The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-09-26
Agriculture.


We have had considerable 10 say on.
time ard another on the effects oi food
and climate on The quality OF meat. Of
wool aud butter. Of tho favor Of meat And
butter - affected by the feed and a. well
OF the impcssibiliiy OF making the same
highly favored product There 10 much
more in this than The casual observer win
discover aud the closer ono observes the
more clearly will be sec that thoueh q
sheep may bcthe same on the southdowps
OF England a. on the rolling prsiries Of
Kansas and under similar care and hand.
ling. yet The flavor and quality OF the meat
81 one place will be very different from that
OF the other, and what Is true Of the mu,
ton Is equally true Of the Merino aud
other woods. 10 illustration OF this. take
the following from Prof. W. II. Brown. In
Home and farm;
There is great deal OF difference 10 the
climate Tor producing wool, Whatever ia
said to the contrary, This is demonsirst.
ei beyond the shadow OF doubt. Some
o. the New England mills pay a slightly
higher price for woods that come from
the region tina. embraces Southern Ohio
Western Pennsylvania aud a portion of
Western Virginia than any other part Of
the United States. There is texture 10
1t, slightly different feel, which manu-.
facturers understand. There is change
in the wool il shep are transported from
those regions to other portions OF the |
United States which are little drier.
whether 1t be directly due TO the influence |
OF the climate or indirectly due to the
breed. Oae OF the manufacturers Of Nav
England said he had been 10 the habit Of
buying wool Of certain farmer in South.
ern Ohio, As the farmers family grew
up and swarmed, one OF the sons went
into Kansas and carried with him a Dor
lion OF the flock Of the old farm. The mar
afacturer bought wool OF both father and
on, and gave me sample not merely
rom the same flock, but from the same
Individual sheep. taken two or three years
'pa,t. one when it was 40 inhabitsnt OF
Ohio. and one when il was an inhabitsn,
II pretty dry portion OF Kansas. They {
we're colored 10 the same dye. the same
nordsnt was used, the same vat, ard yet {
bere was big difference in the woods. A
gentleman Of large experience In Virginia
old me almost precisely the same kind OF
story. He himself had attempted The
rowing OF sheep with the purpose OF get
ing wool just as good in one region as be +.
lad got in another and failed.
There is considerable difference in the (,
uality of wool as produced in different (,
Inmates that is due to The climate itself,
irectly or indirectly, and the food that is c
reduced in that climate. 1t may be Q
rasher. there may be certain harsh ness a
bout it. aud 1t may not man ufacture quite a
8 well. Now, while sheep are long con.
10 ned to be bred in the poorer of these
Inmates, they deteriorate unless the blood
J kept good by an infus sion from the bet
Or regions. And that is what will give ]
ome regions perpetually an advantage in u
ertain kinds OF stock growing over Others; ;,
will always be to their profit to produce
nimals to go somewhere else, just exact
: the same as farmers living in one
,eior may grow seed grain used in ano.
lei.