CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

 LETTER OF HON. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, GEN. J. B. GORDON, 



AND OTHERS . . . 1 



TYPICAL SOUTHERN STATES. 



v 



CLIMATE 6 



HEALTH OF SHEEP AT THE SOUTH 7 



EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON THE WOOL-PRODUCING QUALITIES OF 



SHEEP 7 



THE CULTURE OF ELECTORAL SHEEP RECOMMENDED .... 13 



RESOURCES IN THE SOUTH FOR THE NUTRITION OF SHEEP . . 14 



THE GRASSES: BERMUDA, &c. 16 



FORAGE PLANTS ; ALFALFA, PEAS, TURNIPS, &c 20 



PRESENT CONDITION OF SOUTHERN SHEEP HUSBANDRY ... 23 



THE COURSE RECOMMENDED FOR THE SOUTH 29 



SHEEP FOR MIXED HUSBANDRY 31 



THE CULTURE OF LONG-WOOLED SHEEP AND OTHER LANIGEROUS 



ANIMALS 41 



KENTUCKY SHEEP 43 



THE ANGORA GOAT 51 



TEXAS. 



STATEMENTS OF MR. SHAEFFER 63 



ADVICE TO EMIGRANTS 73 



OBSTACLES TO SHEEP-GROWING IN TEXAS 75 



NUMBER OF SHEEP IN SOUTHERN STATES 77 



NUMBER OF SHEEP IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN STATES ... 78 



