The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-26
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profitable industries, and why on
people neglect 50 lucrative business
is hard to account for. 1t is estimates
that sheep pay go per cent ON the in
vestment in Georgia, while we dom
think cotton pays five per cent.
There are thousands of acres in Mis-
sissippi, which are poorly adapted II
farming, could be made to pay by con
verting them into stock farms. Ran
kin and Madison counties are pecu
liarly adapted to the industry. Field
of rich Bermuda grass, cane, which
is green through the whole winter
fine water and plenty of wild clover
we can't see why our people neglect
sheep and devote all their attention
to cotton.
Wool is worth 40 and 80 cents pei
pound, while cotton is worth from
nine to ten cents; and we know that
a pound of wool can be produced just
as cheap as a pound of cotton, while
you have plenty of good mutton.
The New York Indicator takes a
very sensible view of this subject,
.,h;o,, ,ro ,ro+o on fo11ova.
"hioh VIC q"o0o "7 ioA'o"''
England and Wales contain $500
square miles, Ireland 3l,S74, and
Scotland 30,6S5; total 120,S79 square
mlle eso Inc oVaee t,o VI ie1"s o Jo Graaf
britain and Ireland produc very nearly
as much marketable wool as the
whole of the United States. With a
pfacIhlc;all un n;1a1o or aro o "ny r pew
ino we vnt are LARGE imnorters of for
eign wool, over 65,000,0 900 of pounds
having been imported oGri ndS 6 one 1 tho
go ye"r "1 " notwitb standinp that
there is heavy import duty. In view
of these facts, is it not little surpris-
ing that capltai docs hoG seen Io W. NOV y
Tho nro6nction ot wool seems to be a
yery important factor in national in
dependence; and in other countries,
Parlc9iapiy' ln @lfaT D nart Of meepiv
every farmer's business. The risks in
sheep-farming are few in immense
tracts OF TINS country, ana tne otisl-
f,ao5n rs ''' rom tho eXcnssva toll and
anxiety consequent upon other agri-
cultural pursuits. There is good
opening IN This dlfectioh'
There is strong probability that this
industry is to be more remunerative
:, a., f,,+,,ro +bo, n hoe boen baroto-
III 'A'' ~, '--''-- .Y, g.,
fore. Ihere are several reasohs lor
this. The liver TO" has swept away
hundreds of thousands of sheep in
E,,o.,o,a. +ho ,,rovo1onoa of war in
Eng i"iA'', 0iie ~ o''.0
Turkey, Persia, Russia and lndla mas
nut a stop to the raising of sheep in
those countries while great MANY of
l,o,,lIad+eh o s1,unbtor-
'ne sheep vi han'i ii'.' W NC 'i""
ed for mutton. Besides, the demand
for all wooden goods has increased
IN +bo Irritod Stotes durinu the last
~ Wv 1900. e.l- ,,+
elght months, at leasC IorIy per cei''
If it takes 65,O00,O00 pounds of for
eign wool to meet the demands OF this
o-7,4n, 49,, +ho sunn,,, amt off from
county, anu Vhe supply ooV VII r.0ii
that source, what are we to do. Such
figures certainly ought to stimulate
tho naonIa 70 embark more largely in
tbis b,,ainoss
Tho Nav Ernl,nd Farmer sovs.
Drrina +,o nost yoor +be wool man
facturers of the vicinity of Boston re-
quired for their wants $4,000, 600
pounus u oT wooI Ie IVA e ot h"I of do.
nestle nest wool which thew had on hand
on the first of January last, was the
smallest, with one exception, for the