The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-04
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sheep husbandry to-day Offers our
Southland a great opportunity which
If embraced by her in all its fulness
will quickly lift our lands and people
TO the front rank with that occupied
by any other part of the nation'in
the great race of progressive indus
trial agriculture, upward to the
highest planes of intelligence and
most profitable human life.
This is not idle talk. The climate
and soils of the South T all that
can be asked for. The people (where
not debauched with alcohol and
it's attending nefarious State and
national excuses which make it an
embodiment of crime but little less
than hell, and which now threatens
us from all sides, otherwise) r ele-
CANT in sentiment, strong in battle
as we'll as noble of soul.
The day when industry 80 largely
depended upon the negro is passing
away and the higher plain of agri,
culture that is coming demands
higher attachments, physically, in
telleotually and scientifically. The
rising generations of the South T
naturally equal TO master the great
work and will do so eventually. How
rapidly they will accomplish this de-
ponds very much upon the encour-
agement extended 80 them by their
parents. Here is q small example of
what l mean. A short while ago 1
had a letter from a young man who
said: When I was twelve years old
my father had me buy three cheap
ewes and said if 1 would take pare of
them I might have half the wool and
increase. did and got them bred
TO extra rams. am now II years
old. My father died last year. This
year we sold one hundred dollars
worth of wool ard sheen and have
20 head left" What an industrial
business legacy the father gave the
boy in that, even small matter
have frequently said, but will
repeat il here: there is no GLASS of
domestic animals so we'll adapted
sail round to harmonious useful
ness with agriculture in all stages of
It's development as Is the sheep.
As the miner delves into the earth
and finds his vein of ore increasing
in richness more and more so is she
sheep business expansive in useful
ness, because it is found shat the
higher attainments in agriculture,
but serve TO call out better and more
profitable sheep husbsndry, oommen-
surate Herewith.
When viewed for a minute, is Ia
@ that Ii affords clothing for man
kind equal in it's varieties TO any
other garments.
As an animal food for man it is be-
lieved by the highest authorities that
none equals it and certainly no other
animal food surpasses is.
In the practical fertilization of
land, which is the most important
department. of agricultural economy
the sheep, as an agency, easily ranks
ga No. l."
These three leading orders of util-
ity in sheep as a combination cannot
be supplanted by any other animal,
neither can it's range of usefulness
be promoted so fully and with such
economy any other way than by
keeping sheep.
There is no locality where a diver
sihed agricultural industry will pros
per, in which sheep may not be kept
with eminent success. All that Is
necessary is TO secure the right kind
of sheep and adjust conditions prop
erly, that is, such as T scientifically
correct for that particular location;
then Climate, Soil and Products viii
do the rest.
SAMUEL ARCHER.
S~tatesville, Iredel Co, N. G..
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