Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-06-04


The beat mole OF Wa,h.nr V. lo
construct a vat hy n, SIDE 90. ..... ...n or
n1nr. OF in such Va, tr0tu can 10 63.l
easily Ngh clean water anl cas- Is rmrN-i
Whom the water becomes foul Ono m. th,
ho constructed near q small srcam or tsu.
l,l 90 tha,lho water can be- conducted into 90
The OPERATOR can thco siaul bv rs sic mi
wash without having to soop over ccriua.
ally WhlD OF work
We found some cNcciicn, d,rccu Ms l1s
nll "a regard TO this business, IN ,ho rNol
l,y Iarmct." published IN WInchcrcL
Virginia They atc from II : KaulIl
E'q successful WOO, grower Of Ntw
York, ord we cory them at ihF time into
our paper Unh hopc that many vii prot.
81 hy them
"rho very hrs, thing to be attended, to on
','lnc sheep on, Of rh,lr winter quaHctsl'
TAGGING TO n Ct thIs, n 'hccp " lad
IrotuppcrmoN IN triangular trough, saw
three feet high and three feet long. Tho
/ fore pant o'lhe sheep is raised 50 lhu, us
( shoulders rest oSainN the shontor, and ho
T then proceeds to clip tho wool from INSIDE
/ The thigh, Cwha, would bo called fw,,i n.
mong coulc bfccdcis) from the tail TO tho
/ bag, Oul oil from portion Of the bag Of
/ breeding eve, II there is Suflictncy Of It
20 d,turb the young " NIB in REQ, hing the
toaL In our vaulnblo climate, We ore a
little cautious IN ,nlrlly dcnudng Tie bag,
where it has been thick covered, for fear
Of colds occusionIng nm unammaloty ACTION
IN the exposed pant l,shccr nrc nouaCgod,
during the securing consequent ~ their
FIRST reaching gt,'u ...d aung ndhrros 10
the - COL, and 1t harl,us into DR. knobs
which cannot well he removed from the
wool %, lho securing continues. aud the
whole pos,cror OF the sheep become n
filthy aud disgusting mass. In ciJher case
much wool is los'. md have known lambs
TO perish, driven from sucking 10y the semi
liquid dung Oh the bIg and constantly lucA
pg down the tents Thr practice OF tag,
..0y tsnol universal IN Now York but It
Is so among most OF our largest, ana ccr.
tlnly, all OF our best h1ok holders
WASHING This IS usually done hero
about the first al IInc The climate OF Va
g,nn would admit OF Us being done earlier.
The rule should be to wait until the ..u,er
has acquitted sufficient warmth for ba.ulur
and uoul cold rains and slofms,.nud ca
nights are 10 LONGER 20 hc ,ypo.,,I
Sheep are usul ..,'.I our b,p
Go,h masters IN watts a sma stream IS
DAMNED up, aud 1h, water is taken from %
IA au uqucIuct (lurm,d by mailing boards
,ogGhcL) and caru,d until suliccn, nh IS
obtained to have it pour down couple Of
!.., INTO the vat ! he body Of Mater, TO do
,ho work fs, and we'll should be cousj!
cradle, say - inches wilc, and g., .. .Ie't
deep and the swlitcr thc Gu. .,r.
The vat should be say . : . i,D deep and
large enough for SIX sheep to swim IN A
yard j, built near the vat, AMI a platform
from the go'e Of :hc yard risDs up us 1t
? reaches md cncloscs the va, on two SIDES
THIS keeps the washer from standing m
? the water, mud makes It much easier 10 ut,
, the sheep in and out SIX sheep are pun.
1 ed n. Two active men conmeucc knral-
s ing tho wool OF two Of them with thclr
/ hands, in the usual way, passing all over
the body. and oitcn,lmcs turning the sheep
s. that the descending current can s'ukc
into all parts Of the fleece, 4, soon as the
sheep clean the washer scIzrs hIm by the
tore p1us, pumps him deep lulo the vat,
aul taking advantage Of the rebound lGs
hrm out sI,ug him gently down on bus
, brccch on the platform He then, If tho
sheep IS old aud weak land rdccs NJ harm
4 IN any cnscl presses on, some Of The water
= from the wool, and lets hlm 60 The 9th
' or four have been soaking and they wash
, much easier The s,rongcs, should b. tho
{ ones loli until the last bu, none should Lc
- lcfl unul chilled It's far bulcr to wash
p bul uSo alta time No animal bcaIsu chill
with less Impunl,y than a sheep. The
washers should BE- siyo7g and ca, IR nca,