St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-11-25
FARMER AND PLANTER

FARMER AND PLANTER
SHEEP ~ THE SOUTH.
Mach Interest AwakoooA d the 0uhlooo-
The DeooAe
The following letter Il 20 opport1ul
and pertinent to the case, and SO tersl
and perspicuous withal, that can moi
refrain from Offering it for publication
entire. only Withholding the name and
post ofice of its author. because d.
not feel warranted in giving them 9
rn9 LETTER.
Permit native OF middle virginia sssaa
ger 70 you. one who was in ante -bellum days
educated % Bethany college. now IN West VIZ
ginla. ana thereaftef for several yoaro formod
In Brooke county. II the ..eanhaadle. - nessly
engaged In raising Asrino sheep. % thank you
most sincerely for the kindly spirit In which
you have written a our dear south land In your
various ccsnmunloations which have boeo pub
fshed in Home and Farm Your afore.
said letters on sheep in the South "
nave been to me exceedingly interest.
ing. and have been read With . good
deal OF pleasure, a6ording much valuable In
formation on . subject of most vital Importance
to the south generally. Should your advtce Be
needed and followed up. sheep growing In the
near future will prove mine Of wealth % many
. Woodworking farmer In Dixie living upon
comparatively unproductive lands. Your let
tiers are abundant In facts, rich in thousht.
clear In logic. unanswersble In argument. and
ere doubtless regarded with almost universal
appreciation by . majority Of the southern
readers Of Home and Farm
In this section. Louisa. Va. lands ere very
cheap and generally held In large bodies and
are well adapsed - sheep husbaadsy. Farms
can b purchased Il many places u very near
the cost OF the buildings upon them. Our win.
tiers are usually mild. and sheep are often via
tered with hardly any dry feed. 4 near neigh
Dor Of mine has small dock Of thirty-ilve or
forty. which are graxed spring. summer and
fall upon the commons. In winter they are
kept In . fenced field near his residence without
any shelter and with lissle dry feed Of any kind
given them. For several yean past they have
paid him from LIS to t4.1B for their wool end
lamba They are the common native. lens-wool
stock. This il my second year on this farm
since my return to the Old Dominion 70 live and
TO dia Herds-Srass seems almost 70 b indig-
enous here. I am seeding down - fast -
possible in this gross for sheep husbandry-
that is. to grow wool aud lamhe. ! have now
ninety head. and intend next year. to send to
West Virginia for French Merino rama
Actual results Of sheep keeping in
the south have been solicited several
times by northern correspondents;
hence the item in relation to it BY this
able writer is timely and perti-
nent An annual average income
of four dollars . head for . series
Of years is an excellent showing for
Or native stock, suggeetin9
and warranting that . much greater
return could be had from some Of the
improved breeds. As this flock had
gratuitous pasturage most Of the year,
and were fed very little dry feed in
winter. the income they produced was
very nearly all profit This confirms
what have been saying all the time
about sheep in the south. When the
breeds shall be employed and
lambs grown in winter that income
will be doubled easily. Two of my
farmer neighbors In New York, who
raised lambs in the old way by having
hem drop in the spring and taking
no extra care of them, made an aver
lge income, one Of them Of e6.6s
md the other e6.7A: bat these were ON |
aigh-priced land, and probably their
net profit per head was not 20 much Is
hat Of the virginian. This emphasizes
he advice often given: go south,
voung sheep man" g. * FL
Our correspondent will do we'll to
reed up with French Merino rams
Rambonillsts). They are large and
full of wool, mutton and quality"
They are now taking the lead on the
western plains asan ''all-round" sheep.
Is pertinent to the profit Of sheep
in . certain section Of the |
outh, am pleased to add the follow
ng clipping from some paper which |
an not now identity to give deserved |
redit: : @ ~. - E -.
The highlands Of the southern Blue
(id1 <sHtSl occupy the corner Of the
BUR states-North Carolina, South Car.
lima, Tennessee and Georgia-are .
ypical sseeP country, having . mild
both IS to heat and cold, the
urest water flowing in the greatest
buntancA. Saxy, soil, absolute freedom
rom .&vDRHe, abundant feed, both Of
rass. aud wood range and at some
easons . gfeat supply Of mast from
he trees There is rarely any snow
D prevent feeding from the ground in
he winter, the soil and climate are
well adapted to the growth
all the grasses and grains, and from
,me years experience it has proved to
!. Stewart, who wrote the foregoing
ON North Carolina in . letter to the
ountry Gentleman, that . sheep nav
e reared to full growth for seventy
We cents. and wool may be grown for
n cents . pound, with equal profit to
rat in the north 1t three times this
rice.
Land is remarkably cheap. taxes are
Try light. and while the greater part
the region is not supplied with easy
by rail, yet wool may
. grown with at least equal facility
that afforded on the western plains.
he sheep now kept here are Of the
mmon native kind that have been 6
ossed to some extent with the South
WIN, and the crosses make good
eep Recently the Cheviot and the q
have been brought into the Z
untry and do remarkably WELL
ON Mr.. Stewards experience Of
me wears the Shropshire is the best q
re breed for improving the native 4
cis. Galen Wilson, in Home q
d Farm.
Mating . Farm Pro0tahlo.
have not found anything SO proflta-
. and safe on . stony farm near the :,
Y rs first-class butter COWS and the !.
of cream for sale daily. BY 5
iicioas management ~ much can be