New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-14


cotton u so scarce vorsed wsrps VIII be used for
goods il which cotton warps Rave been u.cd.. Nous
seine dc LANES are now being made with worSted
warps We say the first fleece Is tie best. Every sue
ceedng fleece than i,s predecessor and wool
raised upon sheep whose condition is always improving
Is always the besti consequently when 1t took fOnr
years to fat the wethcI- their 1eeceS not
good as when they faed at two years old because
they had three feeces after the flst winch would b.
coarscr than tie first and the sheep being enner tho
wool was not so good-moe elt TO be weak on account
of losing condition ard cced account Of Dot having
sufficient feed TO satisfy their csolt forms Bnt when,
BY Improvement OF land and farm the could &c;
wethers into the market at two years old. he was
enabled to produce from six 10 ten times the amount Of
better wool per acre and the production Of mutton WIS
in the same proportion and Of the relative value
1t is very desirable that this class II wool should have
free bottom. that is not ooed, that the staple should
have in 1t no weak place. lift has il poorly adapted
CT woIsted and particularly that The work is done
by machinery 1t has always been desirable gu NJ!
in woIsted woods and their value depends TO great OK
tent upon the strength Of the STAPLE and freedom IRON
cot. Whenever the sheep falls of in condition from
want of proper sufficient food or from Sickness the
fiber becomes attcmated at TINT point Of gTowfh ahe
eonseq gently the staple is rendered weak Ihs pe"As
off in conbag and makes noils which arc not near 80
valuable as the long part; If the weak place near te
middle of the staple. then tie wool is worthless for
worsteds for length of STAPLE is very requisite 10 order
70 produce a strong small threali tie longer the fiber
the stronger the thread, and object ia conhing
IN take ont the curl and lny tie Ibor rs straight a.
cotton.
One great mistake made by The farmers IN this coui''
try. in endeayorrg to raise mutton or long wooded
sheep is In not realizing that important characteristic
Of early maturity Arising we believe from their long
treatment, of merino sheep which bear with greater
immunity their IS stem Of dragging through the Winter
But it must he remembered tina, the process OF men-
feturng long wool is vastly different from that otibe
merno wool. though 1t is more valuable with SOUND
than tender staple Another mistake Is that they DC
not appear TO understand that poor feed always pro
duces light, poor leeccs and good feed heavy fleece
and good WOOL Farmers .hat take up their sheep IN
Winter aud endeayor TO carry them through with Just
as little feed as possible Will find 20 their cost that
their wool has suffered severely in consequence. thai
tie sheep has fallen off in condition and that aftcrwar
1t will ne found almost impossible 10 bring them ~
again and that their mutton viii De good as that
produced by sheep that have been all the time gaining
Sheep should never BE allowed to down they
should In the Spring of the year be in better condition
than ia the Fall Remember writing OF wethefs.
ont It should if possible he the sane With ewes; but
rs they are kept for breeding their condition viii I've
more variable and consequently their wool never 40
good as that OF wethers We want the farmers In the
vicinity OF all large towns 10 Eat wehcr sheep and then
We shall have superior wool and superior mutton. Tnc
writer Of this article called upon few weeks ago
70 examine large lot OF wool, which supposed t.
b., just the kind ada pied for Mocsseno &c LANES whict
also conbiug wool ard had the sheep been properly
cared for it would have been Just TIE kind wanted.
The quality right but account of the bod Winter
feed and other causes tkcre scarcely fleece iu
twenty suitable for this purposes the staple would
either break in two in the middle leaving tie Two egds
TOO short or the bottom was cotied, and in some
instances II was stun;sd in growth tbnt 1t was too
short This wool should have taken the first rank aud
the first price in the market bu not being eombne IL
had 10 rank in fourth class place only TT fur poor wool
ems The mutton Of sdch sheep would Eo be OF much
higher order than the wool.
Now had the farmers fully realized ihe Importance oil
good Winter feed and early maturity; that 1t was
intended that these sheep shoud be brought ut TO mar
he. as early as possible that the WOO! would have been
worth % cents per pound more thap i brought and the
fceces ould have weighed froni u to p.unds more
,han they did they would have had larger amount.
and much better mutton Willie the proceeds ron the
wool would have Melted abont - per head more than
they actually realized. Ibis is fancy sketch nor an
extreme case Blu, more on the subject In our
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