Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1817-05-28
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The Domestic Economist.

2f the Breeding up Of House Lambs.
The price of house Lamb, at early
'easons, is SO considerable, that it may|
,e we'll worth while for the husband
nan who is situated near large towns,
% raise some for this purpose. Tol
his end three things are to be consid-
cred. First. to have proper kind of
sheep; secondly, to put the rams and
ewes together at right season, andl
astly, to provide proper pens in AMI
house for receiving and nursing up)
the young.---Lambs brought forth in
the dead Of winter, may be reared at
home and will bring price that will
answer the trouble. The farmer who
finds from his situation, that he may
have demand for house lamb; and
that he has conveniences for raising
: '.ps'.' s,he hio oprorta-'ty t. hIy
the best sheep for that purpose. Let
him not leave their time of breeding
to chance but keep them seperate till
a proper season, and then put them
together. The ewes are to feed in a
pasture; not too rich, for the great
est part oftheir time and three weeks
before their lambing, they are to be
brought into richer and as the time
of their bringing forth is known, let
care he taken of them, and of the
lambs as they fall. that they be not
hurt by the severity of the season..
The last care is the bringing them up
Tor purchase of the butcher. Many
arts were used in England, and differ
ent directions have been given about
it, but the whole may be delivered in
"A few words: The farmer will tinu.
upon the principles of good sense q.
lone, that most OF those cautions might
have been spared. The whole care
consists in two articles, the keeping
the lambs warm, and the feeding the
sheep in such a manner, that they
may supply them with rich milk.
Let him look TO the lambs with due
care, to see they are warm and clean ;
and feed their dams as he ought to do,
ard he canuot fail. The severity Of
the weather would destroy the lambs,
II they we're left to ramble about with
the ewes, and the scarcity Of food,
would make them unable TO fatten
them by their milk; but good food
will make rich milk, and due por-
zion will yield it in due quantity
Sometime before the ewes are expect.
cd to bring forth. let pens be built fol
them, in a house that is warm, but
not shut up close.
As soon as the lambs are brought
forth let them be put into those pens
and from that time watched and tend
ed, that they may be always warm
dry and clean. The milk of the ewes
now they have LANDED. is to be en-.
llarged and enriched, by giving still
better food.
The best is turnips, but where they
are not in readiness, the eve, beside
her rich pasture, must have, at times
HAY, bran and oats given to her
These supplies do not enrich the milk
in the manner of turnips; therefore
he should not fail to have them fcr
the occasion. The ewes are to be
brought into the house three or four
times day, to suckIs the lambs; and.
as those young creatures are kept
very clean and comfortably, and feed
to their fill upon rich milk and upon
nothing else; they will fatten quickly.
aud their flesh will naturally be ex.
|ceedingly white and delicate. The
ewes thus fed, have plenty OF rich
milk, and the lambs sucking to Their
ill and being kept quiet fatten upon il
freely. As to the difference of sea.
son. they feel nothing Of il 4; for So