12 IN rRODUCTION. 



V) be cited as authority for facts, where their modesty .eeds them to underrate theii 

 own comparative knowledge and experience — I tender my thanks for theil 

 assistance. 



I have addressed the Letters to Col. R. F. W. Ali.ston, of Waccamaco Bearh, 

 uear Georgetown, South Carolina — a gentleman to whom 1 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. 



CONTEXTS. 



T-HTTER I. — Effect of Climate ox the Health .\jfD WooL-rRODTJciNO Qualities of 

 Sheep, 15 



LETTER II.— Effect of Climate, (continued,) 23 



LETTER in. — Adaptation of the Soils, Herbag-e, etc., of the Soutiierj? States to 

 Sheep Husbandry. — 1. Or the Low or Tide-water Region, 30 



l.ZTTER IV. — The Adaptation of the Soils, Hkrbaoe, etc., of the Southern- 

 States TO Sheep Husbanjort, (continued.) — 2. Of the Middle or Hilly Zone. — 

 . 3. Of the Mountain Region, 42 



LETTER V. — Profits of Sheep Husbandry in the Southern States. — 1. Direct 

 Profit on Capital invested, .o2 



LETTER VI. — Profits of Sheep Husbandry in the Southern States.— 2. As the 

 Basis of Amelioration in naturally Sterile and Worn-out Soils, tJC 



LETTER VII. — PiiOFiTS of Sheep Husbandry i\ the Southern Statrs. — 3. By Giv- 

 ing to Southern Agriculture a Mixed and Convertible Character. — i. Bv 

 Furnishing the Raw Material for the M.\.nufacture of Domestic "Woollens,.. 7s 



LETTER VIII. — Prospects of the Wool Market — Future Demand and Supply, 94 



LETTER IX. — Prospects of the Wool Market — Future Demand and Supply, 108 



LETTER X. — Breeds of Sheep in the United States, 129 



LETTER XL — The Mo^ Profitable Breed of Sheep for the South — Pp.inciples 



of Breeding, H'-i 



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 op the Sheep, (continued.) — Diseases and tukir Treat- 

 ment, 234 



LETTER XVI. — Diseases and their Treatment, (continued,) 2.'>4 



LETTER XVIL— Sueep Dogs, Wool Depots, etc., 278 



APPENDIX. 



Sheep Husbant.ry in South Carolina : 297 



Sheep Husbandry in Texas, : 30.'> 



Sueep Raising in Texas, 320 



