New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-02
twenty oents pound sheeting 10 eighteen CENTS and
calico To tvenfy cents per yard They cannot be less

twenty oonts poun0s sneetD8 W eBptoon oen'"' eAu
calico to twenty cents per yard They cannot be less
they may be twenty per cent higher Tney certainly
| win be If We DO not increase sheep. Everything
| will depend upon this. will tell you Why. For four
years the majority q families have been picking ~
what was laid by and buying little. Ihoy were walt
ing for peace and good times. They arc waiting STILL
They must DC supplied There Is most pressing
for heavy fabrics ard bcdclohes getting very
scarce have TO believe that than bali Of
the women's petticoats made Of patches. know
the mems and boys clothes fearfuy patched When
tie productions OF the farm fall old prices people
not afford to dress their srls and children in calico II
never was worth mach 1t the lest. A linen flannel
dress VIII ont wear dozen OF them. 1t may be that
women will not wear snch dresses; II they viii not
they must look to Heaven for help.
know very well that families are almost frightened
at the thought Of making cloth. They will toll, Is that
hey have more woIs TO do than they get
with. They have their troubles. Some have a CRYING
baby, or expect to have while others still worse of do
not expect to have any. Some subject TO toohao
weak backs. and all this. Ny reply Ia good If we can
only raise i.e sheep there viii be ways enough TO get
CLOTH If farmer have two or three hnrGred pounds
of wool in the house woman will conirvo to work up
some of il. A; least she bire some one TO spin
s,ocsingyarn when neither she, her gi's. anv
i
shoes Permit me 10 remark that good deal Of tir
is spon IN visits and IN auuing around in hoops; and
that those very wo spots il the heels Of stocking do
not look well. There ere improved spinning wheels,
also baud power looms More than tais. fac
tories will spin tho wool OF fair rates. 1t
~ an astonishing fact that yon can get more
cloth at factory by paying In wool than yon can
by selling tho wool and bringing 'rN money. They used
TO give yard of good cloth for pourd CT wool But
The cloth was not so good that made al home when
Won leave the family 70 get work DONE which might be
done IN II, then cheating begins and the frtasry You g.
the more cheating you will find. The threads which
mother spins ore wei twisted and arc lasting almost
aIe they Ike her warm and loving aims
PEW SHEEP.
Sheep men reckon that to keep ten sheep costs thf
same IA 70 keep cow II is certain they VII eat msny
things that COW or another animal will not cot. The,
leave few plants they gather up the fragments and II
tins way their keeping not only costs nothing bu The!
are IN advantage BriaIs cannot grow wlero sheet
run retAer can the land sproui. From reported eI
pcrimcnts made by linnrus With 45 plants. lie fonn'
u at horned cattle would only pa; lorses 262 swine
r. but goats would ca, 49, and sheep 2s7. do rot IN
4 stand that sheep do young oIoho'c much good
sheep should be well kept thai they win produce
20 pounds Of wool. The cad boys must work bsUt
aud play harder II they veer oct sac 30 yards
cloth which the WOO, win buy. fry pounds of WOO i
4 house are well.sIirg Of pleasure" Sheep ar
symbols Of whatever is good IL our nature. farm n
scarcely farm where hey are not seen. Children CT
delighted with The lambs ard love 20 trine ~ pefs
Mary had lttlela lamb" SO valuable arc Sheep.cn
farm that could give away the Soo o. the incres
snd yet find them profitable than sny other stock
when the foeks large. and mary ere reihsis 'hc,
Will annually double in value; who're small aud no-t
ewes they viii do much moro Where farm IL larE
and there is much fodder few sheop ie IS easily kep
- So many hens The profits on ter sheep greatly eK
coed the propor,ionate profits large 6ocss PeTis
tho highest number which Is nost profitable doe, M
exceed twenty. Much depends on the kind Wbei
2 rsing the word sheep. mean American MerinoA no
The large kind. known as mutton steep
The keeping Of Ter sheep smslI sitter Ever
one who keeps then Is honefacio 10 he county anC
70 mankind Should every sho is sllc, keep sbou
Ills number. the general supply a wool Touid be 81
greet that we would require from abroad Thei
annual increase sad tie additional value they woa
give the soil would amount many millions Of dollars
We could raise more whea! and more grain OF al kinds
Here will state r,ost mportsnt propositions upo
rests education tie wealth oinations and The hoppi
ness Of mankind Whatever tends to male families
common means comfortable. Is OF advantage to
country at large When gasp land STOCK horscs
or other possessions than family can MANA.
With profit ,hey viii run TO confusion and waste. Ma;
n-al.y all things seek worse condition. Only can
? family preserve them. Hence The Creator Aas 'into
human eFort. 10 boaadarf pih!n rhse s re0stH NAV
? bar hmad, AiTyy.
HOW MANY NoRs sHTrP WE WANT.
To supply our county With WOOL 30 that We need no
srfG nuth A me AM
Australia, we need hirfy miRion moro sheep. TIL
Yield per head Is perhaps a little above three pounds
and considerably higher THAI formerly. know o
large aocs Of two and throe thousand which aycrag
between four and Eve pounds head. In parts of on
country where slave farming is practiced. the yield
not above pound add bal! Of wool or hair. We hav
already nbon half what want, tbe. s we need alto
getAer sixty niloas Of sheep. which viii give eli
pounds 20 each person. When consider that whe.
wool Ia IL shrinks about forty per cent
and that large of wool Ii required for CARPET
ing hats upholstery. and other -nses besides clothing
= these sheep will be than biTely sufficient. AM
the number ust be rapidly enlarged 70 supply the want
Of people rising In civilization and increasing In pop
ulGtiOn.
Many farmers neglected to keep sheep and turnet
their attention 70 cows. 1t did that whic
would yield in butter cheese gross profit Of o.
year was more profitable than shotp. 1t Is doubtful
whether this really truei but suppose IT was, wha
should he done, We did this: we sent butter ant
} grain abroad TO bny WOOL We discouraged nanufac
lures and helped drain the country Of gold. II there
were 10 other way to supply US with wool. would b
ia favor Of paying bounty oftwen cents evcrJ
sheep rased and We could do it with what II costs Il
ship gain 10 Europe to pay for wool and WOODEN goods
If we take into view the renewal OF wornout lands BY
keeping sheep, VIC richly afford to pay bounty o.