Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-03-21

ter,wlth a southern or eastern exposures:
ow anu roomy, boarded on three sides
only; as regard it important that the
animals have pure air, while il is pro-
tccted from storms. have placed un-
der my sheds layer Of earth from four
TO SIX inches in thickness, to elevate the
bed OF the amin i, SO as to keep it dry
and absorb the urine, a great part OF
which would be otherwise lost. This
layer, by sprung becomes an excellent
manure.
This PREPARATION bslug male, put
my buck lambs IN one lot. eve laniLS i'm
another, breeding ewes in another, &c.
! put my buck with the ewes the LIST of
December, let hun run with them about
z out OF each "a hours, until about the
st Of January, when take him from
them entirely. tag my sheep ab ut
the lst of April, wash in clean running
water. shear about The Goth of June,
which consider sufficiently early for
this climate: havs known ilocks mate.
rally injured by the cruel practice Of
early shearing.
| separate my lambs from their parent
ewes about the Goth Of August, which
consider beneficial 10 both.
My sheep have had during winter,for
the last two years, (when they have 81
lbS Of wool per head, as stated in the
CuIt!vator for October,) as much hay OF
rather an ordinary quality as they would
eat, and two quarts Of corn daily. meas.
ured with eXactncss, each 81 sheep,
which you will notice is half gill 10
each sheep, daily, also twice a week,
mess OF roots, potatoes or turuips, which
regard for the hcaith of sheep; cspe-
claily when the ground is covered with
snow for length If time. We feed
hay IN boxes, ard grain in troughs. -
Commence feeling the ewes sUme zen
days b1lore putting the buck with them,
as we regard livery important that they
be IN q thriving CONDITION at that time
In summer our sheep are kept in a lot
by themselves, and their feed is what
most good farmers would call too short
We salt in troughs AMI design 10 KEEP
plenty by them both summer and win
ter.
Such has been the fee Of my sheep
heretofore; but am making some ex
Perlments the present winter, with diff
lerent kinds of feed ;the results ofwhich
shall be happy to communicate to the
readers of the Cultivator
Some TO years since, purchased
flock of 100 herino sheep, such as
were then common in Vermont then sir.
they were considered rather "a superi r
iIck. They and their increase gave
me an average Of 3 TO 81 lbs. Of wool per
head until purchased al imported Sax
ony buck al an expense Of about 8 100,
and subsequently some ewes Of the same
blood. BY this means the quality ofmy
wool was improved Il iItile: but soon
found that had smaller and much
less hardy animal, and fleece not ex
ceedIng 2 and ~ lbs, Notwithstanding
iei quite as well then as now. NV
loss IN sheep during the winter, and
lambs In the spring. was very consider
able, Notwithstanding all my care and
efforts.
Since purchased my farm in this
place, | purchased, as stated in the Cul
tlvator for Octobsr, the foundation for
my present flock Of Pauler Merinos.-
These are IN exceedingly hardy race
large carcass for McrIno, thick, long
wool, and so fine, that the difference be
tween the value per pound, and such
wool as J got from my former flock
when they did not average over % per
lbs, will not exceed three 10 five cents
IL is equal 10 the wool Of my first flock
before the introduction Of the Saxony
The ewes are uniformly good mixers;
rarely lose a lamb; and we have not
lost but Que sheep, except by accident,
since commencing with our present
flock. 1t will thus be seen that the
Paulars are much more profitable, no.
only in the value Of fleece, which is as
much at ie0st,as FIVE TO three, compared
with my former flock but in the pro.
portion Of lambs raised, an the compar.
alive loss in sheep by disease.
My brother-in law, Hull, OF Wallings
ford, Vermont, has been selling bucks
of this variety many years; and the
more the effects Of cross with these
bucks are seen, the more eagerly are
they sought; and the uniform testimony
Of those to whom have sold bucks, is,
that the increase from these bucks give
from | to labs more wool than their
original stock, with the Same keep
With the Saxony they add great to the
symmetry Of form, weight Of carcass,
strength Of constitution, and weight oil
fleece, while the quality Of wool is but
very little injured.
With the coarser varieties, the eros
is beneficial IN every respect, except
weight OF carcass with very little dinu. |
milton even in that. X. A. AVERY,
GALWAY, " Y, Dec %, 1872.
CuiGUaior.