The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-01

coming MI ,rt n..l result 'u -t,tt COOL
tlc IA ~ -herI-at.~ b.nd.N CIR, a.
lar. m5ra, ~ loo questions. relat.ns
h D.>tr hut "a =. Brve l. Pa
tGre. Feeding, IAmh~ ,ui Nj
ton pr4uiuct on, Wool. >lrarug .
~, 'Irudvi .. Brrrdu. ul
Il, ,~t.,iuc-, were sent out H. ~hc, i
g.t.s" Il cN..A county i'll rs, United
>ta a.. IA order L. get information wil.eh
Was impossible IS. Tie mm,rttur> To-
Obtain u the Inn ted tan all Ned them.
These returns have been carefully tabu-
i.tt,d. Jud the facts Il tel Nill maxi, .ug
interesting report,
MIIn fA~IUE.NGF
HE n>e>ti at.nn shows tllt lh,rt !,
Al immense arrest .. IN ultNQ5rd l.sd
dpon most 81 Which there !, a vigorous
-rpAt Ia ui Wild summer grasses. not u
the hl-i TT nutrit.yc values. il j. true.
+ yet eapa lie OF sustain M millions OF
sheep ana pradu iu- millions 81 annual
.eNcnue. Mas H. all iil,r,u deductions
Z fos ult.latcd lands. water ~. &. tine
m iltita'rd will rra an aggregate 81
more than aou uoo. .Ogu acres. This !
an area equal Fran and pr >~d
together " tn a better climate and IN. II.
fertile soil. reducing gra~NcN that AZ,
unused >ullic cat - produce more than
all the WOODS t.Et \ nrlc cunr wear
North Carolina itt> total area ~
about 35.OuO,ooO acres, and according to
the census returns less than one third OF
this vast domain il Improved or cult
waited, leaving 9o.o0p.O0O acres or more
uncultiyated which. after maxim. MI
proper allowances, i capable ol pro-
ducmg grass enough To sustain through
the summer al least 7.OOO. 600 sheep and
3,oOo,oo during the winter, whereas We
have less than half million,
WINTER FEEDING.
The investigation shows that in North
Clrolina the average is three and a halt
months, but this does not mean that the
| same provision is necessary a. III the
North, but simply provision for winter
| grazing upon wheat. rye, or oats, or Il
little corn fodder, and in lambing time
a little corn or peas. Cotton seed is
also used To some extent. and Mr. John
| L Wigtall. of Wilkes Ga. claims that
China berries, the fruit of the China
tree. Is equal i'll value to corn for feed
me- sheep IN winter.
CASUALTIES.
| The percentage OF loss Of sheep BY
| disease. dogs. and stress of weather. is
| large enough i'll all wool-growing coun-
tries to reduce materially the possible
profits of sheep husbandry. There is
probably no obstacle to the rapid cx-
tension of this industry 50 serious a. the
/ IRIS 81 pt lnSS Nv InyS Il. ,..,rl,-
verSal, and everywhere deprecated BY
wool growers.
| Legislatures have been appealed to in
vain. and III an instance or two of re-
strction of the evil by taxation, coward
| " legislators have yielded To the howl
OF popular clamor for repeal
| There are 2.1uo counties in the
| United Statca, In about one third Of
these the ''ca .ualtioo' have been tailed
| As they are embra, cd in States in diff
/ ferent parts of the Union it is fair to
suppose that they are but representa-
tives OF the other two thirds I'm the
! so counties Tailed, only five lave no
sheep. and Of the SIS reporting sheep
Duty c,9at horc hu.i none kiHcd by dogs:
1 Slj III which sheep are raised Su1 have
! lost more or less bv worthless ctr.
/ The tahulalion shows that three per
ecIi al tie whole number have been
! led hy Go-., tour and two-tenths Ier
/ It disease and two and siN-.cuths
/ ~tr,>s OF weather. The percentage
/ loss by dogs i much larger in the
Out, cln tl.an the Northern or Western
! ta.c~. Alabama is the largest. Lci"L
! II cr cent; Michigan til, smallest
>cEch-tcnt"> of one Ter cent. Thirty
/ Per cent. OF the loss by the three cause
nol.t.oncd is by dogs. and will aggre-
ate over 900. 900 in the United Stato>
i VI - each we have the sum of $2.ooo.-
600. and allowing that they would shear
! lt>. Of WOOL each, ut the average price
would be 500. 600. making in AL -
10000 loss to the country. and III OF
account of dogs. Let us have reform.