The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-12-21
WOOL AND MUTTON.
An Interesting Matter for Confederation
by Southern Farmers.

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by Southern Farmers.
/ have read again and again. with |
undated interest, the letter OF r. nj.
Bell in your September is issue NO
one can write with more authority on
the sheep. The high commission he
SO ably filed few years ago, OF in
vestigating the sheep business in the
south. under the auspices OF the de-
partment of the United States, gave
him an Incompatible opportunity TO
know the sheep situation in the sonth,
and it's immense possibilities; while
his thorough neg Laintance with the
northern eide of sheep raising gives
him oppo; tunities to draw COMPARE
sons, and institute forecasts beyond
any expert of our day.
/ am thoroughly satisfied with Mr..
Bells representation that some day,
ere long, we shall have new sheep
with best mutton and wool qualities.
If Mr.. Bell could be induced to move
south and go into the sheep business,
we should soon have such type.
There could hardly be devised bet.
ter scheme Of legitimate money-mak-
ing and a more beneficent innovation
than for n syndicate to buy large
: tract of land south, where there is per-
petual heritage, clear, perennial
: streams, and dry foot" for the
sheep, and put Mr.. Bell in charge OF
it. designate no area, although l
know several most eligible ones. Only
let one go far enough south for fields
ever green, and not too far. SO that
railroad rates should not be too much
to impair the profits of early lambs
and mutton.
Already the gulf coast, between New
Orleans and Mobile, Ala, has won FOL
it's wool most enviable reputation
the famous Lake" woods, practically
natural production. Again, Col
% Mark Cockerill took the premium 10
:. wool at the first Worlds fair, in Lon
s. don. from sheep raised in Madison
n county, Miss. At much later da,
Mr.. Scott Of I am right in my recol
N lections) exhibited wool in Bosto
lie finer than any that had ever been I'm
In ported there, which had been clippe'
rs from his sheep in Kentucky, from
a breed originated by himself. Nothin
ir more need be said on tae score G
X wool, SO far as the capability OF tn
country to produce it is concerned
s. And l have no trouble TO explain tn
or peculiar merits of the Lake" wool, |
a. the fact of a cross of the Spanish Nj
es rinos introduced away back undo
IS, Spanish administration with the nj
is tive sheep. That produced tyI
ut blending extreme fineness and sol
by ness of wool and remarkable healt
70 fulness Never feeding on grain, b'
succulent, nutritious heritage the yes
he round, there seems to be wool OF e.
ed tire evenness of quality, so differe
at tiated from a change of feed fro
nd grass to grain, ard vice versa.
gs A word as to quality OF southel
by mutton, and / will let one instan
rs. suffice, since all practical sheepm
a will deem it conclusive: About is
Try Col. Tom Dabney, of Kinds count
he Miss, told me that Gen. John
in Breckenridge, who had been his que
ur- told him that his mutton was quite
equal of any he had eaten in Ne
ard lucky. Col. Dabney's mutton
e either from thoroughbred or gra
ion Southdowns Il forget which now, af
ses such lapse of timel bred and rails
hat on his plantation in Mississippi
on much for the quality of southern WI
and mutton. M. 3. Hilliard, in Fla
Sec and Fireside.