The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
For the FARMER AND MECHANIC.
Montpelier Agricultural Club.

a being Stock raising in general
sheep IIusbandry in particular"
l..f henderson said =
IL President and Gentlemen: VI :
l.'i IN suggesting this subject To the
. .,r consideration Was more for the
.rr, .,,e of gaining information on it
ll.' the hope of ImpartIng any, and
H.. mat the members have given it
anne thought and will express them
.l,.. fully but, sir, for he to say that
have not even read on it to some ex
-sr- you'd be for me to say what is not
,r4 Soon after the war, sir, two of
MT + others in-law, the late Col. Scales
..r. ". b. o.. Sneed, with myself,
T-.,.sed and made some effort to 20
INF. r. Not having the necessary CAPT
| .si .tr plan was to find some one who
~.u,I furnish the stock and divide the
rr,its. We, however, failed to find
he man who would do this, So had to
.paution 1t.
iIsI we taken the ADVICE given us by
Mr. Randall (Stock Editor of the Rural
I.r Iorker, who by tie by, is about
he best authority on stock and stock
ing In this country L believe that
= would have succeeded aud to-day
.t one oil Us would be liz a much bet
pecupiary condition. His advice to
sa, to use the native ewes with the
lroved backs, thereby improving and
rhnutlng AT the same time. | say
much that you may see Though
I've not practiced it, | have considered
Tie subject for soue time. La NY re-
.rat efforts, Mr. President, to inform
ng,eli on this subject, | came across an
lille in the Agricultural Report for
~ that is so applicable, SO exactly to
The point, so much better than IN
ding | can say, that If the club will
lear with NE, L will read an extract
pm ii, headed "Condition of Agricul-
me In the Cotton States. which Is by
CIV. Howard of Kingston, Georgia, and
would earnestly recommend the read
n- of the entire article 10 every mem
aer OF the club, being perfectly satisfied
that it will be appreciated and its en-
tie uruthlulncss admitted by every
nan in the South who has had anything
10 10 with farming inc the war, IRE
t.r to page 23I, Agricultural Report,
1874, beginning with NO maj in the
cotton belt should attempt seriously to
| lai>e either sheep or cattle without a
| shepherd &c, &C.
/ Now, Mr.. President, this is from a
man in Georgia, and Is there are some
I who may think that what will do In
Georgia will not do here, | will give the
ezperienee Of a gentleman 10 this coun-
h. In a conversation with him a short
tine since, | asked him if he would sell
he d few sheep. After telling me be
al none to spare, he urged it upon me
-peatedly to get them almost at any
st and 20 into the business; that he
new it to be a fact that it would pay
ON ms own experience; that he own
| a flock of about $50 which Melted
u more money than he made when
e worked 10 hands. making fiue cured
l4tco land L suppose he has good
44 for that purpOseI and hat he
l1l at any time put a lamb or mutton
ID his table at d less cost than his wife
Id 4 chicken from her own poultry
.ld. Now, sir, this of itself Is 10
4al matter, when in Baltimore il Is
s.-ng from 10! to l.! cents per r..
~. Roger Gregory * the gentleman IT,
zh9m | ailude-we all know him. But
'ttu1n to the extract [ have just
.@I, II Is plain TO me, and must be to
L. that this Mr.. Howard is not only "a
tactical tanner, but that he l. a MAJ
f. very iue sense, aid by reading his
6iTe article you will find that he has
-4fN = v-orx- ,b.,,,-R ,,l A,rtat,
Agu0s.s OF the disease that atficts
91theIu agriculture, and has afflicted
ever since the war; that he has pre-
|I0ed for 1t and followed the prescrip-
len which Is a system Of mixed farm
" with, | may say, stock raising as
+e base, aud 1t has cured him, and he
: 4" Very successful farmer. Now, sir,
We Will follow this prescription 1t will
ID NY opinion help us.
Vow, Mr. President, If Wa take Mr..
1'"ard as authority-and | presume
~'Ae oI Us are prepared TO contradict
~ atdIeiuent-then We must, a. q mat
Il u course, take what he says as
A19' Well, sir, in this article he
9lo'N not that the wool crop of the
2ulii can be made 10 equal or ven ex-
me cotton crop IN value. This
1- true ask IN all seriousness and
1-GI What then is to prevent this
.llhern country from becoming the
Ifle5I ana most prosperous country
earth. Whose fault Is it that it is
50 today? The answer must be
~guthern PEOPLE, apd they alone
: giver Of all good, Mr.. President,
80 blessed this land OF ours, and so
-:vl 1t to this particular branch of
,|uture that when We look around
"e uhd-I may almost say, every
lug required ready and waiting, eX
y the stock, and that may be had
Saply; Our native evergreens being
FIe shelter for most of our winters,
guf natural grasses, in many places,
sa Twelve months Of the year; SO We
T~ nothing to do, sir, but get the
aI ana place them In charge of a
shepherd whose wages will be the
esS' Item IN the bill of expenses, and
'e 10 doubt, sir, that We can take
Iohey necessary to make and cure
G'AS OIL tobacco that will hardly pay
sJ' muse expenses and buy a dinner, !
import as good an one as can be
among the high lands Of Scot
nNn dog, crook, and all complete.
~eWhere, Mr.. President, :. my
extensive classical researches,
written as In example under some
u ne Latin grammar, or inscribed
MOTTO on some college club pin, |
seen these words, Jesse guam
Ms. Ll.!o." Now, sir, i'll have my La
en-, 1t means, Il prefer to be than
,ig and the application | make
,nr. We are organized as an agri-
Eesrr club, have our President, Sec
reporter, &c; now, sir, say
Ie ali agricultural clnh ro,bar ,b.n