The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-02-10
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The ola native sheep wa. coauc
'oagIeFgcd. aad Improbable Aalual
4ad taefe Waa aa improvement aalc
iu She breeding tHl towards the Close
q tie las, eeutary, ahca j. 1925 tie
I6ut mefiu8ta o. Cue fooled sbeep
were imported by William Potter 81
Boston. They were wholly unappre.
catcd. were given Is gentleman u
keep. aud he knowing nothing u their
value, simply ate them, aud few
years ailor was buying the same class
d sheep ~ 81 GEO per head. The
embargo Of ls0s induced many % tom
their attention g. ae aeg. sheep, and
soon after very largo numbers d me-
duo sheep were imported ana disiug'
uted throughout tie GIFTED sates aud
our modern sbeep-aas5aHdegg, now
grown up to its proportional import.
ance, may DO said to date from these
importatious
The condition Of tue country ggalu.
ally changed, and since tie opening Of
lines Of communication 20 the.west the
eastern states have found il hard 70
compete Ii TIE raising 81 lite wool
with farmers who could furnish us
! with raw material Tor our manniac,
J turtles at cost of cent a pound or
! less for transportation The growing
] Of sheep for mutton and iJr wool has,
therefore, been left 10 a great extent
TO the Western States and Texas. We
find, accordingly, that Of the % 577, 05l
reported by the last census, Ohio had
! about 100000 California 2,76S, ls1,
Michigan nearly 100000, and Indi'
: ana, Illinois, Missouri aud Wisconsin
= over a million each. The quantity o.
wool raised exceeded a hundred million
Of pounds, more than fifth part o.
which was raised in Ohio. This was 3
gain OF over forty.scyen and bal
, million pounds over the product O
1850, aud Of very nearly forty million
over that Of 1860
Ii will thus be seen that the Yves
aud some other parts Of the country
have suppanted the wool growing IN
terest Of this State, They can raisc
! WOOL aud mutton little cheaper per
haps, while the cost 81 transportation
: Is not great. sdl we believe tho
sheep husbandery is destined to b
more prominent upon the New Eng
land farm Of the future, and that j
would be greatly for the interest Q
! our agriculture il it were more Of
9 leading feature Of our farming now,
Nothing, certainly, would be bette
= for our pastures, than to cover then
with sheep, and they need it ba'
> enough, while the law, 10 this State, i
'e now such as to furnish pretty ampl
protection against the attacks Of dogs
Is We should be glad to see mutton TAX
% the place Of pork on every farmer
rs table. 1t is uuquestiouaOly far NOR
10 healthful and more nutritious, les
II liable to be diseased and il properl
10 cooked, would be equally agreeable t
I, the palate We confess to a fancy 70
n sheep aud we have had sufficient @
r. perieuce with them TO know the di.
advantages attending them upon q
81 lafm. afe they MT as Important {
lc our farming IS 70 tlat Of England!