to substitute the rtfaed TOSin oil from
North Carolina. l. is by no equal TO either Of
re other OILS, especially by itself; but in con-
nection with sllow, meats foot oil, CT the oils
aud grease ob!siged from the earclsseJ of the
dead horses and collected in aud rear TO
the city in considerable quantity since, the attention
private enterprise fa' been turned 30 The necessity
and economy OF swing them, we Rave made the COM
position yauibe purpose. Resin oil alone.
makes sat hGrsh AMI liable crack, aud is Obiec in
able, but 20 the want Of other oils, the South
peed 20 use Il. TIC immense humber of useless dogs
in the State wouli 90 Tar towards furnish ng substitute
for both making leather aud dressing il. The per Gen.
o. al other oils used in the South, will amount
70 fcs per cert The value OF cali aud dog ska leather
for llcirs wear and fOc summer bOos for gentlemen is
nearly The same The value Of green calf ssins out
double that Of DOES. The dog skin is tough, soft,
plable aud nearly equal kid any substitute that
be used The qusndty of oil that be extracted
from medium sized dog Will amour; tom rly one auda
hell gal The then make valuable IN
eden the nitro beds Of tie Ciy, does The oaal
OF the ercss.es Of Eoises and cattle referred To aid
In the all-mPor al. object Of iuras ing the Govern
men. with nitre, similar beds TO those & chmc nd
ought 10 be found ct every aud village nt1e Sale,
The otherwise worthless OF the dog Le
made available in o9nsguirg to the soil Of the South
that far norihlsss aud offensive carcass,
VIZ the Yankee
You inquire AZ TO price OF the several kinds OF oil
Nest,oot will bJing from SIS TO 500 rsallo; dog oil
worth nesry q1e much; Ash oil about the game;
rosin oil is Woth atolt 81 per galOa. We pay one
dollar per pound for the grease aud oil from the
OF the horse aud Gov, ror So $40 per galor.
Very respectfully, your obedeut servant,
EDWARD FEREEYIoUGH.
The number OF dogs in the S,a:e, accordiog low
estimate, is 100000 Each dog will yield say, one ga
Ion Of oil
800 600 gallons at Sl5 per gallon, s7,60O,0oO
100000 skins, at SsI average for green, 10000
100000 do at $Ss FOR dressed, 100000
The estimated number Of sheep in Virginia Is 800,
OOO which, a. s25 per head worth $S7, 500 OOO-
Estimated value of sbeep destroyed by dog onefourtb)
50 S75 600. These facts commend themselvc, to tie
attention of tie Legislature aud the pr,s' r