Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-30
sHEEp-sAISING IN GEORGIA
A Business That IS Yielding a Proai 10 rs
Followers "A Suggestion 10 tho
Georgia Farmers.

ton lripStOn News anu Nouficfl
Two cntcrprising New Norecrs, Mr.
G. y. Quick aud Mr. SprNCte. Learning
doubtless from the census that very few
sheep arr raised in amy Southern state
east pf the Mississippi river aud south
of Virginia and Kentucky, and learning
iurihCr. perhaps from tie experience OF
number of successful shepherds in
lCNas aud Flcridu, that the climate OF
this section oil ,ls no mndrGnce TO sheep
raising ou ANY scale, took IL into their
hcads that they could build up profit
able business 10y establishing sheep
farm convenient 20 sotnc large southern
city and supplying its market With
spring lambs and mutton. They Accord
mgly went from New York Co Georgia
In 1881 and bought land near Atlanta
and went to work TO carry out thor
plans.
Mt Quick has just written TO the At
lauia Constitution very interesting let
ter giving the results Of his experience
and observations The sheep industry,
snys hc. is not only valuable iu
itself ON account of the profits
60 I've derived FROM selling
lambs and mutton. but is also worthy ut
the attention oi southern farmers as %
means of retaining and raising TO fer
tillty comparatively wild aud worthless
land Within thirteen uilcs of Atlanta,
hc says. luO acres of guod land, with a
| railroad front, were sold luat week ut
50 "a ucrc. which would we'll hc worth
Dee could put shOCp On u; aud 10y way Of
supporting his view ui its potential value
hp adds thUt "a good farm M The blue
grass region of Kentucky Will cost from
| 500 20 5000 an acre, yet the land in
lleNulb county Un which Atlanta is
/ NWatcO can In i've years hc made
| chc9plN with sheep, equally productive
We need NOT give Mr. Quick's story iu
/ detail, and the friend, Mr. Sprugup, he
! says, have found it impossible ca
| raise sheep pruhtghly Whrr dogs are
| permitted TO KIN them at their pleasure.
I and, accordingly Nv Spmgue hes sold
| ms iarm aud returned TO the North, win
! his capital of 100000. aud MIR Quick
/ Is about To- follow his example both of
! them having been literally driven out
| of Georgia by dogs
! There Is probably moral In the story,
! somewhere. but we do not feel disposed
/ to look it up and try To- apply H. We
| huve simply repeated Mr. Quick's nara
| tive IN purt rs n matter Of current news,
| and for the sake of the melancholy Cyi.
! dcnCe 10 affords az To how strangely de.
| hcicut iu plain common sense our ucigh.
burs over 100 Gcorgia especially the tai,
mcrs ui the state are in respect ot some
! matters which mUsl nearly concern thOil
! own material welfare.
Aid these same Georgia farmers. ID
| may hc remarked. are foremost among
those who advocate the suhtrpusurN
scncmc. and free silver scheme. and
| Hnu-opiou acheme for the relief of tho
! impoverished aud dcprn. stsd agricultural
| industry of the South We suggest ID
Thorn In an kindness and good faith that
When they hold another Alliance con
! ycutiou. they organize free sheep unu
| aui-dOg scheme aud give IL % fair trin
for a few years, and see how that will
| work.
Seeds Tor farm, garden ANA ranch whole
sale and retail We carry the largest storl
| m the South,
Just received, new seed corn. onion sets
| artichokos. Bvuuy of Hebron NtW Yutl
! Rose ana Triumph potatoes
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