The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-06-23

tDls Class, TO be shorD on the ground; ant
no one dared to compete with the Amori
can MeriDos, which were much admired b,
crowds Of spectators, who had deserted tb,
imperial pens. And that tho I2 sboop en-
tered by Mr.. Campbell were sold to Count
shen Ibors, Of Siicia, for $4,000 The
sheep exhibited by Mr. Campbell were bred
from tho iiumpbroys and Jarvis importa.
tions principally fiom the former. The
Humphreys importation took place in
lS02,and the Jnryis importation in 1909 and
10. therefore, the lapse of time proves that
Ihey woro thoroughly ucclimated, and tba,
tbolr-excellcuce was the result of American
culture. The business of breeding stock
tor the Western farmers has been prosecu.
ted extensively in some of tho New En-.
gland and Middle States, and is, no doubt
attended with large profits. I see no rea.
son why Northern Ohio, and especially that
portion OF il which immsdiately surrounds
ms, is not as valuable as any portion of the
United States for breeding the fne.wooed
varieties. This land of bills and valleys
and undulating table-lands, With crystal
springs and merry brooks, skirted with
pleasant woodlands and green pastures, with
two sunny sides in tho summer, that shields
tho flocks from tho rude blasts of winter. is
the land, of all the lnnds, where the Me-
rinos with due care and culture, will deyel.
op their greatest excellence. So much bas
been written upon the merits and demerits
OF different breeds of sheep, that il would
0e supeefuons to attempt comparisop.-
lhe judicious farmer always has an object ip
view. AND will always select the kind of
stock sheep, and adopt that system of cul.
iure, which in his judgmen. ere bost calcu-
lated for his purpose. The experience of
others is before bin, and he that runs NAV
read.
The OBJECT of this Association is to CON.
pare results. Stock breeding is q business
wherein the largest profits are realized when
conducted successfully. The farmers of
New England and New York have realized
large incomes from stock sheep bred and
sold to the farmers of Northern Ohio, Ii
is now our turn, as the march of empire
takes its way westward, to breed stock
sheep, thereby improving our focks, and
supplying the demands of the wool. growing
farmers OF the West, which, If our efforts
preve successful, is destined to provo to be
tho highest source of profit TO the keepers
of sheep in Northern Ohio.
The future of the wool ma, ket is most en-
coursging. Cotton, its competitor, has been
into every fabric where it could
DO substituted with advantage for wool; and
these deceptions have been complained of by
the farmer for years, who has sold his wool.
before the late War of the Rebellion, at low
prices. and frequently purchased clothing.
thought to be all wool, until the fading col.
ors betrayed the deceit practiccd upon him
III tho manufacture md sdie OF this inferior
fabric. Cotton was crowned king, and re.
coived tho homage of Church and State
England, for years, bad strovo TO counteract
tho controlling influence which the cotton |
Of the United States held upon the com
merce Of the world, by encouraging the pro.
duction Of cotton in her Irdian colonies. u
Senator Hammond, Of South Carolina, de-
clared in 1860, that the cotton trade would
bring European nations TO the feet of the
then contemplated Southern ConfeGeracy.
The cotton towns sustained the Rebellion
for four yoarc. But cotton proved great
deception TO the wotld at last II was pro.
duced in great abundance upon the new,
rich lands Of the Sou.b, through the most
complete system of compulsory labor known
n The history of man; and tho farmers wool
vas brought in competition with q fabric
hus produced by men and women Who |
worked for uothing and Soarded and clothed
themselves, and furnished, ready for the
pindles, at lower price than it could have
'cen afforded if stolen from the inhabitants
VI any other portion of the Earth.
But Gotten is no longer king. Millions
II acres Of The virgin soil have been de-
Toured by the waste OF the 2rodigai plant
RS. The sunny South is desolated by
he ravages Of war. Her resources are
exhausted, gins, fences, implements, hab-
tntions; fixtures and means OF transport
alton are measurably destroyed. The
people are just now emerging from the
system Of slave to free labor, and, in |
view of all these facts, we are warranted |
in the assumption that cotton cannot, for
many years, if ever, be furnished at for.
mtr prices. That the return OF peace will
affect the prices Of wool is very certain;
but that they will be affected in proper.
ion TO the prices OF other commodities,
we have the strongest reasons 10 doubt.
The price OF wool, at no time since the |
of the war, has been af- |
eced by the rise and fluctuations OF gold,
rs the prices Of other articles.
In table OF the monthly reports OF the !
s. Agricultural Department. contain.
ng the rates OF gold, and the currency
and coin prices, Of each month of the
year 1864, it appears that. sin January,
gold was 1856, in December 233, a diff
erence of 70 cents, being an increase OF
so per cent. Wool, in January, was go
cents in currency, and in December 90
,ents, difference OF l8 cents, being An
Increase Of only 2st per cent. In the
,oin price, there is an actual decrease OF
, cents during the year. In January,
he difference between the currency and
,oin price was SIS per cent; in December,
hat difference had increased 10 l4O per