Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-02-28
WOOL GROWING.
Valuable Facts and Opinions from the
Oldest WOol.Grower In the World.
ITO the Editor Of the Nashville Banner.1
woOl-GRowIsa IN FuR SOUTH.

WVOb-ehoNheo IN TUX SoCTH.
The late war has destroyed the great acri
cultural pursuit of the South by robbing be
Of her legitimate system Of labor. Cotton 4
no longer King, and as the South is recessa
rily an agricultural country, her people mus
look for the best substitute for their forn,e
staple. As have had longer experienc,
in wool-growing than any man in the South
and perhaps in America, feel 1t my duty I,
give my views to the public, hoping tha
they may be the source of unlimited wealth
to our now impoverished people. Many in
terested in wool-growing know that for
half century have been advocating agains
every writer upon tie subject the idea tha
warm climate is best adapted for producing
fine wool. have not only advocated the
doctrine by my pen, but have practically de-
monstrated the actual fact by defeating tn,
entire world at the Worlds Fair in London
in 1851" with wool grown near Nashville
Tennessee, in latitude SO degrees north. Al
this exhibition the wool-growing regions
the German Provinces, Spain, aud some ol
the Northern States of America were repre-
sented.
FIRST EXPERIENCES.
In 1914 I selected this branch of agricul.
ture for my pursuit. with all my energy en-
deavored to post myself thoroughly both on
the effect Of climate upon the wool and upon
the habits and diseases Of sheep. there
fore read every book could obtain upon
this subject, wrote to and obtained samples
from all Of the most celebrated flock masters
OF the world. ! obtained samples from the
highest iatitudes, 10 within Is degrees of the
Equator. This enabled me to sit in my own
room and compare my wool with that of the
world, which to my great satisfaction, COM
pared favorably and caused me to send my
wool to the London Exhibition in 1851
After purchasing my first sheep, which were
selected from the best in America, moved
to Madison County, Mississippi, about 423
degrees north latitude, where kept my fock
uutil 1895. then moved to Lexington,
Ky, where defeated the Hon. Henry Clay,
who had bantered the world, with wool
grown 42} degrees north latitude, as above
mentioned, which in my opinion was the
finest wool l ever saw. | subsequently,
moved to Tennessee.
CAN WOOL BIZ GROWN IN TIE soUTu2
The preceding facts are sufficient to con-
vince any one that extremely fine wool can
be grown in the South, and am satisfied
that it is now the most lucrative pursuit that
can be adopted by our people. 1t requires
but little capital to commence the business
and comparatively little labor. In many To-
calities sheep can live the entire year without
any feed save what they pick from the na.
tive verdure OF our warm climate. This
does away with the expense of feeding, and
they never require to be housed. The ab-
sence of these two great expenses, and the
cheapness of our lands, will enable us 10
compete with and even excel any country in
the world in the cheap production of WOOL
This fact will enable the people of the South
to go extensively into wool growing without
any disastrous effect to themselves.
THE ENEMIES AND DISEASES OF SHEEP.
The sheep, like all other animals has his
natural enemies and diseases. The most
destructive and yet the easiest vanouisbed Is
the great nuisance, the dog. There are from
three to six million dollars worth of sheen
destroyed annually in the United States by
worthless ours. This enormous sum. BY
prudent legislation, could be saved TO the
country. | here suggest that this nuisance
be taxed, and the proceeds used 10 educate
the poor orphans OF the country. Next to
the dog comes the insect commonly known
as the ''sheep fly" There IL one popularity
in the habits of this insect that is not known
to any one whose writings have ever read
This peculiarity is that it produces living
worms, instead Of the: popular idea thatii
lays eggs upon the nose of the sheep. This
fact ! have ascertained by crushing the liv-
ing fly, Immediately upon being exuded from
the ny, the worms commence crawling
The natural habit Of this insect 10 to dart
rapidly to the nose of the sheep and deposit
the living worm; then the worm immedi.
ately crawls up the nostrils and locates io a
cavity about the upper extremity of the nos
trils designated by nature for its growth.
Here it remains until spring, then II leaves
its place Of abode and burrows into the
earth, assumes crysalls state aud remain,
until wsrm weather, lin this climate about
the lst OF June) when It appears in It's per-
feet state, fly again. The worm sometimes
takes course not designed by nature, and
goes up and interferes with that great Or
gan, the brain, which Immediately deranges
the circulation of the blood, causing II 10
become weak and somewhat to lose It's col.
or. Hence ''pale disease Other sympton,s
are, profuse discharge from the nostrils
sometimes accompanied by blood, an accu-
mutation OF watery substance about the
jaws, known as "rot," and "s,acgers."-
Thousands OF lambs and some sheep die an
nually from the effect of these worms. Each
OF these symtoms which are fiom the same
cause, has given rise 10 name, and many
writers are not aware that the cause of each
aud all of them is the worm which is the
larve Of the sheep Ny.
THE REMEDY.
To prevent the fly from effecting lis object
tar the nose Of the sheep. The smell OF
urls offensive 10 the ay, aud when deposited
in II the worm cannot crawl. The following
is the plan by which ! tar the noses OF the
sheep; Take straight poles about six inches
In diameter, and as long as your flock may
require; take two-inch auger and bore
holes In the poles about six inches apart, and
one and one-halfinches deep, and every two
or three days In fly time take a small paddle
and smear pine tar around the inside of the
auger holes; then sprinkle little salt in the
holes, and your sheep will tar their own
noses. A j tie sulphur added To tho salt Is
of great advantage in keeping the skin heal
thy. This Il very essential TO procure good
wool. Should this preventive fail. and YOU
discover The effects Of the fly, prepare
strong amber by boiling tobacco leaves Tor
stems, which are cheaper); then take your
subject place II upon its back man holding
It's legs, two in each hand; place the sheep
head on an angle Of about forty five degrees
take, an ounce syringe, ill it with amber
aud inject one half OF its contents 10 each
nostril, taking care not to allow the sheep TO