SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. 



Taking these averages as a test, it would appear that the difference 

 between the average products of the Southern States and New York is, in 

 some instances, in favor of the former. Kentucky in the middle, and Mis- 

 sissippi in the extreme South, exceed the average of New York. 



It is proper to say, however, that various local circumstances may have 

 effected these results, and that taking the average of a considerable num- 

 ber of counties, in the several States, would essentially vary them. Not- 

 withstanding this, the testimony which they offer is important, and be- 

 comes more so regarded in connection with another circumstance. The 

 comparative statistics of the extreme Southern States themselves show 

 that in a majority of cases their best products of wool come from then 

 Southern and warmer counties. 



Of the four counties in Louisiana, the product of which is given aboi?% 



