The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-01-10 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS.

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PISING °MAsuspendedTlONS, where suspended the l
conclude on leas and other arable land intended fir
0411.1110011 a. the thaw 0313383 : and the sooner the
iirtials for turnips end other trootcrotss are finished the better,
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t,, cci the Imul turned op to the weather:
FII bro-c—The hoarier weights we now drafted not sent l
lii the shambles, but some keep on for spring growth. In this '
Isttcr rr3. life Mfg requires to be taken, more especially should '
iri.” anther continue, otherwise bones may grow faster than '
flesh. so that the animals will have either to be mold half fat, at '
.15,doeed price per stone, or else have to be kept on awl
fattened out on the grass. Per contra, 11 an extra allowance of
rate and 33.111 Is given, to force on the fattening process, equal
van is mammy to avoid inflammatory attacks in changeable
weather, so that when the thaw comes less cake and corn
.houkt be given.
Sneer, attend to. The lemon, so far as gone has been more
than usually trying for sheep bards in turnip fields South
and North, and the future does not prolate, much relaxation
of labour; Whether folded or housed in pens, or grazing in
the pastures, flo:Iva continue to require special attention, more
especially our improved breed; whose age sad constitutions
uc less•ble to stand the trying peculiarities of the mason than
cider end hardier &beep. In the field dry frosty weather will
not hurt them, but an extra consumption of food is required to
keep up animal heat. :Frown turnips are Jejunum, and
rotten roote and tops when the thaw comes will lie corm.
Turnipa therefore should be stored and cleansed before they
an pot through the turnip-cutter, Mid no more should be given
at 3 time than is [cleanly eaten up, otherwise slut is left will
Omar, and so on. Sudden changes from frost to wet, when
the Iteme gets wetted through to the skin, du immense harm,
and therefore when thus overtaken the shepherd should keep
hi. Sock moving about until the wool becomes dry next the
akin, :more especially individual sheep manifesting • staving
disposition to Hoedown, or stand with their backs up. And
thnapplies to sheep both in the ifold and in the pestures. so
that in the event of la "wet thaw," which is often attended
sub • return of frost at night, shepherds should be watchfully
attentive. In all came the flock should have hovels to go under
in bad weather. Indeed, fatting sheep and breeding flisilis elm
mould be hernial in troomv hovels subdivided into pen.. with
IA more than five sheep in each, m as to enable the shepherd
1., draft in the best manner for feeding and rest. Small hovels
a itli open yards in front, on the Scotch " hammer principle,
are objectionable for either fatting store or in-lamb ewe flocks,
as many sheep are liable to lie downloutaide in stormy weather.
rather than breathe the confined and polluted Mr within, and
thus suffer harm. 'Thus housed and fed in subdivided hovels,
on the principle ci4 cattle-boxes, with plentry of breathing room,
fatting and store sheep would be less subject to inflammatory
attacks, and breeding ewes to fewer calainitiee at lambing time.
In the open air &beepers instincUvely led to Nock and lie 11.,W11
close together, the air being free above; they are naturally the
3113116 when housed, but the atmosphere being confined above,
it should not be permitted. This year, owing to the absence of
dried herbage in the peetures, and deficiency of roots, an extra
iantity of dry fond, hay, and corn will be required. In Ifigh•
icid sheepwalks rams are now taken from ewm timed to lamb
C•.iit the beginning of JIM..