Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-07-01
THE ART OF wool GROWING.
Fv,s The .Nt,r LORI Tue SIM.

Farmers ClOo meLIuesday, {. llenty Hall, Esq i,
In the Chair.
Charles L.. Fleiscaniaun exhibited eighteen spec
tuens ot woo c"h ctcd by hm during his agricultural
f1nr through Eurnpe, III lSiJ aud lolb. tr The Unued
States Patent ONO. The specimens ul re
mlrAaAie hnencss. collected masly from The hlcks Il
Germany. SIX II The samples were from the nosi eel
Grated frhs Il lIussian lisa. WHORE the finest aud
best NEfino wo4 inal I.arpe gown, and Of thu
specimens from ran that MIS- sid i,r SlUOp--
:, he first specimen lrlm the side Il r,o a P,,nee
IichracssyS stock breed al hif,Ao p-fhe uisl cele
bra ed Il 'ch ~ Eu1pe, If The ms, forty ycais fr its
thorough bio d. lis ,afilus II els 81 Alcnnaps III
etussan sleSla amount 10 SOn sto,p, irlm whrrh he
sis yearly, on an ayrragc ~ uab rrclslhaeas 90
hi) worth of btenilng bucks and II Is 10, rae
tha he gets from 2j11to M rarhsthalrrs (tliun IL
S4bj0 ir single buck. The gcnIs Of his nlaAs can
mol he obaiHed for proc.
Mr. Fllrschmann sand that there were many erroneous
naloos IN this country nrfgud 10 III, d1tm-s oi WOOD.
1ni IN Enrope thy had dilI,Tent vrws 81 whai cust-
'utcs hncness IL Sdcsa : the fnes, wo, IN Fnr,
saxony does not now pr1iuce the finest wod Slcsn
has ubialned the golden a,ce 81 Spn 4, Is snpcr,r-
~ has been obtained by fry years OF care and afntun
B. wss their utlert 10 furnish such woal the manu-
i1curer desires. The woai OF The sh~.pof SHES
lnodUces wool eq ally fine all parts irom the necA 10
tae eXtremuus. THIS not n other parts OF Ter
many Great care IL taken in raislng sheep. They are
ut exposed 10 Tho ram. but lahcu up aud pot IN
stables when II raias Tue tain Washes lhe dust into
Ion vi ut ranls anl Gwen lor breeding Thee are per
sens " la make II lholr particular business la make the
SELECTION and the rams and ewes all numbcrei and
registered. Tue anls ate all n like nanner numbered
and registered. lhc ia. 81 p#tect oal, kept Ion
hpF ling.
lhe feeding ihe,e is different lrm what il is anon
rs. Ihere breeding and iarries made a Science
ne wn ne economy oil ruias there /, studied IN 81 m 10
as a 81 isneo aud Is earned 10 Eea, perfection, lbe
slsep are wraed regularly fed. The, nave mode u
ieedag 9r eic month L. January, the breeding Il ck is
ted IN The i5ilpWiag maaner In IN morning. one M
san Inn tguQu hay Is gwen 10 each shecp-they ar
"alered al nine ue ok At ten. halt pound hay, scond
quality ocock ditto; al > Watered aud IN the even
sfg ono pound mixed lay, They a-e kept at nearly a
term teniperature-bl deg. Of fHrtnhcll and below -
J. the temperature be kept too high. the lambs will d..
in February for coupling nn,s IN the muf NM one
riand cats and Yeches ntAed; al ten half pound OF hay
second qnalty |, hall pound sain tin: at g. water; m
!, slN shoaycs GAS haltthra,I d. and in the evening
twenty pounds winter tar plclnn L. ono hundred
head u sheep In March, The regimen the samr, WI h
Ia exception OF watering al Lui HIST nd of Three a lk
IN April tor Coupling bucks htet louud sam Il IL
Al :, water and straw gau; at /, hall pound h,l qus
hy hay; az halt und dItta nj J. water; at ., five
sheaycs eats half hrash'J, aud twenty pouins slImr
straw. per hundred head of sheep t1r lambs. balt
pound hay, ifst quality at :, water in the stall at q
70 each one hundred. slA half measures Of OATS at |
ball pound 0i hcrhe "a grass resembling c,ver0 Al >
oae und ditto; al L. wafer al halt pass l. To each hun
e
uf oats and yeiehes mixed In May lin pasture Season
commences. Al the hos hour 81 l1un they .Ie led III.
the stalls-and car folly sheltered ZION the sun An,
in wet weather, Cut cat Is given. with ht,c,ae In No
eetnber tie sta!teeding commences. as has been de
scs;bed. he elnae not as oi in summer in SHEER;
ss here. The ArchlsGke If Austria, ycrr4y Of Hun
gary, had one OF ,lo finest fpcks # Merno sheep II
sEur"e Ills shepherds VI supentendeHis are all odu
caird ri The agricultural schols an conduct every thpo
IN The nost perfect and scientific manner The wool .
hs sheep IS nut the first but OF the ddiug fine quality
lie bas ohaiaed some # the finest resuls # le,Jn
results mol Dei9re obtained. SaNony formerly had ihs
highest fepuiaio and great call had been made a,
S2xlny Tor sheep ur breeding but she had sid her wor
tatep and kepi the best for herself In the establish
ineni ii Hungary the wool in sc sold AT Is cents Del
pound. The wolf Of unusual thickness Great r,rall
Is had 10 The purity OF the race The perfect heads m,
kept for breeding Tables are kept IN which the faith,
and mother registered, with specimens Of their wool
ana Their offspring are also registered The rams and
ewes ATE mol permitted to couple un the age Of Nv,
years and half, and this takes place in July and Au
gust hTy are ALLOTTED to each other according their
Htness 10 Improve The breed three rams are allowed I,
lOOO ewes Some Of the lands in Hungary resembl,
The pra es Of the West. but they re TWO low In In,
ioM lands the ss OF lambs 20 per cent but in the hip
er IL s bnt per cent an his estate Of the vcery III,
ewes with a'aLs are placed by themselves in the nnr
res; The lambs bJrn within three days Of each oih
c1sied IN separate apartments and arecaetny watched
At the end of IL or days the lambs are se rated .wc,
1ay from the ewes, and fed clover and hay /.
accusiom them TO their future fare. This saves The
ewes AT the end OF Eur weeks they are allowed TO be
Lat a short time with the ewes
The fac wyol Of Germany is sold in FnUland and
Gennaoy obtains coarser kind from Hungary Ger
many weeds all her own wool. IN Europe they sa,
AineEca cannot inJure them because they raise ine,
VOL Mr. Fielschnan said that the best wool adapted
70 ms country was the mlldling quai'g' The bes
me 1rb1ne's port Of this pDriion u alr le.san-