The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-24
F! Sheep Musbandry.

1t is useless to try to deceive anyone
with regard to the sheep which are gen.
orally slaughtered in the United States.
Such mutton would not sell ct sill in
England, and Americana are beginning
to find ont that they like the Common
grade Cotswolds of Ce:aGa much better
than Merino grades, and q great many
sheep pay the heasy taxes the United
States. put on the Canada live stock, hav-
Ing been purchased by New York agents
for the best first-class hotels, and also for
como of the private families on Fifth
avenue. .t1 t,.s
1t is not intended to run down NJ erinos,
for they are acclimated, aud will also
bear neglect and hard times. better than
other breeds, but it Is desired to recon-
mend the crossing of Merino ewes with
CotswoldB o. other rams of mutton breeds,
and go on breeding with thoroughbred
mutton rams which will then bring into
existencea q very fine quality of mutton
and good WOOL both Of which will be
salable in any market at top figures.
The expectation of beef and mutton
win do q great deal toward the improve
ment OF meat, and very soon the exhaus.
ted soils of the Eastern States will be
brought Up for sheepwalks, as also will
! oe the case, even 10 o greater extent, with
all the Southeastern States Capitalist
in fhig country sra extraordinarily ignn.
rant of the extensive field now opened
for speculation in real estate, or they
would take advantage OF the present op.
portunity to posSass themselves of the old
| cotton plantations, aud thereon grow
smutton and wool, for they could make
ten times more by wool than cotton, and
| getall the mutton as second and extra
| profit. ~. ne'7s3 f3r ~
I am positively certain, if had the
control of large tract Of land, that
ltwithnnt the aid of a SINGLE ghita man
and without any assistansein buying oil
| selling, c6uld stock these deserted plan.
Etations with sheep and put them in
charge Of Che negroes, 90 as TO have sheer
husbandry z geste5iished on 10000 acres
and in twenty years make more money
than A. II 9tapynrt Iacnh Aetnr end thl
Vanderbilts combined, for would OK
tend till millions would be made an
'nually. There would ba great ad1an
tage here over the English colony O
| Australia, yet their sheep are more nu
merous than in this much earlier settlet
country. ss a,aeg. a. f
Statistics have proved that in tn,
South during the last three years WOO
has paid go per cent. for growing, Will,
cotton has not paid moro than five Il
seven per cent, and then it must be 70
i iAAell - lee.Aa the cheer, hare bee. .:.a..see.
on such q poor, miserable system tha
double this amount of profit could b
made by an enlightened method of treat
ment, and mutton of the very best quail
ty cold annually, which would enhancl
| profits far beyond anything the presen
| Western sheep-owneEs have any idea of
mutton and wool would produce NOR
millions than cotton ever did.
a few days since Afr. w. Miller, O
i Uniontown, who keeps a pack OF fifteeI
4 hounds, captured an eArieEs Wild hog Il
Il the mountains of F'ayetto County. Th
lanimal not only has no nuficnIar ap
j geEdages, but no orihce in the head 20
4 the admisaion cgsopnd. IL also has bu
II one eye, which, however, 10 large enoug
III Tor tH,nA hein0 neariy- two inch a. In diarI