The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-01-08
SHEEP RAISING.
From the North Carolina Farmer.

From the North Carolina Farmer.
Ma. LESAT: romised in my last 10
gite you some ri my views on The qnall-
~ sheep must suitable for raising in
North car'lins. My views on This sub
pet are general. aud apply Ia other stock
:. well as sheep. TO lnlroduce a fine,
wrll reared stock. Of either sheep or other
Domestic animals. into district where far
ssrs are unaeqnsinled with The mode Of
realment Ia which they have before heen
accustomed. is 10 quadruple the di, adyan,
ages under which the trial ar experiment
i 10 be mae. In he first place the ami
nj must undergo acrlimatinn. if he
change latitude, or even If he be but re-
Ga.ed fr1m the Nnrlh to the South side
Of q range Of elevated land a few miles, or
sice yersa--or If from 10 the East 10 the
Nest and tn contrary. Besides climate,
lheehange & food owing 10 different soils,
snd the change Of nature, all eonspire o.
derange The constitution; and all changes
are for the worse. The ma i've STICKS OF
hogs. cattle, horses, etc. are always best
10 rear from. and it il but a species al
mOnOmania for any man 10 attempt 10
change the entire stock Of any country or
syen district Of country al once. The
change must be gradual, and keep pace
with the knowledge Of the nature, habits
aud character Of the newly introduced
breeds. l would not be understood as
discouraging the introduction Of superior
ANIMALS among us-iar otherwise; wou'
foster the enterprise by every wise and
practical means, or unsuitable expense.
Daily experience teaches US that The cor.
rect way TO improve stock. is 10 do il
gradually. | would suggest this rule as
tie safest way Of procedure to any man
who desires 10 improve his stock. viz: Il
irst take some good agricultural paper for
twelve months. and there read carefully the
brsl means 10 improve his larm (for SURF
as he is living improved stock comes from
improved farms,) after lie has read ant
practised improved farming. tried few
new grapes. and has put few acres il
clover to feed his pigs, calves and lambs
on, then he NAV safely order fine blood
ed bull. boar and buck 10 range among hi
cows, sows and sheep, at the proper sea
son. And on The subject OF the right tim
in the year, for allowing the free inter
course of bucks and ewes much of III,
success of sheep rearing depends. h
bucks should be kept up until such time a
will efectually prevent the too early pro
duction of lambs in the Spring. In an,
effort to rear fine animal, care must b
taken from the very first that il does M
become slnnted. More depends on the frs
years growth in any animal than ever al
ter. IL the animal is neglected the frs
year Of its growth, give ii up, and tr.
another. r. s s..
In adopting the native stock to rea
from, we have all the produce Of natls
and sound constitution and not liable I
the vicisitudes OF climate. Most, il not all
the dscredit of the Berkshire humbug, a
some call il, would have been avoided b
observing the above method-of firstlearr
ing what soft of food IS most suitable !
the animal. and having it provided read
when he first neededn. Sir, agricullur
and improvement OF stock must 60 han
in hand.
The food Of improved stock has bee
Of a very superior grade TO that growing o
our worn.o hills and old fields. III
imported sheep have been nursed viii
gea, care BY persons who are shepherd
in fact, and il we are TO raise sheep. "
tho must turn shepherds. II will neve
do to say to every negro, do so and $
Though the spring; and so and SO throng
the summer. and so on for the year wit
my sheep; but every man must daily IL
spect his slleep-foId, for such ne mu'
have, secure from without and within;) h
must look to his flock carefully; # one
sick il must be separated from the foe
and taken the strictest care of. II mn:
be separated from the flock, because mo:
Diseases OF sheep are contagious or at lea
Communicating, and liable TO inject ii
whole flock more or less-as the old adae
has it." one smutty nozed sheep wi
spoil the whole flock" There is mo-
truth than fiction in the old saying.
must be nnrsed, because the constitute
of sheep soon sinks under disease; and
once flock Of sheep become weakly al
sickly it runs out. There is no restorir
apuny flock Of sheep. The food for a be
ter flock of sheep than we now have mu
be commensurate with the grade. III
finer the breed of sheep The more delica
the nature of the animal and the great
care must be take nofit. Sheep must
sustained al all seasons of The year. II
the nature of sheep TO Craze, and IN Nor
Carolina they can do so most OF the yea