Show mise hse asb IN SEEP CONI since tha he perusal of the article on this sub ec as published in our last we have been teen advised more definitely as to the exact il num i um ber of cheap cheep brought in here herl eby by mr young which be he states at about four hundred and imported in the year instead d of 1849 if to produce disease among their sheep were the ambit ambition loh foh of cur wool growers a bocy or practice more directly designed dol doi gried tor or the attainment of that object could not readily be devised than that of closely folding hem them within the narrow confines of a worse than decent pl pigsty pig sty their lungs luns to be inflated by copious drafts from an atmosphere rendered pu rud nd rid bythe lebid arl ari sings tings from decomposing matter of any kind the well weil known disease producing tendency of all decaying refuse has prompted the tho en ac ment of laws lawa and ordinances to prevent L in all well weil well weil ordered communities blague 0 and pestilence have been the dreaded c consequents both to mankind and the lower orders of animals from inhaling petrified at biosphere mo sphere the question may arise as ab to what remedy c can in be applied to correct an evil vil of this character the practice it may be be urged in extenuation has obtained from the necessities of surrounding circumstances and the absence or scarcity of facilities ar material for providing more comfortable and commodious sheep cotes so far fkr aa the inclosure proper is concerned there may be and doubtless is some weight in the plea of non come actable lumber is exceedingly high priced and scarce besides in many parts of this territory and fence poles are almost so high that they can ot be reached except by the most expert daring and adventurous in bonaut 9 As to the confinement then ir in small ismall yards A ag is conceded that very plausible grounds exist lat aa as compulsory of the practice for the space of time during which folding C may be required we apprehend however that when this peva pepa has las terminated the excuse is 13 no longer valid as deither the total absence superabundant market supply of lumber or poles have much that is to us discernible nible to do with mith determining the hour of aun eun baing 0 or sun bun setting or the time I 1 in the morning at which the sheep shall be reprieved from f rom ihal fhate e can term only an incarceration nw naif if these dumb creatures so immured were vile and criminal if no other resource ce could aveille avail we should petition for an inter p of executive clemency in their behalf by which of coarse we should have them all turned loose instanter but seeing that they ahey are not even tainted with crime we must look for some other agency to effect the change desirable and for their comfort and health healthy y increase nothing I 1 short of imperative As a def defender anjer and pleader for suffering in no inocence cence to bring about some reform as a starting point in the herding and folding of sheep we will suggest first when it becomes necessary to enclose them let it be done at as late an hour in the evening as practicable and in the morning in orn turn them out upon the range b as early as the day dawn in order that they may have as much time for eating as possible and that tha their stay within the inclosure may not be prolonged more than may be required tor for actual safety second it if it was convenient that they could be securely guarded for the night in an extensive field where different ground would be successively occupied by them and where their droppings drippin als els would add richness to partially exhausted or resting soil the arrangement would be a profitable one third the keeping of large herds ot sheep cheep together is attended with many inconveniences though perhaps with some addan tanji b among which may be enumerated the diminished a L mini shed cost of herding it may also be politic in some instances instance ss to place in one mans care the sheep cheep of a single settlement a pan J an being already adopted in some come licali bei bev ysias e I 1 s abere evere yvere a faithful naan manan oan can be found a accustomed to the occupation of ofa a shepherd IV his undivided attention to them abil thia this experiment x tnt edt may nay be productive of f results for we doubt not that disasters have occurred e d to small herds of sheep as the of ignorance relative ve to td their proper management if it they are to be punished with I 1 imprisonment every night of their lives tn in a close hot offensive cell it mattefs matters I 1 very viry little MOO whether they are cared for by one i or fifty individuals I 1 the he evil remains as ag iff grava ted asi air before if they can be safety folded lot for the shortest practicable time in a wide held field wherein there will be ampie ample ulace space for frequent changes chango of bedroom bed room then the one experienced faithful shepherd it if he can I 1 I 1 render hidir it it sufficiently remunerative to him himself delf pelf lri iri 1 confer maer ma erfal erial fal lal benefit upon his neige 1 borst bord b by accepting the responsibility it if neither of the above conditions can be com corn I 1 I 1 pile piled with then by all mean means divide alvide the her hei herd anh and let each ach man rhan ca care r e f for or if IV oktis ok I fi p to BE CONTINUED COTTON CULTURE AND FREB LABOR I 1 the me editor of the san jose tribune Tr flunt iSune formerly a resident of western texas believes that california soil and climate and what is at the north termed 11 freil free labor in contradistinction to slave siave bervice service are adapted to the successful clil culture tura turi of cotton ile he thus speaks of the diffie difference rence between free and slave labor in la this branch of agriculture through a considerable district ot oj western texas settled bellied principally by germans Ger maps cotton la is extensively raised solely by free labor we f might rest the case here but the question arises why then is slave labor employed almost exclusively in the culture of cotton we answer simply because it is on handland han hand dand and not because 0 of f its peculiar adaptability jn in point of labor the culture of cotton ia is one of the ibe lightest and simplest of agricultural pursuits and adapted as it is to a temperate climate free labor can be applied with as certain success as in the production of the cereals it is the picking or harvesting which is the critical seaben season of the cotton crop asit as it comes to maturity as if by magic and must be picked instantly or it is liable to be beat out by winds or rain and consequently destroy ed it is not like corn which is gathered in the ear or wheat that thatis is mowed by b y machine boate it requires re plenty of nimble bands hands no matter how delicate so the number is sufficient itis it is like picking berries from a bush herein lies the virtue of slave labor in enabling the planter who has a large force of slaves la v es little iettie itt e and big to have bae hae several hundred acres in c cotton otton as be he has the force requisite at the moment it is required and Is not dependent upon free white labor walh could not be procured with certainty just at the particular seasons of planting and picking and would not be profitable at the usual prices of free labor or I 1 in the country to be kept on hand the year round so go that slave labor enables men 1 1 0 o have h ve laange large jarge plantations of cotton if these arge p plantations t eions were divided up into bui but small email 1 i farms cultivated bj by free labor almost as much muan cotton could coald he be produced besides bemid e other 0 th er products cotton lat has also been grown in 1111 iiii illinois 1 recently handsome samples of which have appeared in the new york market equalling in quality that of the middling mild ling upland Up from fr born north carolina and tennessee it is doing very well also in indiana where it is expected according to correspondents that enough will be raised to supply the whole state |