The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-03-17

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gainst soreness and liberation.
Cutting Horns and HooE.-Ai the
time of tagging, should they require IT,
the horns of the sheep should be cut and
their hoofs paired.
Drafting for the Bttcher.-Such
sheep as may be intended to be sold to
the butcher, should be selected IN sprlng
and put into the best pasture, in order
that they may be put in good condition at
the earliest period.
Lanabing.-Time Of parturition to be
determined by climate and circumstances.
In the northern and middle states, the
month of May is considered the most
eligible. Where houses are provided, an
earlier period may answer.
Ewes in lamb should be disturbed as
little as possible, and care paid TO their
food. Its quality should be good, and
given in such quantity as 10 keep them in
good condition without making them fat,
as that state is injurious, and sometimes
induces abortion. They should be kept
during winter and early spring exempt
from storm and cold.
SoLing.-Attention must be paid to
sailing the sheep, and especially after be-
ing turned to pasture. The plentiful use
of salt is found to be a preventive
of the Liver-root and securing. Two
quarts to the 100 sheep, once week, it
is stated as about the proper quantity
They may be either salted on the ground
or in troughs.
Wdshing.-The operation of washing
should not be performed until both the
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We are anxious that this opinion
(which is, we believe, the opinion of the
great bulk Of the people Of this country
may be known in America while there is
Iyet time for il to influence lhe decision of
I d momeRteGs question Englishmen OF
all ranks classes, and parties desire peace
= 'sIsesneaee. l. any price that is not dishon--
be at hand.
A rnnning stream with a gravelly bot
tom is perhaps the best and most econom-
ical place. Where there is no such stream
at hand Mr.. Morrell recommends uas
made of two inch pine plank, held to-
gether by three inch oak gripes. The
one he uses is about feet long, l-2
feet wide, and 3 ID feet deep. The
troughs which conduct the water to it are
about l6 inches above the level of the top
of the vat
| On one side of the vat is permanent
platform made of stone and foored with
plank, the surface having gentle incli-
nation towards the vat, on which the
sheep are held for minute or more, sitter
being washed, that the water may drain
from the fleece.
Beside the vat mot in i9 andupon the
platform stands one of the washers, and a
temporary staging on the opposite side
accommodates another. One man is en-
ployed to bring the sheep from small
pond close at hand, and pnt them into the
vat, in which two are held at time by
another at the lower end, for two or three
minutes, with a''view to soften the dirt
The washers then take them, and each
holds one under the troughs or spouts,
turning them in every position to receive
the full benefit from the fall of the water,
which proceeds with such force as to dis
lodge the dirt rapidly, and in much
briefer time than it can be done by squee-
zing will be necessary, except, perhaps,
the belly and thigh wool. As soon as
the sheep held by the man for soaking
pass from his hands to the washers, he is
Immediately supplied with others; and
thus while two are soaking, two others
are being washed under the spouts. One
end Of the vat being set a little below a
level, the dirt passes freely off, and con-
sequently the water is comparatively pure,
the good effects Of which will be seen in
the almost cotton whteness of the inner
portion Of the fleece. As to eradicating
all the dirt from the external surface of
wool when upon the sheep, it is not ex-
pected, for it is impossible to accomplish
it; and therefore it must be left to the
cleansing process of the manufacturer
Soap may be advantageously used in the
process of washing.
After the sheep have been washed, they
should be turned upon thickly covered
sward, that no dirt may collect on the
feeces before they are shorn. Driving
along dusty roads after being,washed must
be avoided.