The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-07-20
Tn MOST pRoFITinLE nREGD
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iirrr " uIrtriI riI7'IT7 T1I iIiIU IfQUr-tiuu
t' ihr uusi pruitlhle breed nj sheep. one
.rf Hrrrr thlt the true breed is lhe finest
l purrI NlNuuli another h equal ytrrtuu
Iti it Che haoll, puUWy hrupH q third b.
,I. '.ri t0 fine wooded Sheep aud car ouly
..pH the South Down. while sull auuthcr
..p .rr boo profit 100 an, but tho long wpalrd
aYi tpi ru'i ur i.r..sfrr whilca sr.ltml
'ffTin arc boz favor vi Tho nYIlpri-. obtained
% .t4,. t""' part CO., rii tho kinds men
l'Iurl.
t.ls lLia-laf ti-ia,f .hoer. a- of amy 9TH
rr tIuI "i iiuuup b. tD make money, 90 turn
i'n ItuuN hrrl4-. Into raslt The best hrrcd
o. Sheep, iu DEE iilp.,r io a,bpt, VIII drprud
90 70 great drelcr upon lI-7 legality Nhrlh-
e. r' n'lr "r 90 r. distance from good mar
Iri I'm lp" stI.ki 80 large town., ur upuu
rimid- leading tbrrHu whether iu . grain
InuNmr "r % grazing district; ur IN . warm
ur 70 rp'd climate,
f. rcidci that fine STAPLE Of wo, can
hpi hf rtt,,n upon u prhtlrblo carcass iur
tiir hHi. kpf. lHtrr and rIriy maturing
sheep. ike thr Nuth Down anal Cd-voId,
tmult bc upir 90 produce q huo lcloiliug
wool liui fhu wool thcy produce i yHlul-
t' and hr,uYs % rsuuHoHUas pyur, r-prr
IDLY the hong wOd ri DE- lei rstrr-, Then,
r'rn-rr and larg"r bodied shcrp require
lrHrr auu'Wt uf pasture, and c1uuut be- kept
lu large Hp'k1 Fur the farmer who kulr
lutn few -Uy iiunrGGy tu'Dur hundred, Nc
-Iuuld rp uumoud the tOirar wooded sheep.
'ltuy % hrmr1' who r.n keep hi- liliy o. siN-
o. shorp. oiu'l make hi. Two loIlll annual
", rtCur. upon UHTtI, with yCTy i,UtC trouble
II would require catr,iud tlbf b. what q great
many iluugr~compd' Of, though constantly
lrmhiing Hluut hard tiur', IN q warm eli
mate, and c7pecialiy ~ thc South fine wuulrd
NtNon should be preferred The cEpcrivucr
nl years dcmOustutcs that, iu tie growing ~
fine wool, ibid South need have no Compoit-
Cor, and Be feel fully satisfied chat Il wuuid
uuW bee lhu mort profitable branch oi their
aHi-nlmml ildI irA--I Llr.l- L. 49,
rhdt region who. r1iu e wool that cannot
be- surpassed y an, ia Germany.
II viii not L-,many years before they will
hayt the huc opl market entirely Ia them .
SELVES; for the amount of .tri ty huo Saxon |
wool grown This side OF the Ohio river will |
grow less and lczs- rlr4A-y slr, some u,n
WHO have superior iloDks, aud who are i0Wt 7
81, and understand breeding, will coutiu- /
Hes them and make them profitable But W.
fear that unless there Is some great change .
Soon, the saxon will not spread North aud |
Nre'
Vie rrrat l-lt of our country lying North .
0i the Nlc.,huuy mountains, aud tie Ohio /
river dnV Aruuu9 clear up To TIE hWhN I
Mouut1ins, seem. admirably adapted Zoe the
Nogrrtt and luihntdp branch OF the Mcrino /
iimlici, a- south 81 that line does for the 4
Lscurial and Electoral branch Tho best
OF this branch il found in .
What j. now termed the Vermont Mvrino
They are 10 hardy race, Vitl th,rk, heavy /
ih.,rc., htll of gum and yolk,. aud formed tn
we'll tlc rigor, Of our hard WIN
tcr' Like their lnn-cncr, the NnNou, th,y
delight IN dry SOIL aud will thrive upou
pastures where laIg~t sheep would -tnryc.--
Ia Vermont oliactiuns are made to tbs breed I
ct sheep los wool dealers, because the wool !,
80 heavy by reason of gum aud yok. ltmay .
not Lc so prulillhli lur tA,yH, hut IL show the
great value of the breed tor cold and bleak |
regions. l}nt a. this sheep travels West, it
lu-v- tlIi- ahigil tim, Tor ~ this State, amt
throughout IA" West, the wool retains it, /!
hncnc,. hut LOSES much OF ia supcrhuuus
gum and l-hlgt l,a't.- 81 it, vigorous cousu-
tuition Crossed upon the common breeds Of |
Ohio aud Michigan, and the other Western .
Statcs, it produces valuable breed, giving /
finer amid heavier fleece and 4 stronger aud .
more healthy habit, This breed i, not con. /
Gncd 10 Vermont, but may bc found in great
putty ia this state, and in Connecticut and
Massachusetts,
Around large ritic-, aud upon small farms, /.
coarse wooded 'hccp viii hr found the most
profitable; while in the riillcr climate OF the
Nuutlr Tho S,l\on, aud in the colder region.
ct the North, the Mcllno will be- found the
true hrccd Wool Grower.