The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-23
Agricultural Department.
W. S. SHIELDS. EDrroR.
''The Anglo-Virginian Live and
Dead Stock Export Company

vi . /
a prominent Shorthorn breeder of Vir-
GINA, for circular headed as above, in
which it is proposed by English capital
lists to organize the company and make
Norfolk the point from which they win !
export.
'FThe Anglo-Yirginian live and dead /
stock export company" has for its object |
the export to Great Britain OF first-class |
horses for the hunting field, the road,
cavalry and artillery remounts, and beef !
and mutton on the hoof and in the car
cass.
That horses, live cattle and meat may |
be profitably shipped across the Atlantic |
is already demonstrated by the large and
increasing trade from Canada and
Northern ports.
Virginia's advantages as a buying
place for horses, best suited for above
name purposes, are many and well pro-
nounced. From the early colonial Edays
she has been stocked with some Of the
best blood in the English stud book as
sires, and Virginian bred has always
been in the States synonym for style
and breeding in horse flesh.
The voyage from Richmond or Nor
folk is no longer than from Canada or
New York; the transit of stock from the
best horse and cattle districts to these
points less expensive, and more direct.
In the circular now before us setting
forth the advantages and profits to be
derived from the organization of such
a company, it says;
''The city of Richmond is peculiarly
well situated for the depot and head
Quarters of a horse and stock export
business, many droves from the valley,
West Virginia, southwest Virginia, Ken
lucky and Tennessee, finding a market
here, and others continually passing
through to Eastern, Northern and South
ern markets Convenient premises and
grazing can be had at reasonable rates;
forage good, abundant and moderate in
price. If desirable, stock could be ship
ped from the heart of the city.
'sFrom Richmond, the valley, West
Virginia, the breeding and grazing dis
tricts of southwest Virginia, Tennessee
and Kentucky. can be easily and direct
" reached. Stocked with the descend
ants of Priam, Glencoe, Margrave,
Eclipse, Tranby and many other noted
sires, from which an abundant supply of
power, wel1shaped, outstanding horses,
with plenty of bone and quality and
good feet can be derived; blemishes are
scarce, and such infrmities as roaring,
etc, very rare; prices also compare IA
vorably with those Of the North; money
being scarcer, and the plethora caused
by the over stimulation to breeding of
the late war still having its effect on the
home market"
The circular goes on to state that
good, sound, well-bred horses, 16 hands,
can be put in Richmond or Norfolk for
$11O; in this the company will find them
selves mistaken. Horses of this kind are |
scarce, and when found, readily bring |
good prices. In an article last week, we |
referred to the kind of horses that food |
ed the country: These horses can be
placed in Richmond at less than 800;
but there is a good demand at home for |
such horses as referred to in the follow
paragraph:
"Stout, well-actioned, sound horses,
from 10 hands to 1862, and of good ages, |
can be placed in Richmond at an aver
age of $110per head; the cost of ship |
ping across the Atlantic averages about |
$50 per head, which prices, in the pres |
ent state of the English market, the
prospective demand for army purposes,
the French trade, (expositions tramway
and bus horses,) leave an ample margin
for profit"
As regards beef and mutton, the sta
tistics of prime cost, transit to shipping
point, suitability of quality of meritfor
British markets, slaughtering and pack
ing in Richmond will compare most ia
vorably with those of Northern export
trade.
The Shorthorn interest in Kentucky,
Tennessee, southwest Virginia and the
valley, is a powerful one, and the fat
cattle there produced are in quality
second to none in the States, the price
nd valorem no greater than for the coars-
er Western beasts, and the cost of land !
ing at the point of embarkation very
much less indeed.
Richmond, right on the seaboard, is
bound to compare faYorably with Chica-
go or st. Louis, in which markets much |
of the beef now exported is bought.
Mutton of fair quality is bred and
- mi
ern counties of Virginia. The sheep are /
native stock, crossed with Cotswold, |
Leicester, South and Shropshire downs;
the weights from is to % pounds per
quarter, those best adapted for the En-
glish market, and the meat in grain and
flavor much resembling Scotch wether
mutton.
The export of game (nota5ly quaiD
and fruit Especially peaches and melons)
could also be done probably prices,
quality, etc., all favoring Virginia, Ken
lucky and Tennessee as a buying place
over the North. Now the question is,
will our farmers take advantage of their
location in time to direct the attention
Of buyers first to Tennessee? Much can
be gained and nothing can be lost by
prompt faction III this matter. If we
wait to watch the result of this trade with
the Western States, and after we see the
large amount of money annually paid
out to these breeders, which we most
certainly will, we viii then find it
much more difficult task to take the
trade away from the West than it will |
be to direct it at once to Tennessee as a
purchasing market. But In order to Of
fer than inducements to buy from us,
,ve must first have the stock with which