1852 
THE CULTIVATOK 
283 
Mr. Campbell's French Merino Sheep. 
(See Cultivator for July, page 251.) 
Sheep and Wool in the United States. 
The superintendent of the census has furnished the 
National Intelligencer with the following tabular view of 
the number of sheep in each State and Territory in 1850-. 
as returned by the census taken in that year, and also 
the number of pounds of wool clipped in each State and 
Territory, according to the same returns. To this we 
have added a column showing the amount of wool per 
head, in pounds, ounces and hundredths of ounces in 
each state: 
Wool to each Sheep. 
States. 
Sheep. 
Lbs. of-wool. 
lbs 
!. OZ. 
Maine,... 
1,362,985 
3 
1.48 
New-Hampshire,., 
... 384,757 
1,108,476 
2 
14.80 
Vermont, ......... 
3,410.993 
3 
11.32 
Massachusetts,.... 
188,651 
585,136 
3 
1.60 
Rhode-Island,. 
.. 44,296 
120,692 
2 
11.20 
Connecticut,... 
497,451 
2 
13.76 
New-York,. . 
10,070,301 
2 
14.56 
New Jersey,. 
.. 160,488 
375,396 
2 
5.40 
Pennsylvania,. 
.. 1,822,357 
4,481,570 
2 
7.34 
Delaware,... 
27,503 
57,768 
2 
1.60 
Maryland,........ 
480,229 
2 
10.04 
Dist. of Col.,. 
150 
, 525 
3 
8.00 
Virginia, .. 
2,860,765 
2 
3.08 
N. Carolina,...... 
.. '595,219 
970,738 
1 
10.08 
S. Carolina,....... 
467,223 
1 
11.20 
Georgia,.. 
.. 560,435 
990,019 
1 
9.28 
Florida,.. 
23,311 
23,247 
-- 
15.95 
Alabama,.... ..., 
Mississippi,....... 
657,118 
1 
12.16 
559,619 
1 
13.28 
Louisiana,.... 
109,S97 
- 
15.94 
Texas,. 
131.384 
1 
5.12 
Arkansas,. .. 
182.595 
2 
0.01 
Tennessee,. 
Kentucky, . .... 
1,364.378 
1 
10.72 
2,283,685 
2 
2.16 
Ohio,.. 
10.111,288 
2 
8.96 
Michigan,........, 
2,043,283 
2 
11.68 
Indiana, ......... 
... 1,122,493 
2.610,287 
' 2 
3.60 
Illinois,.......... 
... 894,043 
2,150,113 
2 
6.48 
Missouri,......... 
756,399 
1,615,SOS 
2 
2.16 
Iowa,.....; 
373,898 
2 
7.84 
Wisconsin,... 
263.903 
2 
1.92 
California,. 
17,574 
5,420 
_ 
5.02 
Minnesota Ter.,.. 
80 
95 
1 
3.00 
Oregon do .. 
15,382 
29,686 
1 
14.88 
Utah do .. 
8,222 
2 
8.32 
New Mexico,.... 
... 377,271 
32,901 
- 
1.47 
Total, . 
21,571,306 
52,417,287 Average,.. .2 
6,86 
Ten Reasons for Under-draining. 
1. It prevents water which falls from resting on or 
near the surface, and renders the soil dry enough to be 
worked or plowed at all times. 
2. By rendering the soil porous or spongy, it takes in 
water without flooding in time of rain, and gives it off 
again gradually in time of drouth. 
3. By preventing adhesion and assisting pulverization, 
it allows the roots to pass freely through all parts of the 
soil. 
4. By facilitating the mixture of manure through the 
pulverized portions, it greatly Increases its value and 
effect. 
5. It allows water falling on the surface to pass down¬ 
ward, carrying with it any fertilizing substances, (as car¬ 
bonic acid and ammonia,) until they are arrested by the 
absorption of the soil. 
6. It abstracts in a similar manner the heat contained 
in falling rains, thus warming the soil, the water discharg¬ 
ed by drain-mouths being many degrees colder than ordi¬ 
nary rains. 
7. The increased porosity of the soil renders it a more 
perfect non-conductor of heat, and the roots of plants 
are less injured by freezing in winter. 
8. The same cause admits the entrance of air. facili¬ 
tating the decomposition of enriching portions of the 
soil. 
9. By admitting early plowing, crops may be sown 
early, and an increased amount reaped in consequence. 
10. It economizes labor, by allowing the work to goon 
at all times, without interruption from surplus water in 
spring, or from a hard baked soil in summer. 
-„.«M- 
Oil Cake.— Experiments prove that weight for weight, 
the cake which is left after the oil is pressed out of the 
linseed, is more fatting than the linseed itself. 
