The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23

ance thai would be justified II New
York City Stock yards were halt a
mile from the fam.
Where Association Comes In.
Here is where the association makes
the difference. Suppose a farmer
farmer at Fleetwood. in Ashe COUNTY
has a dozen lambs He cannot by
himself find a satisfactory market at
a price that corresponds with what
Baltimore or Philadelphia would pay.
He telephones to Mr.. Hamilton at
Beaver Creek that he has a dozen
lambs and wants to ship them. MI.
Hamilton tells him where the assoc
citation will load a car for Philadel-
phia. and INQUIRE as to the age and
weight Of the lambs. He places some
in one car and some in another to cor
respond with the weights and ages
in the car, and the bunch is loaded
out. They arrive at the stock yards.
and being graded they are a cnolce
shipment and bring prices TO nj the
choice stock. The sale is easy as sell
ing a dozen of eggs at the village
grocery and more satisfactory.
A check comes back, each farmer
gets his share, and the affair is wound
up in most m~ethodical style. The
wool clip is handled in the same way
The f1eeceS are received, graOeo,
weighed, forwarded in a big shipment,
and the best price is obtained.
Mr.. Curtis thinks that about fifty
or sixty sheep is the best number for
the average farm. Allowing a flock
that will bring fifty lambs a season
and figuring the selling price of the
lambs. at the average for last year
that would bring the farmer for his
fifty lambs 1888. to say nothing OF
the wool clip from his fifty or sixty
sheep, which should add another hun
dred at least. Say four hundred dol
lars from the flock for the season.
If a hundred farmers were to do a
mutton business of this size in each
county it would add forty thousand
a year to the cOunty'S income, an
amount that is always worth While,
especially when the benefit to the fer
tiIity Of the farm is considered and
the small cost of producing the NUT
ton and the WOOL.
The census shows that in ten years
the fiOcks of the New England and
Middle States declined about two mil
lion sheep. Ii the population of the
country remained stationery that
would permit North Carolina to in
crease it's fiocks by two nillions sheer
without affecting the markets. Ru1
population is increasing as the flock
decrease. The answer is that NORTH
Carolina will never have enough sheer
to make a mark on the market de
Utdilu. TIOl1 lulS l1ilIS On III AC
mand for mutton will not be satisfied
in the northern markets.
Sheep Will Thrive Here.
In years past North Carolina RAISED
!, more or less sheep. This was neve
a great wool state. Yet it was suffi
!, GENTLY given to sheep to know tina
! sheep can thrive in this mild climate
The troubles were tWofold. NOrtl
+ Carolina in the early day had no wa.
10 cc~f 800 70 -,o-lyAt ,~1 Tho ohon,
raised were nondescriptS that cOul'
not have made a place in market
s Half a dozen of the leading varietie
q are bred in forty different places il
n North Carolina. You can get tn
aristocrats Of fine wool. the Merino:
n from the McCrackens at Clyde, or tn
e Bellevue farm at Cranberry, or others
f Dorsets are raised by Pou at Elmwood
oxford by Kinyards at Ninety-si,
g SOuthdowns by Hargrove at Cantor
@ HampShireS by Sewer at ASheville
e and ShrOpshires by nearly a score Q
e breeders. for the Shropshires seem
the favOrite in this state. These me
d are laying the foundation for a ne'
d sheep industry. They are making
e mutton carcass that is capable {
holding it's own in the market, an
s which will give to North Carolina
IS reputation among buyers of supply
s ing something really worth while. J
e is no use to be deceived as to tn
d quality Of the old varieties of shee
e that roamed the ranges and fattene
% up in the class with the piney wOoC
IS COW and the razor back hog. Thu
d style of animal architecture has take
its place in history in North Carolin;
and the modern pattern is the sol
n that has fat on it's ribs.
20 The sheep breeders association
w raising lambs that will take on ffes
~ and grow to be something in TT
shortest possible time. These me
y. are practical. and they have organize
IL TO accomplish the certain purpose
y making North Carolina a muttC
. state. They will succeed just as Fl
II dS they can interest sufficient farme
= 10 make the proposition a big enOue
/ one to keep Worth Carolina lambs
{. the right kind in the market. IL tv
iS or three hundred farms can be VIZ
10 over into the association it will w
W out with speedy triumph. Tha MAJ
< farms viii see the example for othe
~ sufficiently to get the movement Star
ed all over the state. If the NOV
" ment can become large enough to D
= hlteen or twenty cars q year into ma
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