Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-16

A 49,
'd ., couaituse a capital Oft the ara COM
Il the American Shepherds fustcrp-
ag G., fhares therein, at oae Spaniih dol
s aa' . : payable at the time Of iubicrip-
=, Or on demand is proPotsd.
w., Nv aarc, commonwealth, perion,
.n,r r fociety, church, or body po-
?;;s' may fubicribe for as many flares 10
~ Company Of American Shepherds, IS he,
s.or they hi. k proper.
Perhaps no moment OF time Can be more
o.r han the prelent to eitablilh the
p 's6 uadein America. Perhaps the fol-
J ' 's oblervations may have occurred TO
~ bsfore, If not, trua you will pay
hem fuch attention as they may feem 70
sou to dslerye.
Tia, in England, they reckon iheep
i. BATS Of agriculture therefore, if
susr there keeps no aaeep, they predict
sndeainy. See John Spurrisr's Practical
| g,rmsr, Sc. page lS6.
4. Again Hes Jays iheeP are cattle
hat are kept at the leaf expence of any
70 the farmer, and will thrive upon al
mott any ground, and for this reaion they
ought to be preferred before the larger
csille. 1aer. page a66.
/. Thar an.anonymousauthor, lpcaking
sfine utility of lhecp, Jays, Englandsowes
its prefeot frength to their attention TO
hsle important little snirnals, as a motto
(Which their Judges and rulers are leated
% Jacks of wool. See the American Dale
" Advertiser, &c. dared May s, I7es,
dumber 1857, printed by David c. and
sptimus Claypoole.
4. Tha, an Engliih writer, fpeakiqg
Of ibeep Jays, in effect, there is not any
one domsfic creature, which yields greater
uc6t TO man than fheep do. Their wool
is the chief Object, eipeciallyto CONNER
cial uation like this for OF it is formed
in Britain the Raple commodity to which
ne owes the wealth and grandeur that
render her the arbitreis Of power in Eu-
rope. See treatife on cattle, sc. page
sa3, by John Mills, efq. fellow OF the
Royal Society cf London.
beg your pardon for my importantly,
but we mutt determine TO be happy and
independent by our means and refources.
/ have the honor TO be,
with very great eaeem,
the preadent's fuppliant, &c.
PETER BARKER, Senior.
P. S. Add 10 the above cited OFFER
yations all the Englith laws relative to
ihcep, and their wool trade; being very
good leiions for our legiaatufe.
The Vienna Court Gazette of the 9Th
February, 1903, contains the following
article:
Among the experiments and progrets
in rural economy. which, for their usi-
lisy, merit publication, were diftinguiih-
ed thoEe of councillor Holmaiifer, director
Of the efates and lordlhips of the Imperial
family. This economic has, in his
ihecpwalks in Hungary, more than twen-
~ four thouland fheep of tbe Spanilh
breed. See the Pennsylvania Gazette,
No. 3774, April 20, 1903.
P. a.
The Shepherds theory or the right
management of (heep delineated, in let
fer to the American farmers, by Paaor
Americanus.
Pbilad<tpbia, sJune 9, 1903.
Citizens
Let il be fuppoied that 400 ewes, more
or lels, manure one acre of land per day,
worth so hillings per acre, or SAIL. los.
per a1nnm.
Each eve gives pounds of wool, worth
5 lhillipes Per pound, or IS hillings Per
eve, per annum, consequently 200 ewes
give sol. per annum.-
Each eve gives one lamb per annum,
worth ) dollars, or 20 thiIlings each,
conisqaently 400 lambs give 2ooi. per