The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-11-13
SHEEP HUsBANDRY
ADVOCATED FOR s. C..


a profitable industry to the farmers
of the State was the statement today
by B. Harris, State commissioner of
Agriculture ,cimmerce and industries,
who has just returned from the
World Cotton Conference at New Or
leans and the Texas State Fair. Mr..
Harris, who has been raising livestock
for thirty-seven years, said thatsheep
can be made to combat the boil Wee
vii as an economic menace. He said
that sheep can be made to pay hun
dred fold in one year. The commits
sioner's statement follows in part:
Being interested in the sheep hus-
bandry l went over from the worlds
cotton conference to Dallas Texas,
to attend the Texas State Fair, Texas
being now one of the great sheep
growing States. The cattle and hog
industry has been pushed in South
Carolina, and very properly, by the
extension forces of the federal
Clemsn College, but sheep husbandry
seems to have no friends to espouse
its development. We have many
farms in South Carolina that ar not
adapted to cattle raising but would
be suitable for sheep raising success
fully and profiitably.
''If any one wishes to succeed and
make money in the livestock indus
try, first his farm must be suited for
he kind of livestock that the farm
can offer home to. Therefore
would advise any farmer to make in
vestigations before he invests in any
breed of livestock. Any farmer can
get this information if he will seek
it from a farmer who has a thorough
practical knowledge as to conditions
upon and surrounding his farm.
while in Dallas; Texas the other
day | was talking with banker who
has large flock of sheep and he said
that sheep, well cared for, would pay
100 per cent. per year on the invest
mcnt is correct, and | am going to
good farmer money to buy breeding
ewes for the purpose Of stocking his
his flock.
Lets see if the bankers state
mcnt is correct. am going to give "a
give Il concrete illustration of what
happened last year to Il farmer in
irp ,,.h.> Il
County, who said:
II bought a eve in August, 1918,
for Sc. She dropped lamb on Feb
ruary i5. On April lst | shcarcd
the eve and sold this wool for fifty
two cents a pound, or $3.50. On the
10Th of May the lamb weighed gross
Scvcnty-fve pounds and | sold it on
,hc Columbia market for seventeen
md a half cents, the carcass bringing
$l3.lS. Dcducting the cost of the
eve from the sale of the wool and the
sale of the lamb, the profit in nine
months was 1918 or lG3 per cent
And | yet have the eve"
'The Texas banker said his slogan
was Sheep on every farm My ex-
pcriencc with sheep has been similar
to his. Sheep eat many weeds and
,hubs that cattle or hogs will not
couch. There were about 500 sheep
exhibited at the Texas Fair
About all of the breeds were shown
rhc largest number were ShroDshres
and Hampshircs. There is very lit
tie difference i'm these two breeds,
they are a good combination sheep,
for wool and mutton.
'Now it does not take so much
money for a smoll farmer to start
into sheep husbandry and | would ad-
wise him to start on small scale
and grow into the knowledge of how
to take care of them. | know a
great many will raise the objection
that we cannot raise sheep, for the
dogs. | want to say right here that
If you never get any sheep, you will
never get any dog law. Get the
sheep and the dog law will follow in
Jhc course of natural events. The
sheep may be protected against dogs
the mean time, but sheep growing
would be so much more profitable if
the sheep did not have to be watched
against dogs.
"Now, as to the wool. You may
expect 1t always to bring a good price
for under boil wccvil conditions we
cannot raise cotton enough to clothe
the world and wool is the next most
available fabric 70 clothing and
sheep are good as IA means to com
bat the boil wcevl. Many thought
that the boil wcevil wouldn't come
but he's here, and he will be a bless