The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-04-25
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AMERICAN FARMER.
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The AMERICAN FARMER was undertaken by !
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work, which has been so long before the pub.
lick This value is now derived almost eK-
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To give TO those who have never seen the
AMERICAN FARmrp,. Il better conception OF is
general contents, the Editor takes, at random,
from the Index to one volume the references
under one, out of tuo hundred heads:
SiIEEP-on feeding with roots about ten
pounds per day-their average consumption
of food, page Sit is thought, cannot be
proftably reared by grass farmers, A2-man-
gle wurlzcl excellent food for; surprising |
increase of weight fed on 54-haye been the
victims of extraordinary caprice--merinos
sairfced for want of know ledge how To man |
age, 70--thc Guliure of the turnip indispensa. !
bic in the profitable rearing OF, 69-how to
cleanse aud shear, 95--a composition for an
ointing, 96-breeding TO feed safely oil OF
clover, llO-cwes should be kept low after
taking the ram, till jast before lambing, 10
query respecting a disease IN, described vul- |
carly ca led fens cock spring; incurable but
may be prevented, llO---exhbited nj the Ma |
ryand cattle show General Mason letter To |
the editor announcing his intention 10 send
pair he is Of opinion that high feeding OF,
tends To the production OF coarse wool, 10
ticks in, how to destroy, Inexperienced
that the merino has been too generally suffer |
ed to mingie with common aocks, l57-thc
blind stagsers in ocrasi1ued 10y an insect, 200
to guard against, 2o7-may they not he man
aged To profit on grass farms as large dock
are raised in countries where the tufnip aud
other green food are unknown IT would ioi-
low that they may what quantity oil hay
would he consumed by given number OF, 227
remedy tor a disease in, to which they are c &
posed from travelling and exposure, 10
the soil aud climate at South Carolina adap-
ted to- 275-the health of yeauing ewes, aud
thrift of lambs, depend much on succhieht
food, 3SS-how managed OH the king OF ing
lands Norfolk farm, l2j-ponts OF good, aud
how to handle 10 select should never be
caught by the wool, iU6-Discases &c. OF,
described /, enquiries respecting, and RENE
dies, 10, III, POO, 2o7, go, 4l2--cau5es
of, symptoms &C. of, 3Il-reports on, e5hlb.
tied at cattle shows, 1913, $50 reports Of an-
nua feeces from, ould, by insrnctng III the
comparative merits of different breeds, tend
to Improvement, 37}-the Dishlcy or Bake.
well, "a cross of the Lancashire and Peake o.