The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-09-15
tFrom the Boston Commercial Bulletin. J
Wool.


border, near the tropics the chan
pesble. nature of the climate rem
Sers cotton unfit for reliance at al
seasons. Cotton, 10y its much
greater chcepncss, has Tor some
yoars monopoliacd the affections
of tho world; but il is fast losing
ih prestige, and its competitor,
fax, may have n run.
But wooden clothes are noces.
siN for oil grades, classes, and
employments of civilized life, and
the influence of wool upon com.
merce can not be easily eshmated
though very little Of its profit
comes from intercourse with bar
barous people. Wool is essential
" the product OF civilized society;
the study and observation neces-
sary TO make sheep husbandry
profitable, lifts man at once to a
respectable position as u man OF
thought. Consequently, very lit
tic of wool is found among people
still In barbarisin, or seclude from
commercial intercourse with the.
rost of the world. With those
people cotton is the main stay for
clothing, rs rice is for food. Even
among the more advanced OF
these natl me, the goat takes pre-.
cedence, as the cascmere shawl
testifics. Therefore, "the inter
ests of commerce do not require
that the attention of civilized races
should be turned to the comfort or
convenience ef semi barbaric peo-
pie, whose intercourse with Chris
iians is limited as much rs posi-
bic by the peculiar circumstances
in which they are placed. Civili-
zed nations, in considering these
questions. must bc governed by
civilized wants and in doing so
they pay but little attention to the
necessities of nations which &c
clude themselves from general in
tercourse with the res ofmankind
The most enlightened nations OF
the world arc those where the
temperature is ruled more con.
stantly 10y cold than 10y heat. The
enervating influence to weather,
during which the teormCmeter
shows high degree of tempera-
ture, need scarcely be argued at
this time of year. Mental disci'
pline, industry and talent, are
best developed in these countries,
where 'heated terms are rare, or
il they do ovcrwhelm, it is only
during two or three months o.
the year, leaving the remainder )i
tho twelve months to moderate
and even cold weather. In these
countries, wool asserts its supcri'
ority, aud its grasp upon public
confidence can not be weakened. ~
As wool is Que ofthc great sta
pos ofthc United States aud is
destined to increase much in near
future, let us look for a moment
at what Ohio, the leading State in
woolraising is doing. We find
that in 1864 the number OF sheep
owned in that state is 1880, 900,
and that the ovcrage production
per annum has nearly doubled in
twenty yearo.
"Thc belief of sheep breeders is,
that the average fleece Of 1864 is
fully four pounds per sheep, and
that the whole production for the
State of Ohio will nearly reach
100000 OF pounds during the
present yaar. Tho cause of this
remarkable improvement in sheep
culture /, ascribcd to the close
study given to the habits and pc.
culiaritics OF tho sheep 10y the
Ohio farmers. They are not con.
tented TO plod on in tho old coun.
try ways, shutting their eyes to
Improvement, slosing their ears
against fair agement, and stultl'
fying their minds 10y stupid efforts
to decry "scintifc ftrning." The
wool. growers OF Ohio have dared
to invade the stolid prejudiccs OF
agriculturalist OF the old school,
and they have found their profit
in the thing. Their great study
has been the admixturc af breeds
BY crossing and cultivatiug, by
selection Of the best stocks, and
by pursuing this object by wise
and steady System they have dou
bled the wool crop of the State in
twenty years not SO much by the
increase of animals as by the in
crease of the productiyoness OF
each one