The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-08-15
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SIR; A circalar from yo.r office ha.
recently been handed to me by iN j..
i. Hc.smaD, VI this Town, in which
sundry questions are propeustk.d ON
the sul,jc,, Of sheep husbandry, with n
request from him that I should prcparc
some statements with reference to il9
subject. hnt more particularly in rrla-
ton TO the question, Have you wool
dcpois, aud art they found advantage.
Gus for wool grower and manufacture
err"
l-t. What the preroiiins rnrcs ~
Each of the different varieties of sheep
grown in the United States may he
found in the State Of New York
Wooi.srowers located in the vi.inity II
our large cities and towns, who have
hcrc'o oforc bred fine Saxony Sheep.
have, to n great cXtrnt, within the paI
five ycar.,cLM,ye.l ,l'eir iloeks for large
framed, colrse.woolcd sheep, whose
carcascs arc valuable for mutton and
they derive IL greater profit frvm the
Leicester, SMul,down, md Cotssold
sheep, and their c,y'sses with The native
and ",hcr brccd. by Inc sale Of mutton
and wool, than from the salc tof wool
alone from the finer grades Of lSaxony
and Merino. Yet, the most en,crpris-
IN, wool.,tow,.,s j, his S.,,, are.
Lrcc,lin, ,hc Saxory a,r, NIer;uo sheen
and MANY are cro,.;ro uc two yn,;c.
IA. uL.h c,,.. ,;,.. ,h. crow., /.
a.o.. w";,,h;n, from ,,,rcc IN .hrce NM,
:, lair noun,ls of woo, Win ,h, fare.
mo;nn cxc.n,;on. Mcr;,oes ani ,h,;r
nra,i,s ,r. ,hs ,r.x,;l;n, r,c.,
,I VIZ, Le o,,,oo. u.;oht n,
a,cc. or ,E1.rs.I ,oc.."VThc .,cr.,,.
a;,h, oe WHono" ,c ,aro. ox.Ls ,r ,I.
r.,, h,ooI S,,orv h.cc,I "a about two
ami n h,,f ,nn,,;,d. NJ IN. tnll.h,,x,J
Spanish Nier;no f,,nr pounds; of III,
cross of. Saxopy and Msriap ,Iace and
u quarter rouu,ls Of ,.c grades Of tn.
Mcrino and naive cross three pounds
and of tho Leicester breed about fiy,
bounds. J. A. Painter, Of Hartford
Connecticut, has recently imported .
variety of Mcrnocs from France
which are hrce, and w,ll.forned sheep
and from winch t,o,.ks may be rear
ed producing N.eees weighing seves
pound, of medium quality Of WOO
washed on the back. i have seen on.
= fleece. sixteen months growth, whicl
contained fourteen mounds Of wool, W.,
: washed before shcur;pc. Messrs. Smitl
and Ca,lin, Of I.ilclield county, Con
nccticut, have, within the last year, i'm
ported race Of Saxony sheep, which
Judging from tire specimens have seer,
will yield larger fleeces OF a. super'o
, quality OF wool than most OF the for
n,er importai'ons introduced into 'h'
S'atc-yielding three pound, per 'cec
in the ordinary mole of washing.
81. " What tie roa IF Keeping shrr
MrouyL the vrar ,,sy hedd." "-Assumip
!, the fact, Which is veriiicd d by our mo,
. en,crprising agriculIuralisis, lha, II,
. keeping Of sheep upon grain.grcwin
lands greatly increases t''c fertility {
O the soil, it may safely hc estimated tl's
h 20 sheep may be kept upon 100 I;rs
}. Of cultivated grain Ltud-, without dimir
= ishing the grain crops, but. on the c."
1 tfAry, increasing ttein. Various est
: mates have been made Of the cost
= keeping sheep ia this state--much d,
: pending upon the price Of hay, asid
!. from It's value. for feeding on the iar'
= for Increasing manure, and the value I
n lands adapted 70 pastnrage. From
. ~ to 3 per cent. Of the weight OF
:. sheen per day will be found sufiicier
A through the f0ldering season.
81 A,b g What Me ~osdifion Of III
4 k,ouek of ;nJ.st,v.-Tbc condition ,
4 ,l,;. branch or iniu.,ry is not impr,,
n in, so rauill, in hi. State a. in III
. we.,cro and middle States Laro
70 numbers az .,,eep arc annually dive
!. from ,,,;. State 10 sur,Lv the deman
70 from the West. The iicl, ,riccs
% l,,rcr and ,l,e,. for ll,., na,t Eve wear
. have led 20 su,,s,i,ulina The d.iry (.
n .i,nci,i, bustandry in many districts: n,
~ .., .;,.. ,atn n,c,c has t,sn an i
!, -. +, ~. ,rod.c,;,m M uaa IN