The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-04-21
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Under one, out OF tic0 hhetdrtd heads:
SiiEkP--on teeding with roots about ten
| pounds per day--thelI average consumption
oil food, page Sit is thought, cannot be
probably reared by grass farmers, 42-man-
gle wurtzel excellent food for, surprising
| increase OF weight led OH 5i-haye been the
! victims OF extraordinary caprce-merinos
sarifieed for want OF know lfdse how TO man
bile in the profitable rearing OF, 69-hoW TO
| cleanse aud shear, 91-a composition tor an
oiniiug, 6 breeding 10 feed safely of Of
clover, ll0-ewes should be kept low after
taking the ram, I'LL Just before lamhng, 10
query respecting disease III, described vul-
| carly ca led fenS cock spring; incurahe but
! may he prevented, | 10 exhibited AT the Ma
ryland cattle show General Mason's leteri,o
the editor announcing his intention 10 send
a pair; he is ut opinion that high feeding Of,
tends To the production oil coarse wool, 10
ticks in, how to destroy, Inexperienced
! that the merino has been too generally suiier-
ed to mingle with common docks, l67-ihe
! blind staggerS in, occasioned 10y an insect, 200
to guard against, 90 may they moi he Inhn-
aged to profit on grass farms a, large fiocks
are raised in countries where the turnlp aud
other green food are unknown it would fol-
low that they may +; what quantity of hay
would be consumed by given number OF, 227
! remedy for disease in, 10 which they are ex-
posed from travelling and exposure, 20
the soil aud climate of South Carolina adap-
ted to, 275-the health of yeaning ewes, and
thrift OF lambs, depend much on succulent
/ tood, 3SS-how managed on the king OF Eng
lands Norfolk farm, l25-points of good, aud
how TO handle to seIe should never be
caught by the wool, 4Oo-DiseaseS nc. OF,
described enquiries respecting, and rene
dies, 10, IA, 600, 2o7, go, 4l2--canses
of, symptoms &c. Of, a4l-reporis on, eAhlb-
tied AT cattle shows, 1913, 3e3-reports OF an
nual feeces from, would, by instrUcting in the
comparative merits of different breeds, tend
to Improvement, 373--the DISNEY or Bake
well, cross of the Lancashire and teaHe OF
Derbyshire, l74-their superior sane in
flesh aud fleece, 4o6-for sale by the Editor,
96--also by A. Clement, 263-the Innlsian
broad tailed, an inespIicabIe fact respecting,
3l3-hstury of tleir Introduction into this
country, l76--emphaticalIy the farmer 5
sheep productive in fleece, and excellent ia
carcass impediments TO intercourse obv'afed
by change of ram or eve, 342--a hardy race
a cross recommended with the merino, l52-
wiId, OF North America found near the sour