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January 18, 1862
Columbia Democrat And Bloomsburg General Advertiser
Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Article advises Northern farmers to increase wool production by sparing sheep and lambs from slaughter, due to cotton shortages caused by Confederate policies reducing Southern cotton cultivation amid Civil War disruptions.
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Farmers Should Grow WOOL.—
Comparatively few realize the fact that the Northern States are now wholly deprived of their usual supplies of cotton, and to make calculations accordingly. A correspondent at Washington very properly remarks, that as the Congress of the Confederate States has formally recommended to the people of the South to devote less breadth of land to the culture of cotton than usual, and more to grains and grasses, so the necessities of the North, springing from the want of "cotton wool," suggest the pretermitting at this time of the usual slaughter of sheep and lambs, to the end that in future the wool crop may be large as possible.
Comparatively few realize the fact that the Northern States are now wholly deprived of their usual supplies of cotton, and to make calculations accordingly. A correspondent at Washington very properly remarks, that as the Congress of the Confederate States has formally recommended to the people of the South to devote less breadth of land to the culture of cotton than usual, and more to grains and grasses, so the necessities of the North, springing from the want of "cotton wool," suggest the pretermitting at this time of the usual slaughter of sheep and lambs, to the end that in future the wool crop may be large as possible.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Survival
What keywords are associated?
Cotton Shortage
Wool Production
Confederate Congress
Northern Farmers
Civil War Economy
Where did it happen?
Northern States
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Northern States
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Northern States face cotton shortages due to Confederate Congress recommending reduced cotton farming in the South; advises Northern farmers to halt sheep and lamb slaughter to boost future wool production.