The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-16

gard to holding q National Sheep Ezbi6i.
ton. We notice that two prominent
wool growers from Washington county,
Pa, we've present The dlascussion took
"a vide range and finally turned upon the
general proatableness Of tho buEigess
~ compared with other farming.
II seems that one Of the great
drawbacks to the business is the lack
OF protection in many Of the States against
dogs. This Is onsgreatdnwback in West
Virginia. As Uncle Billy Brown said
sometime ago, II Is dogs versus sheep in
many Of the counties, and until the peo-
pie are educated up to the point Of reallE'
ing that II Is more profitable to have the
mountain lands Of the State oyerrun with
sheep in preference to dogs, we will never
advance much beyond our present con.
dition.
But to come back TO the meetingat Phil.
adelphIa, we quote for the peruSal Of our
readers the following extract from the
proceedings:
Mr.. John Mcdowell, OF Washington
county, said at a meeting OF the State Fair
at Harrisburg in June last, he was deleGat-
ed TO correspond with the different produ.
Gers throughout the country 10 consider
the ad~visa6ility Of holding q national ex.
hibition OF sheep. He had received let
ters from seyenty.fYe, from different sec
tons OF the country, all OF them laVoring
the enterprise, but alloi them asked for q lit
tie more time to get ready. The exhibit
ton OF sheep at the Centennial EXhiDl'
ton was not what II should have been.
The progress that has been made With re-
gard 10 the different varieties Of sheep was
almost miraculous, yet we have not arriY'
ed at perfection.
Mr.. Archer was called on BY the Prsst-
dent to speak in regard to the ~indiSposl'
ton OF farmers to engage more largely in
the raising Of sheep, and how TO overcome
this difficulty: ave have the ability"
said the President, Mr.. George Shey, ito
produce wool In defiance Of the opposition
OF the entire world. In Washington coun-
ty the farmersth that went into wool growing
enriched themselves in excess Of all those
who devoted themselves to raising grain.
l want to know why, when it Is SO easy to
enrich ourselves at 90 small 0 cost, Il is not
more largely taken advantage OlY'
Mr.. Archer replied that he supposed
the reason why the business was not more
largely engaged in, and why In fact 1t had
decreased so largely within the last forty
or fifty years, was because OF the want OF
protection on the part of State Legtsla'
lures. In six or seven years from this
time, II there was protection guaranteed
by the Legislature, no thought there
would be 3,0O0,000 or 4,00O,01Q more
sheep in this State alone. Mr.. Archer adj
vocated holding a National Sheep Show
in the Centennial building. and spreading
out the prizes so as to cover every variety
Of sheep. This would interest all the
breeders. He thought ayear's time should
be devoted to preparing forthe exhibition.
Mr.. John o. Morris remarked on the
superiority OF the wool exhibited at the
present State Fair over that raised thirty
or forty years ago.
At the conclusion OF the meeting q com.
mittee, consisting Of Messrs. John Nc
Dowell, D. II. Branson and John G. Nor
ris, was appointed to devisS the best
means OF holding a national sheep exhibit
finO