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APPENDIX. 



SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN NORTH CAROLINA. 



THE developments of science and practical experience have revolu- 

 tionized public opinion on many important subjects during the present 

 generation. Man's cupidity, as well as necessity, has urged him to 

 important changes of sentiment, or, more properly speaking, has in- 

 duced him to develop to our intelligence many errors under which our 

 fathers labored, and has opened doors to new enterprises, through 

 which the progress of this age has advanced his material prosperity far 

 beyond any period in his history. This progress is not destined to be 

 stayed ; but, on the contrary, as, step by step, new developments are 

 unfolded, new fields will be presented for exploration, and new enter- 

 prises opened for the employment of his energies. Looking back from 

 the threshold of the last quarter of the nineteenth century to its com- 

 mencement, we perceive that more has been accomplished, in scientific 

 and practical development, than is recorded in the history of combined 

 centuries of man's preceding existence ; and yet all that he has done 

 has been simply to develop and turn to his use the blessings given by 

 his Creator in the beginning. 



During this period, cotton has been introduced into the Southern 

 States of our Union, and become their great staple, and made one of 

 the leading productions of our country ; and, entering largely into the 

 channels of commerce, has contributed no small share in building up 

 that interest. The labor system of the South favored its cultivation, 

 while the soil and climate suited its growth and development. The 

 profit attending its production induced its cultivation in States too far 

 north of the line of latitude suiting the tender nature of the plant to 

 render it a reliable and remunerative staple to the planter. The recent 

 change of labor in the Southern States renders it important that those 

 more northern States which border on the cotton belt should turn 

 their attention to productions that promise better remuneration. 



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