The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-06-17
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SHEEP IN THE s0CTH.

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TIE Glowing TrlorI Was manae ~ com
miiiee If The Tnion Agricultural ssorie,y. Celu,a-
hia, sou's curoIiha. We are indebted f'~ j, to
the = South catolinian.''l - ~s'f @- ~*
The COMMITTEE 10 whom was referred
lhc sphieri Of sheep husbanJry, beg Leave
10 make The following Report:
II i = matter Of history, lIlai the wool
growing interest," of The United States las
beroine one Of Tie most important branch
- II Agrirul urr. The best varieties Of
sherp are annually imported from lie old
world, and greatly sought aller hy The
vol growers of the new. Immrnse
llocks II sheep are raised upon The piai-
rirs Of The uorIli.wc.i. New England. and
The Middle States, Welding large profits 10
wod growers, for The labor aud care be-
slowed. -
II j. evident 10 every one That some
change must hc made in our industrial pur-
suits. We cannot longer grow cotton mp
on onr exhausted lands, in competition
with lfr western planters, We must be.
Gin 10 live within ourselves, 10 divert nur
capital (ruin old channels, and seek new
investments. 49,. 49,
Al aIlc,enls. we should supply our own
markets with domestic mutton and wool.
We should manufacture our own negro
linscys. blankets. rugs, &c. This eau he
done with great saving 10 the planter,
If attended to. Thousands of acres OF land
now are thrown on, in every section "f
the back country. upon whirh sheep would
subsist we'll during the summer months.
In The winter they may be kept a, very
,rilling cost. ...%".@,
I'm The outset, We NAV say, that there is
nothing 20 ilnportan, 10 sheep hushandry
as The muster rye. An ounce ofpreren-
tim with them is always worth more than
a pound of cure. They thrive best upon
high dry lands, and shorr pasIprage. nicn
food is always dangerous 10 sheep, and
the grass which grows upon low ground
and swampy places. is app TO produce The
scours and the ROT. The best preventive
Of whirh. in our knowledge, is frequent
sailing. During The winter season, The
wethcrs and rams should he separated from
the ews, aud particular attention paid 10
the young lambs. II The eve, aIler yean-
ing, he turned upon clover or rye lot. and
fed on nrnips. peas or cotton seed. for a
fortnight, il viii make an astonishing I'M
provemen, in the lamb. AL lambs should
be marked aud caslra,c,l, when few days
old. they will never cease growing, and
wiIl'he ia. enough for mutton any time in
tic fall.
We know no better or cheaper winter
food for sleep, than cotton seed; they
thrive well upon il, and are very fond OF
il. Inrnips are excellent, but we have
heard some experienced farmers agree that
they will make the ewes lose their lambs.
Ifryc pastures cannot be sown for them,
they viii live very well upon the cotton
fitIds during the winter, with the addition
rf n little cotton seed.
Sailing should never be neglected.
should always be done once or twice a
week. We would suggest, as cheap
and simple plan, 10 llatten log, bore
large anger hole an inch or inch and hall
deep. six inches apart, rub tar around the
hole and then rut in your salt, they viii
get the tar around tic nose and cat some
! Of il from necessity, which will ACT as
remedy fr tho snullles, and often preven
the ny from herositing his egg, in Tho
summer season.
" We have often experienced benefit from
adding a little hickory ashes and sulphur
TO the salt. Sheep should always be al
lowed arccss to pine bushes. the pine len
is certainly preventive of many diseases
/, among Them. s..
I And now a word or two as TO the vari
cites best .dap,ed 10 our soil and climate.
I The stock OF sheep generally TO he found
throughout the country, is miserably poor
! averaging not more than two pounds o
wool, and the carcass not exceeding hi
~ pounds. nett.
: The best variety, we should think, 10
the back country, would be the sou'l
: Downs. They arc II hardy race, not to-
! large in carcass, 10 suhsist well upon on
| shor, pasture, and yielding good fleece
!. Frcuuen, crossing we believe to be high
= " important, and great care Should be ia
" ken always 10 exclude from the fold,
: breeders, all sheep that have hair inle'
!, mixed with their wool.
= Old ewes should always be excluded
+ they bring diseases in the flock certalhl..
l. By strict attention to such rules as one
= good common sense will suggest lloc
j., of sheep may be every year greatly m
: proved, both to tie interest and gratihc'
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