SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON WOOL. 
“T. Fanning, President of Franklin College, Tenn., in 
replying, through the SovJhern Homestead^ to Mr. Cock- 
rill’s ‘challenge’ is regard to Saxon sheep says : — ‘The ef 
feet of a warm climate, is to thin out and shorten the fibre, 
and lighten the fleece, take the wool from the limfes and 
under portions of the body, and substitute rough and 
hairy locks, particularly about the hips, neck, etc. In 
higher latitudes, sheep are more compact and uniform in 
fleece over the whole body, and the yield is perhaps 
double the Southern flocks. As we approach the North 
Pole, in order to prevent the escape ef animal heat, the 
Almighty makes the fibre finer and astonishingly softens 
and thickens it over the body. This is exemplified in 
the animal creation. Even the wolf that is here a bristly 
beast, in the North is clothed with a fine, soft fur; and 
there is not a fur-producing animal whose fibre is not 
gner and softer to the touch in the North than in the 
South.' 
Editors Southern Cultivator— The above is an ex- 
tract from the Riiralist^ a valuable paper, published in 
Springfield, Ohio, 
I ask you, your readers and the balance of mankind, if 
“T. Fanning, President of Franklin College, Tenn.,” is 
right or wrong. His being “President of Franklin Col- 
lege, Tenn,,” of course gives him an importance before a 
•ertain people, but as President, D, D , and ‘V that,” 
gives a man no peculiar field privileges, I place no extra 
faith in fine wools deteriorating than if John Smith, J. P., 
had said it. We'plain farmers want to know how long 
“T. Fanning, President of Franklin College, Tenn.,” has 
been raising fine wool sheep in the South — whether he 
knows, from his own experienca, whether by good — or 
by management, good or bad, feeding or no feeding, that 
there is a falling off even in New England 1 Mr. Cockrell ; 
we know— he is an old shepherd— has been engaged in 
shearing fine wool sheep for 23 years to our certain 
knowledge. Mr, “T, Fanning, President of Franklin 
College, Tenn.,” fails in his illustrations, comparisons, 
&c., to convince one as sceptical as we are, especially 
when we find the fine wool sheep are originally from 
Spain, and, though taken to Saxony, Ncnth, and improved, 
yet taken to Australia, South, also improve, showing it 
was possible after all, that attention had something to do 
ia the matter. 
“Facts are stubborn things and should sheep deterior- 
ate, as “T. Fanning, President of Franklin College, 
Tenn ,” holds, Mr. Cockrill has imposed on his fellows 
and ought to be cashiered from the position (we think 
deservedly held) of head and shoulders above any of your 
little, one-horse Colleges. We have a sort of hydropho- 
bia dread of these schoolmen writing, and especially 
when they pitch in to climatic influences, we elders think, 
whether the writer be a Southern man with Northern 
principles or not. 
Why is it that there are sheep in the South that yield a 
larger fleece than some North, and command as high a 
price per pound 1 Suppose it be due to attention , what of 
if? How account for flocks in Vermont increasing over 
2 or 3 pounds per head in the hands of some men h Only 
attention and proper quantity and quality ot food. We 
read in the Homestead what “T. Fanning, President of 
Franklin College, Tenn.,” said, and did r.ot greatly ad- 
mire his matter and much less the spirit thereof We 
want light — facts — and if wre cannot grow wool in the 
South it should be known, and for one, we ourself would 
be thankful to any one, titled or not, to pul us in posses- 
sion of facts. It might be hinted at, that titles make fects 
no stronger. A South Carolinian. 
October, 1859. 
MAKE HOME BRIGHT AND PLEASANT, 
More than building showy mansions — 
More than dress and fine array — 
More than domes or lofty steeples — 
More than station, power and sway : 
Make your home both neat and tasteful, 
Bright and pleasant, always fair, 
Where each heart shall rest contented. 
Grateful for each beauty there. 
?Ylore than lofty, swelling titles — 
More than fashion’s luring glare— 
More than mammon’s gilded honors — 
More than thought can well compare : 
See that home is made attractive, 
By surroundings pure and bright, 
Trees arranged v/ith taste and order, 
Flowers with their sweet delight. 
Seek to make your Home most lovely, 
Let it be a smiling spot, 
’Where, in sweet contentment resting, 
Care and sorrow are forgot ; 
Where the flowers and trees are waving, 
Birds will sing their sweetest songs, 
Where the purest thoughts will linger, 
Confidence and love belongs. 
Make your Home a little Eden, 
Imitate her smiling bowers, 
Let a neat and simple cottage 
Stand among bright trees and flowers, 
There, what fragrance and what brightness, 
Will each blooming rose display ! 
There, a simple vine -clad arbor 
Brightens through each summer day. 
There, each heart will rest contented, 
Seldom wishing far to roam, 
Or, if roaming, still will cherish 
Mem’ries of that pleasant Home ; 
Such a Home makes man the better, 
Pure and lasting its control — 
Home, with pure and bright surroundings 
Leaves its impress on the soul. 
TJie Vintage of Ohio. — Mr, Longworth, the largest 
wine manufacturer in the country, says ; — “We may now- 
feel certain of a large crop of grapes, probably as large a 
yield as for the last thi'ee years. One reliable vintner, 
who, a few j»ears since, made 1000 gallons from a« acre, 
expects this fall to make 1200 gallons.” 
Ayi Old Hrnii-bearing Tree. — Jacob Ziegler, Eiq., 
plucked some apples from a tree which was planted by 
him in Hanover township, Adams county, eighty years 
ago. The tree is still vigorous and thrifty, bearing a large 
crop this season, Mr, Zeigler was a lad of eight years 
old when he planted the tree, and is now in his eighty- 
eigth year, being one of the oldest men living in the 
county. What an example is here presented to imitate. 
