The Southern herald., 1890-07-11
a Wool Growers Association.

pay? In answer | say yes, for the
following reasons: Thousands of
acres of our lands are beingcleared
and cultivated, SO much so that
cattle and hogs are fast becoming
an expense instead Of profitable.
It is a well known fact with those
who own sheep that they are harder
than any other stock, that they live
on less than other stock, that they
eat what cattle refuse to eat, that
they will thrive and fatten on grass
that is so short cattle cannot Craze
upon it; in fact they do we'll in
pine woods where cattle are now in
starving condition; that they are
a source Of profit from their fertil-
izers they leave upon our waste
lands, that it is evident to any OBJ
server that they soon will super
sede beef as an article of diet, and
with the late investigations in
science, which developes the fact
that cattle carry the germs Of many
diseases to which man is subjected
should he make beef an article OF
diet; we read Of tuberculous cattle,
cattle with pleuro pneumonia, tape
worms, ETC., doubtless should we
fail TO exterminate such diseases
among cattle, that mutton in few
years will be our chief meat diet.
The hog is subject to most fearful
entasia-the trichinae, that has
caused death to the human family
in thousands Of instances; thatth
is a never ceasing demand for wool,
and this demand will increase as
the population and factories in
crease. l might go on with reasons
why We should form a South Mis-
sissippi Wool Growers Association,
but with these reasons | will drop
this portion of the subject for the
present. Some may say l heartily
indorse your idea, but / see what !
think to be some insurmountable
obstacles to sheep and wool raising.
So do /, but must we sit idle and
not make every effort to use every
thing which God has placed at our
hands to profit by legitimately? ]
say no. The people are, through
the Grange and Farmers Alliance,
becoming organized, both white
and black races; and organization
means progress. The people are
becoming more unified. We see
this in questions Of moral, civil and
legal interest. Then why should
we be asleep to our financial welfare,
and that too after passing through
such financial crashes as we have
for the past 26 years.
hear some one say we can never
raise sheep where the census gives
from 3 to 4 dogs to every sheep.
That is so. But cannot that feature
be changed? You say every man
has the right to own as many dogs
as he pleases. Yes. You say that
whilst there is nothing 10 hunt in
the way of game, that every negro
on your place has one dog to the
head Of the family and every child
has one. This is about the case in
my community. And in reply, l
will state that some of my neigh
bors keep from 3 to 6 or s hounds
on their places to chase foxes and
sheep with. They will ask some
friend to poison their negroes dogs,
TO save them (the landlord) the ex-
pense Of buying corn to feed them,
fearing to poison them himself lest
the negro leaves his employ, and
at the same time keep a lot of
worthless hounds, feed them all
the year, just for the privilege of
chasing a fox through his negroes
cotton patch, leaving his fence
down, letting in the stock to de-
stroy the crop, knock out more cot
ton than the negro could pick up
in week, then abuse him for being
lazy and making nothing, kill his
neighbours sheep, and, when in full
knowledge of the facts, hold up his
hands in "holy horror" and say,
he never knew that dog tokillsheep.
All this dog luxury versus the
luxury and profit of raising sheep
and wool.
You say, we will have TO enact
laws to restrict our citizens from
owning so many dogs. Amen. Tax
all dogs over two to family So each.
Apply it to the school fund. Tax
the owner of every dog found kill