The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-20
TOPICS FOR THE FARM.

Importance Of Wool.-The import
ance of wool as a source of natural
wealth is shown by its effect on the in
crease of population and wealth where
sheepare m~ostraised. Roubaix, France,
rose from a population of 5000 souls,
and a mandatory of 5000 pieces, to
$4,000 people and 100000 pieces.
Rheims began in 1901 the manufacture
of merine, and in 1862 had 55, 900 work
men running 10000 spindles, and 49,
900 hand-looms annually producing 3d.
900, 900 francs worth of cloth. Bour-
deaux, from a small village, has grown
to be a great city, and sends out annu-
ally 100000 pieces of cap cloth. Elbeuf,
also, once a small hamlet, now has a.
600 workmen employed. Verviers, Bel
GUM, from 5000 people has grown to
40, 900 by the manufacture of cloth.
In 1864 she sent out 20, 000, 900 francs
worth. West Riding, of Yorkshire,
England, from So, 900 souls, has increased
to 1876, 900; Halifax, from $4,000 to
10000; Huddersield, from $4,000 to
5000; Leeds, from $1,000 to 152, 900;
Bradford, from 1900 to 100000. 1t
is in Bradford that the great English
worsted works are located.
"No guarded Colchis gave admiring Greece
So rich a treasure in its golden fleece"
Sheep will grow almost anywhere, as
is evidenced by the fact that, in 1870,
the following countries raised and ex-
ported wool to the United States alone
ENGLAND, Scotland, Dominion of Canada,
West Indies, British Africa, British
East Indies, Australia, Cuba, France,
Brazil, China, Argentine Republic,
Dutch West Indies, Guiana, Mexico,
Italy, Venezuela, United States of Co
lnmbia, Uruguay, Russia on the Black
Sea, Chill, Denmark, Danish West In.
dies, Austria, and Turkey. These coun'
tries embrace almost every climate on
the globe, and the sheep is indeed a rare
animal to adapt itself SO readily to ali
circumstances. The finest merino WOO
is grown in Spain, France, Algeria, Cape
Colony on the La Plata, andinA Australia
The best climate for sheep is high dry
lands, where little rain falls, and gen
orally the higher the lands, the rare
the air, and the dryer the climate, the
better will sheep thrive. In Asia sheer
are grazed fifteen thousand feet above
the level of the sea- but while this il
true, we must not forget that they alst
range in Holland below the level Of tn,
sea. / am told, however, none of tn,
diseases, such as dry rot, balling, scab
and foot rot, SO common in How countries
prevail in the high ATTITUDES.
The principal advantage of sheep Liant
is in the fact it will raise sheep when j
will not produce cereals or roots. TIL
, ~colonists in the interior of africa, whel
they found they could not farm, turne'
their attention to wool growing, an
E became thriving communities. The higl
+ and dry plains of South America, wher
: little rain falls for ten months in a veal
exports 100, 900, 900 pounds of wool ar
. nually. 1t is there the celebrate
"Mestiza" is grown, from which tn
finest cloth is made, and so great is tn
demand for it, that net ever one
e twentieth of what is needed is yet pre-
|. duced. The whole of the interior Q
! Australia is a high table land, wher
o little rain falls, and from thence come
the fine fiber merino wool, from whic
French broadcloths and French merino
# are manufactured. New Zealand, niue
E the same as Australia, gives us the d,
laine woods. The lower the lands an
coarser the heritage, the coarser til
woods; and the higher the soil and th
e finer the grass, the finer are the fleece