The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-04-18
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general contents, tie Editor takes, at random,
rom the Index To one volume, the references
inder one, out Of teo hundred heads.
SREEP--on feeding with roots about ten |
hounds per day--their average consumption !
1f food, page 37--it is thought, cannot be
1roGiably reared by grass farmers, f2--man- |
5le wnri8el excellent feud for surprising |
increase of weight fed on 54--hasc been the |
victims of extraordinary eapriee--merinos
,airliccd for wait OF know ledge how 10 mum
age, 7o--the culture of the turnip indispensa-
lie in the profitable rearing of, 69-how to |
,leanse and shear, 95-a composition for an
ointing, a6-breeding 10 feed safely off of |
lover, liO-ewes hond be kept low after /
aking the ram, till jast before lambing, 10
query respecting "A disease in, described vul- |
carly ca led tens cock spring; incnrable but |
may be prevented, ll0--eAhibited at the Ma !
ryiand cattle show General Mason's letter to |
the editor announcing his intention to send |
n pair he is of opinion that high feeding of, !
tends 30 the production oil coarse wool, 10 |
ticks in, how to destroy, l4i--apprehended !
that the merino has been too generally suffer- !
ed to mingle with common focks, l57-the
blind staggers in, occasioned bV an insect, 200
TO guard against, 2Q7--may they not DC man
aged to profit on grass farms as large nocks
are raised IN conhtfies where the iurnip and
other green food are unknown ii would toll
low that they may what quantity OF hay
would be consumed by given number OF, 221
remedy for disease in, 10 which they are eH-
posed from travelling and exposure, 30
The soil and climate of South Carolina adap-
ted TO, o75--the health ofyeauing ewes, aud
thrift of lambs, depend much on succulent
food, 3es--how managed ON the king OF Eng
lands Norfolk farm, l25--points OF good, and
how to handle to select ; should never be
caught by the wool, 406--piseases &c. ct,
described enquiries respecting, aud RENE
dies, 10, III, goo, 2h7, go, 4i2--causes
of, symptoms &C. OF, 3il-reports on, exhib-
tied a, cattle shows, l23, 3s3-rePoris OF an
nua neeces from, would, by lnstrnc,ing in the