The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-25

BY 3plambs sold formuttona at
- each. So 90
By - native ewes sold for NUT
ton at s., 90 90
By manure from p sheep for
! years at - cents each per
annum, - 90
BY value Of flock of - Ewes.
: and blood. at 81 each. - 90
BY ! full blood Nerino Buck. 10 90
1888 90
You now have a fock Of %
Ewes, two-thirds Of them one-half
blood aud onc-third Of them three
fourths and Il fulI-blood Merino
Buck, to continue Your improve
ment. From this date on Your
blood and stock viii present marked
Improvement, and Will increase in
value year after year, until by the
eighth year from your commence
mcnt there will be scarcely IA per-
ceivable trace Of native blood to be
found in any individual instance
in YOUR flock. You may consider
YOUR flock as pure blood. and YOUR
fieeceS will be 50 classcd in market.
The calculation presented is bas-
ed upon the experience given by
practical sheep growers. Theprice
credited TO the mutton account is
below what it would be. and the
price Of s. each Of The ] and ; blood
ewes is below their value. but the
purpose OF the calculation being to
present the matter in aperfectly re-
liable basis, it was intended to make
it low. There is no estimate made
for losses by death. Instances may
occur, but the profit furnishes Il
margin to cover 1t. Suppose YOU
consider the debt and credit ac-
count a being equal. showing no
profit, YOU have at the end Of four
years your flock Of twenty-five sheep,
approaching purity in the best
blood. Of wool bearing sheep, known
in the world, and they have cost
you nothing.
This calculation not only SHOWS
how a farmer may obtain Il flock Of
any number Of full-blood sheep, but
shows that there is Il large per cent.
of profit in investing in sheep hus-
brndry. From the point where
this calculation stops, viz: at the
5Jh year from the commencement,
the profit will largely increase. The
full-blood Merino will yield five
pounds of wool. and it commands
the highest price IN the wool mar
ket.
The Commissioners Of Agriculture
fol- the State Of Georgia reports that
the average annual profit ON the
capital invested in sheep in that
State is So per cent. What other
investment approaches it:
The number Of acres of land re-
turned for taxation in Mecklenburg
county Is BIC, 900. Assuming that
the average size of farms in the
county Is $50 acres, there would be
1.240 farms in the county. If
each farm has Il flock Of p full
blood Merino Sheep upon it, (the
presence of which would not be
felt.) there would be $1,000 Sheep
in the county. which would bear +
pounds of full-blood Merino wool
each, worth 40 cent per pound,
and would furnish - per cent Of
their number by increase every
year for mutton, worth 81 each.
Now render calculate this and YOU
will find the annual income to the
county from cash sales of her wool
and mutton would be ST.. 900. and
besides the additional fertility of
the soil impaired by their manure.
would add largely to the value of
your land. This would be only one
sheep 10 10 acres Of land, and the
land o Mecklenburg would bear
the multiplication Of this number
or five times by giving neces-
3ary attention to the cultivation Of
grasses, without encumbering it,
md the fertility of the soil would
De proportiouably increased by their
presence.
You will observe. reader, the
omission of reference to the only
difficulty in the way Of accomplish
ne this grand addition to u
wealth and prosperity. 1t has been
present In your mind while reading
his communication. This IS de-
to show the people of Neck
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