The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-26
SHEEP RAISING
IN THE SOUTH.
Experience Of Farmers Show That It
is a Profitable Business.
IMPROVES EXHAUSTED LAND,
II is Surprising III lore Nirg mia aud
North Carolina Farmers Do Not
Engage in It-tiilc Results IN
the Cotton States.

The Land and Industrial Department of
the Southern railway IS organized for
the purpose of aiding IN the work OF
building up and developing the South. it
does great work in inducing and aiding
persons 20 locate all kinds of manuiac-
turing plants along The lines of the rail
way and in bringing in farmers ana other
! immigrants. The publications OF the le-
partmcnt arc sent far and wide TO cIu-
cate The outside people i'm regard 60 the
| wonderful resources awaiting develop
mcut iu our favored section Being chief
OF the department there are many ihmss
/ that come under my observation 900 whi %
! the people of the eight states traVersed
| hy the Southern railway are interested
! Among these may bc included the matter
of The raising of sheep 900 tlc south
| purins the past year TINS subject bias
been constantly before the department
! for our correspondence from the N0rth
and Northwest Is fuu of inquiries 500 zee
| gard to sheep raising iu the territory
along The Southern railway. There ls dn
! increasing Immigration southwark or
/ farmers who desire to make sheep rails
| ing a principal aim in farming. showing
! shat this business is au inviting one.
! Or this sheep industry induces men fo
/ immgrtto South to engage in it. 30
| strikes us that 30 surely must be hpo
! business for our native Southern farmers
/ FOB engage FOO Therefore We take fne
! liberty oi advising our farmers along tho
! Southern railway. who hato NOT engaged
/ iu this line o, farming. to do so as soon
/ as they possibly ctr. YLe raising ~
lambs for market is most prph 20
/ business. wife tte wool clip is "a cash
| rrop that certainly pays. Thus. even
! when these products have been 900 the
lowest market price. they arc a good in-
| lc-fmcut
| on 20 large scale BIAS just begun in me
| cotton States Tho feeding nj cotton
seed cake to sheep has only lately aron--
! ,d attention though there arc farmers
/ who have feed 10 for years Ili- matter
, 1f sreru raising in the cotton bolt no
/ doubt mefne eroar deal for 'N1t -'ci'n
of fho South igasmu~h as DO AFFORD inc
mcaus of improving t1o lands whi'n. 'a
| muuy Instances. havc heon run down nn-
| dor the srrfom of raising cotton af i1r
! ONO Cr1p Sheep firmiue wiN 100 r'eIf u
with tho much needed diversified I-rirul-
/ mro in place of the old ONE "ron $50
/ tom It will furnish healthy fresh moli
! fn the farmer with surplus %. lamn
for tho market. and wii give him an-
other money crop in tho yield of Wool
/ THUS the TWO great clothing crops can nc
/ grown side hy side. the wool AIDING l,
making the getting of more profit o"i ol
cotton q possibility
IMPROVES THE LAND
Improvement OF exhausted lfnd h'
| ,,i.i,o &c o-itlouf doubt 1000 an
sufficient reason why the southern FARMER
,ln,,lI or,,r. in This branch of farming
si'''' '.,. ,,.- ri,h r.n.-i or anr other
H. 30. ~ r..r,.,f,.o v,be, rounled wfth im-
rr',,.ine. thr land II is a,+o considered us
,,,.,'l,. ,o,l,or a. apnoars strange indeed
hat e,ery One of our farmers owning
from frtr to 70 hundred acres of IInf
,.,,tl r.., 49,. .r,is, Sheen A. ie stated 10y
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