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FROM THE AUROR A.
Merino Sheep.
to tiie editor of the aurora:
SIR,
You will I persuaded, ren
'er much service to the community by
opyinp- the enclosed article, respecting
•heep, from the “Select Review,” r•
ited by Mr. Mease, of this city.—
The perusal of this review of Mr.
Livingston’s valuable works, will no
doubt induce our manufacturers and
farmers to obtain and attentively read
he work itself; its orre and size are
uch, that it will not tax the purse or
time of the most humble favmer or
manufacturer, and yet its contents arr
so instructive as if well attended to, tc
enable men with small capitals to im*
^roye them at a rate far superior to
their present anticipations.
T cannot cloie without joining Dr.
Mea>*e in paying a just tribute of ap
plause to the legislature of New York,
for their efforts in favor of Manufic.
tures ; I wish I could say one word in
praise of our Ieginla.ur •, but I ana
shamed to be obliged to say, they do
not deserve it.
FRANKLIN.
FROM THE SELECT REVIEW,
7'o the patriotic mind, few sights arc
more gratifying, in n that of a man
highly respectable lor his learning, an,!
far the political services he hua render
ed to his c jury, dev » iog the Utter
part oi h's l feto the improvements oi
agricultural and. manufacturing inter
esr-i Such a character, is the authoi
of this work now under consideration,
and su h are the employments of hi*
ige. Mr. Livingston has presented
the public with a very valuable work,
on a subject but little attended to in the
United States ; and ivc entertain r.c
doubt, but that a just val >e will b
set upon his attempt to instruct ch: f ,r
ner and manufacturer, hosv to ;rear
the invaluable Merin •, and to prepare
uis U tece for manufacturing.
When Mr. I .Kingston was minister
of the United States, in France, he
sent over two pair ol the finest Meri
nos ho could find, which arrived i<i
safety in the spring of 1802. In 1806
he submitted to the society of Use
ful arts in New York, two essays oi
the subject of Merino 3heep. The)
were receiv *d, with a degree of a ten
i tion, which exceeded his hope —& th,
11,-gisla ure stepped forward and 3Ccon
i ded the ardor of the farmer by judici
I otis encouragements. “Finding him
(sell frequently culled upon forinforma
nnn an/I h#*innr lrvrr’tAitP ^ ^..^1
7 9 ..
cate all that his experience orenqui
ties ha 1 taught him upon the subject
as to keep alive the interest he har
happily excited in his fellow citizens
he believed that both might be effect
ed, by the publication of ali. tleyol
{ume, which should, in some sort, cum
I bine iidorma ion with amusement
j and, taken in connection wi h what hi
| Lari beloie written, .rerve as a kind o
[Shepherd’s Manual; and point out t<
I'he rich a id the poor, t r easiest mean
Ud conv-, ting th ir flocks into Meii
I nos : as well as the auvan age tit a
[would accrue both to themselves ant
their country by the change.”
Mr. I.ivingston first gives some ac
• count of the natural history of sheep
[and their varieties; which howevci
curious Sc entertaining, shall be passe;
Lover, for the purpose of dwelling 1 -ng
er upon the more practical parts. Up
ion the Merino he remarks that the raci
varies greatly in size and beauty, ii
different puns of Spain. It is co n
rronly rather smaller than the mid il
sized yheepof America. Castile am
Leon, have the largest, will, the fine-,
coat*, l'hoie of Soria arc small, witi
v ry fine wool. Those of Valcnei.
wh ch, like the las% do not travel, hay
fine wool, bat of very short siiple.—
lie ext l.iins the re ,son f<>r d< ivi.ng th
sheep Iroir, one patt of Spam to aw;
iber, v z. for the p -rpose of pfocuiin
rood and gives a short detail of th
Mtst.«, sn abominable assot i -tion, c'un
ios d o 1 rich «nd powerful person*, n
.oine monks, all proprieto s of docks
vhich, under the authority ofgover.i
(•tier,, inadci.iws, and decide J
ions, relative to pasturage and flocks
of sheep.*'
After giving an account of the in
troduction *of the Merino breed into
h ranee from Spatn; the establishment
of the national farm at Rambouillet; I
tnd taking a cursory’view of English !
sheep, he notices the longwoolled sheepj
of i\Tr. Cusfis of \ irpin:», and the
Smith’s island sheep of the same gen
tleman ; f and then proceeds to the
trfain subject of his w ork, p. G6. He
remarks, with great justice an I truth,
that “ the-Unired States of America ;
appear to possess advantages in the j
breeding of sheep, which are unequal
led by ibpsre of anv part of Europe
which l*e had seen.” These be enu- 1
merates and then observes, that the
first object of the farmer must be, to
adapt his breed to his soil and situa
tion. Thus, near Urge towns, flesh
i the object; on wet or marshv ground,
jwrith r'ch, luxuriant grass, large sheep, j
,bearing combing wool, should be pre- !
I ferred ; but fur every other kind of j
j pasture, u preference should be given'
to the Merino reed. From Prance
he says, the bist stock may be more
easily o taioed ; but probably, by this
time, Mr. Livingston has had occasi
on to change his opinion ; for if we
have been right'y informed, several
Merino sheep which were on hoard
one of our public vessels, and destin
'd for him, were seized, and detain
ed. It is now known too. that no Ale
r:no, upon nnv const Trution,is allow
ed to leave France, vvi -tout a \vritteu
permission from the e-np<-r r Napo
leon. I he diflicul v of oht daing this
amounts almost to a prohibitiou } and
this circums an~e shoti l te.ch tts to
pnze highly, the s od of Merinos,
which we already h^ve amony us.— j
3ut to return. Supposing the stock
to be Meriuo, “ rv. es three ) ears old,
carrying the shortc *t and thickest coat,
ire to be selected, with thedeasth'dr on
the hinder parts, and whose bellies
sre covered with wool. Next, provide
\ raw, possessing as much Meriuo blood
as you can afford t j purchase, broad
• n the chine and loins, deep in the car
afe straight, back, ribs stout, so as to
afford room for a large belly, well co- !
vered with wool, the forehead broad,
eyes lively, tcsriclrs large, and if cover- !
ed with wool, it will be an evidence of i
his taking after his sire. I.et him be
strong, close knit, anti act ve. If the !
wool be thick, clote and greasy, full of:
* oik, and the breast and io ns well co-|
vered with wool, you may rely upon
his goodness.
“ Supposing the ram to be half blood- j
ed, with the ewe deicibed, he wdl |
give one fourth breed la nbs, who will
■ carry at least one fourth more wool
■ than that of your stock, and this wool
will not be worth less than 56 cents
• per pound, as that of old ewes sold
at th rty seven cents. The quali y &
' quantity ox trie wool taken togetner,
, will -nearly double the value of your
.leeot's in the first generation. N w
, et us see at what expencc this advan-,
■ age i» purch sed. 1 he ra n nvay cost •
12 dollars. 1 h.c first year if well kcp,l
■ and not exhausted by two many ewes,
; rive pounds of wool wor h 1 d »lla per 1
: pound, as wool now sells ; ch ;rge his
I keeping at one d«>ll:*r and ti tv cents ;
> clear profit three doll irs and fifty cents;
» that is thir.y three per cent on his oi i
- gina! cost ; so that instead of paying j
t any thing tor a r^nt which shall double J
l the value o t you: flock, j ou h ivt put)
only twelve dollars to a more advanta
geous interest than any othir stock
wou'd have afforded. Suppose his O.
; riginal stock yielded h:m S6 pounds,
j [ fro,ii which must hr deducted toe keep
’ ing, w hich w d in the increase and
: * I he Independent American farmer
t will learn v/ith indignation, that the
- favored body were authoriz 'd to com*
- pd cultivators to leave a road through
1 their tilled lands, whatever the crop j
t might be,o! not less than ninety yards
i wide, lor the purpose of giving a free I
, passage t.» the immense vit-rin > flocks, I
e which travel se the cou dry in search of
- food i and that proprietors of land,
c when they sustained d »:nigr, gencral
- ly deemed it better t > submit «o loss,
j; than to apply for damages ; because, ■
e the expence of a suit would greatly
■xceed any compen ati >u tney mig it1
J .ecover.
* | For an account of these the ren
tcr n referred to ,ur« p t n*
phlet.
fineness of the wool, add, at least 60
dollars mofe to it. I hus lor twelve
dollars expended, he receives in eight
months, when his lambs come to be
shorn, thirty three additional dollars,
nnd two fleeces from his ram, worth
rtine dollars more, and this all clear
profit beyond the keeping of his sheep,
which the old fleeces would but just
have paid. But he should not stop
here. The above profit upon his flock,
after the first year, and the price of
his ram, which he should sell, enable
him to purchase a three-fourth ram,
say at twenty five dollars. Such a ram,
with his one fourth breed ewe$, will at
once give him a half blood flock, and
that without any expense ; because he
purchases him with the excess beyond
what his original flock would have riv
en him,” 6
This is a plain statement of very plain
facts ; and Mr. Livingston asks with
great reason , “ Is there any farmer so
blind to his interest as to breed any
longer the common sheep of the coun
try, when his flock may be s > easily
*nd so reasonably renovated ? The
intelligent American agriculturalists
will readily answer this question.”
Mr. Livingston has found one ram
mflicient lor sixty or seventy ewes,
and he has even known one to serve a
hundred ; but he thinks he v/as inju.
red by it, and conclud; s, that forty is»
t ie proper number. lie properly ad
vises the farmer to nrr v/.I.* f.-..
tvs ewes in the winter, during lambing,
and dUapprov s of the common prac
tice of permitting the sheep to run a
bout the barn door, as they will fre
quently be hurt by the ca»tle, and ti
'nid ewes be driven from their food ;
weathers should be kept bj* them
When his ewes appear to mite bag,
he feed3 them with the best hav, corn
stalks, turnips, cabbage or potatoes, Sc
once or twice in a day they may have
a handful of wet bran. This give*
them a flush of milk when the lambs
drop, for want of which many lambs arc
lost. When the s- ow lies if not too deep,
they should be led to water, and bush.,
es of pine, cedar or hemlock, given
them. Once a week salt should he
given them. When two weeks old,,
mark the lambs to show the degree of
hlood they possess to prevent any mi
take either in selling the la nbs or in
breeding from them. “ Should arytf'-.
deformed or la «e lambs be found
the flock, or any killed bv accident/
strip off the akin from such lamb and '
cover with it either a twin lamb or the
lamb ol a young ewe who doc3 notap
pear to be .1 good nurse, and shutting
up the ewe that has lost her lamb,
she will generally take it as her own.
Should she refuse she must be held
for a day or two, when she will adopt
it. h>irly lambs are to have fine hay
and bran, or any succulent food. In
A;>ril or May when the sheep refuse
ha , owing to their tasting grass, po
t if.UO f ■. . * 1 _
-—, - —*"'**h>' L , iui ii i ^ j |jaia»
n ps and carrots are to be given, or
the second growth clover which had
been left uneaten the preceding year ;
or, Still belter, they may be turned ir»
on rye sown for the purpose earl / with
a double porti in of seed. I n the sum
mer, horses a d sheep will feed toge
t e , but not homed cattle. Mr. L v;ng
ston notices the prejudice of the peo
ple of Europe, except England and
Holland, re pecting the inju iouseff.-ct*
arising to sheep, from teeding while
the dew is on the grass, and justly at
tributes the opinion to the shepherds
who wished to abridge their labor as
much as possible, l>y keeping up the
beep until the dew was sublimed. In
England, he remarks, sheep, are out
ni'fjht and day. In A merica, i icy feed
with mo3t avidity when the dew is on
the grass.
Mr. Livingston objects to the prac
tice of washing Merino sheep before
shearing. I he fleeces are so thick as
to render it impossible to cleanse firm
on the sheep’s back. Colds arid fatal
p r gi -*gs are often produced oy the prac
tice. S easing is to be performed in
warm and settled u’eather. As Mari
nos never shed their w'ool, like all o
tber sheep, the tarm-T is not compelled
to shear at an inconvenient seas mi. In
preparing wool for spinning, the vin
ous sorts are t-» he kept sep rale ; an i
they should not he kept long on hand
without Warning, as it n UuoL to apod.
Numerous other remarks are mad-r ;u
shearing ; a id u.i cirou.uitan e* iy
to ati-ct tne health of t,lc jh-.p, vr c^s