Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-01-24


About the 2Dlh Of Nav We prepare fr wa.L,ny
which, last year, |, for the TIE frs time lea1fm.d IN
fhts simple manner, and a. heard com plants ni INV
"o' and could myself perceive difference in Il pre.
sumo II " III answer quite well The more lto bic
sefn" and cfsty method ! srlected place On our
Clerk. where 1t was bread and the wsier deep enough /
swim tie sheep, which forced jump int, i, from
bank sbput three feet abpse lts suface They went
over th'lr heads at The hfs plunge, and across
then allowed Them 10 stand few minutes, 10 dram
then drove them spund 10 Tie same spot uakua them
travel abJui 3 ON mile and plunp apair | reneat
ed The process tliri tune and then drove them h,me
to- piece II clean grass land. In tins way ono man
WIN good dog, To keep the sheep together and force
Of them bank would wash 1000 IN day ; whereas hy
the usual method Of taking each sheep separately In
the "sir. and then washing ~ hand four men conld
hardly get through with 200 gfumb.inr all the tine
al the cold. clam mus tor drink ana exactnp two cent.
Ter head TOT the favor they had dlne me. This plan
shall continue ff the future, both ou ners and
sheep from much annoyance. Mine did appear near
81 much worried or exhausted by the old process
ought 10 have mentioned that very bot ate when
Vie water warm and not otherwise, should DO selected
for this operation.
1.-THE s'asoo is warm, Commence slearinr in to 10
days after washing. lhs allows the natutl oil To re-
torn 10 the wool makes clip and fold better and adds
Mite 10 The weight. which the purchaser snmetimes
Rrnmbts At, hui ,whrre carried too f think he has
no right To do 50 There always in this npiuhbor
h"d rofessed shcaters moving ahuu in search u ,h
and employ two"r tiifee 10 help my own hands allow
g ir"m q t. CENTS per head f clipping and fding
according 10 the condition Of my ok. II have many
stout weihers and lambs and ,parinps | give the ht
Ter prlce II chiefly breeding ewes the last etouuh
nav. both too much fl good hsnd will earn Al 80
per day Bun LISA dirty, tedious OPERATION and as those
wha perform II are IN great denaud at the hme we
are iorced t. submit 10 their terms. At thus time | ex-
anime every sheer in my hck aud put such marks as
designate Their ayes, qualities and dislinciu ION Il is also
eod hme i cppng their feet, shortening their horns
winch Sometimes grow into their e,es aud brads and
~ shDr ior asceTiasng their condition in every parc-
MAR. hen shorn, they go Ia their summer RANGES
aud We have very little trouble with them III the winter
sets IN Tie wool is stored away in elem loft the
neeces bring carefully piled up. waiting purchaser-
ii we sell, deliverable IN Wheeling. sacks are furnished
US for the purpose II we send it abroad we procure
them al low ate and pack them by suspending them Ia
beam, and having man 10 stand in them and tread
down the heeces as they thtuwL in
Although kept stnnt eek Of sheep for many wears
without shelters. and found them gel along very well
have adopted HEN for some time past and hink them
sdvaaag But with The exception Of one adjoining
my barn, 20 feet hong oy 50 wide, with loft above that
Will hold nearly 600 duzen Of Eats, and which appu
pirate TO my lambng ewes in the spring and to my imbs
IN the winter. mine are all empprafy, and Tor rea
sFs hfs, becsuse rannot afford 10 costly build
logs, and secnnd, because 1ues suit nv system 10
have them al particular spot. whence the distribution
ni Manure over such extensive and broken a surface
~ oersie on would BE- endless and silly undetta
Ang. lh'reofe, ERIC tsmptrary Sheds on forks and
pls covered with straw, IN tie neighbrhood Of such
besd az vsni to manuresiock near II as many oats as
thisk S'l b- reqnred-have corn field in the neigh
sftod, 10 furnish fodder and hanl out h,y as wanted
" s's @ rrrioie from my wheat fields. have the wheat
fe%'e up - corner Of the field where intend 10 win
kf IA y shssp-hsvei thIeshed out by threshinp
machine hail 'hs the gram TO my barn vcry often in
the chah Wat we clean cut u rany DAYS and we
the straw Kicked up.
f"f the different kids of sheep ihei, cbaracte,i.cs
oseas-s &c. refer you u lie work ~ No,.ll Which
'nli OF valuable details on those p,ints and indeed
caPisi wWa, but lille too scientific f,r niaio f,,n.,s
VINO know n"h'ng and cate "a little sbut rbysiolooy
chemistry and ANATOMY or diseases know liuls ,,11
experience. When my sheep are properly led We
ie" de- and these chiefly the old ami inrm; and if th
nishaP Details them in winter as il USUALLY DOES h
~oh Is pulled IN, and the carcass thrown into the cL
lest might tempt The dogs and give them an uolv mn,
pensy SCOT, spirits iurpeniine tar and ,obncco ar
the remedies resort to for all the maades which bv
hlthero visited my ck: The first for the scur The :.
cond and third for wounds 10 tie summer tina, bc,u
ny down, and The last for destroying ticks when the
worry the lambs their second spring. But all the
matters are fully treated in the book referred 10 and
sesd mol repea, them.
pos'a long prevailed, and observe that one of M
prs Correspondents still holds 10 it, that clover is mi
nsss 70 sheep. and especially to lambs. after they
ssa"eo. MY own experience proves it otherwise: Al
tfassf1sy prefer field Of clover in (u blossom as
Fss-s's W he siser They nip of the blossom in mr.