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Kntcred as Second-Clasa Matter, .Tunc 26, 1879, at the Post 
Olllee at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 8, 1879. 
Published Weekly by The Rural Ihiblishlntt Co., 
.8.').'! W. noth St., New York. Price One Dollar a A'car. 
Voi. Lxxvir 
The Neglected Sheep Industry 
We Must Have More Wool and Mutton 
fio out of Aiiioricii, lu'vor to rotiini, for wool and sou in the ivorld why wo do not liave it. It doos 
shoddy. It also iuvolvos a shortage of luuttou and not pay. Aiuoricans are notorious for chasing dol- 
nie wearing of infiudor clothing. lar.s, and if there was as much money in sheep as in 
S CAKCIITV OF NEW YOKK SIIF.Fl*.—New York WHY A WOOl. SIlOK'l'AOF.—Next it is iiroper other animals, or as much as in dairying, Avheat, 
has less than a million sheei) on to ask why (host' hciicfits are not available now? potatoes or corn, sheep would he here in ahundance; 
acres, or hut one to t’O acres. Ohio has one to eight We have the territory, climate, and enough iidelli- .so, (hen, patriotism, prosperity ami common sense 
aert's and not half 
enough, and A't'W York 
is hotter adapted to 
sheei) than Ohio. New 
York should have one 
to every four aert's, at 
least 8,f)()0.t>(!0. and 
this statement applies 
to Fennsylvania, and 
all the States north of 
Tennessee and North 
Carolina, in their pro¬ 
portions. All these 
sheep could he here 
without interference 
with present Tiroduc- 
tions, imiu'oving the 
land, furnishing meat 
and growing wool. 
There are empires of 
brush and high lauds 
crying for them, ami 
mest of the fully im- 
liroved farms should 
have a few. or Hocks. 
Allowing $<> a head 
from wool and the 
same for fat cull ('W<'s, 
and wether lambs, 8,- 
000,000 she('i) in New 
York would aiinuall.v 
put .$90,000,0fKi ill cir¬ 
culation. This would 
help nearly every man, 
woman and child in 
the State. - 
WHO CF/rS WOOL 
MONF.Y?—d'here is a 
mistaken idea that 
sheep men only get 
benefits from wool. 
The farmers of all 
the.se States would g('t 
some good of this vast 
amount of money, and 
it would go out among 
the whole jM)])nhition. 
It would make a iier- 
jietual boom. Much of 
this territory named 
.should have one sh(>ep 
to four acres, hut all 
of it would carry one 
to eight protilahly, 
and there would not 
he many in sight. 
The writer always has 
mori' than one to tiie 
aert', and they are not 
crowded. This one to 
eight acres is a very 
moderate statenu'iit, 
and is there anyone 
who can give a valid reason why America should gence to do anything W(' wish to, ami sheep ar«' the 
not have a thriving sheej) industry, and grow a sur- (piietest, gentlest and most agreeable doim'stic aiii- 
plns from it? I refuse to recognize any argument, nials. Also, when labor has hei'ii scarce ami poor 
or sophistry and coniine tlie discussion to tin* simple they would have done away with a lot of it. Why 
(piestion, “Should America ])rodiiC(' wool for Amer- are they not here, bringing llu' above hi'iietits? 'riicre 
leans?” This is a (piestion involving billions of (-an la* no r(*a.son advanced why we .should not have 
'J'his (listhif/iiinilc<l loolcivp nciirccroir, -ivilh his four Utile friends, kepi the eroirs itiran from a hii/ eorn- 
field in Westchester Co., N. Y. It was responsible for 800 bushels of corn. Fi(j. 557 
ask why (h(*y do not 
pay. d’lu'y Avere here 
in ph'iity. Early set¬ 
tlers all k(*i)t them. 
New York and all 
l'last('rn States were 
full of them, and lines 
of Avagons, in season. 
Availed to unload Avool 
along the canahs, and 
at Avar(>hous(\s inland. 
The village mills got 
their supply, and there 
Avas a surjilus of avooI, 
even before the use of 
cotton became general. 
The w(*aring appan*! 
then Avas avooI and 
some linen, but now, 
Avith linen, cotton and 
silk, wool is a deficit, 
and .some are Avriting 
on the “end (rf the 
Avool era.” This is i>osi- 
1 ive evidence that avooI- 
growing does not pay 
on OIK* hand, and there 
is abundant evidence 
tliat the iirice of cloth¬ 
ing is too high, and tlio 
(pialit.v not substantial. 
There is not enough 
of our Avool to go 
round, and while all 
the people Avant it. 
(h(*.v buy anything the.v 
can get. The histoiT 
of the whole American 
Avool (piestion is one of 
shame, humiliation and 
disgrace. 
OH, THAT TAR¬ 
IFF!—The trouble be¬ 
gan Avith the tarilT. 
d’here was little in it 
for wool men, or an.v 
of the common p(*()ple, 
hut it furnislu'd a 
chance for statements, 
pro and con, to gain 
symiiathy and votes. 
The wool sub.lect sup¬ 
plied the easie.st appi'al 
to the pr(*.iu(lice of the 
l)(*opl(*, because wool- 
gr()W(*rs were not 
unit(*(l, and all hearers 
wore clothes. Ever.v 
charge that designing 
men could think of 
was blamed on the ra- 
))aclty of men who 
were (piietly caring for 
their sheep, hoping to get money to pay their .lum; 
tax('> and hu.v a few necessarms, and the people 
weiH* hi) 0 (lwink(*(l scandalousl.A’. The shades of mil¬ 
lions (if she(*p that dic'd from the result are no doubt 
hoveling about the demagogues who destro.A'ed them. 
M'hfU the salesmen of woolens used this same tariff 
dollars for circulation among ourselves, that now a thriving sheep industry, but there is the best rea- to cover their extortions. I have seen their state- 
