12 INTRODUCTION. 



to be cited as authority for facts, where their modesty leads them to underrate theif 

 own comparative knowledg-e and experience I tender my thanks for theif 

 assistance. 



I have addressed the Letters to Col. R. F. W. ALLSTON, of Waccamaco Beach, 

 near Georgetown, South Carolina a gentleman to wliom I am indebted for much 

 valuable information on the subject of Southern Agriculture, and who has evei 

 evinced a most earnest desire to contribute to the improvement of that Agriculture. 



HENRY S. RANDALL. 



COSTTEISTS. 



LETTER I. EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON THE HEALTH AND WOOL-PRODUCING QUALITIES OF 

 SHEEP, 15 



LETTER II. EFFECT OF CLIMATE, (continued,) 23 



LETTER IIL ADAPTATION OF THE SOILS, HERBAGE, ETC., OF THE SOUTHERN STATES TO 

 SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 1. OF THE Low OR TIDE-WATER REGION, CO 



LETTER IV. THE ADAPTATION OF THE SOILS, HERBAGE, ETC., OF THE SOUTHERN 

 STATES TO SHEEP HUSBANDRY, (continued.) 2. OF THE MIDDLE OR HILLY ZONE. 

 3. Off THE MOUNTAIN REGION, 42 



LETTER V. PROFITS OF SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.!. DIRECT 

 PROFIT ON CAPITAL INVESTED, '. 52 



LETTER VI. PROFITS OF SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. 2. As THS 

 BASIS OF AMELIORATION IN NATURALLY STERILE AND WORN-OUT SOILS, 6S 



LETTER VII. PROFITS OF SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. 3. BY GIV- 

 ING TO SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE A MIXED AND CONVERTIBLE CHARACTER. 4. BY 

 FURNISHING THE RAW MATERIAL FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF DOMESTIC WOOLLENS,.. 78 



LETTER VIII. PROSPECTS OF THS WOOL MARKET FUTURE DEMAND AND SUPPLY, 9-4 



LETTER IX. PROSPECTS OF THE WOOL MABKET FUTURE DEMAND AND SUPPLY, 108 



LETTER X. BREEDS OF SHEEP IN THE UNITED STATES, 129 



LETTER XL THE MOST PROFITABLE BREED OF SHEEP FOR THE SOUTH PRINCIPLES 



OF BREEDING, 153 



LETTER XII. SUMMER MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP, 173 



LETTER XIIL WINTER MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP 197 



LETTER XIV. ANATOMY AND DISEASE OF SHEEP, 219 



LETTER XV. ANATOMY OF THE SHEEP, (continued.) DISEASES AND THEIR TREAT- 

 MENT, 234 



LETTER XVI. DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT, (continued,) 254 



LETTER XVIL SHEEP Does, WOOL DEPOTS, ETC., 278 



APPENDIX. 



SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN SOUTH CAROLINA , 297 



SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN TEXAS, 805 



SIIEEP RAISING IN TEXAS, 320 



