The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-06-04

a cross Of full blood Rambonilett bucks, with
Spanish ewes. .ghjek shear from four 10 nine
poundspf clean washed wool, sold here at
forty cents per pound, the average being
about FIVE pounds per head. But Mr.. John
a. Tainief, of the same. State has within the
last few years imported some sheep from
some private .focks, in France, which are SUI
Iperiof 10 the ,Rapbonilett in size and weight
Ipf fleece. We have ewes Of oftbatimportation
which shear from eighteen to twenty pounds
Of wool upwashed, and bucks that viii shear
from eighteen to twenty four pounds. Mr..
A. L. Bingham, of Vermont, sheared eighty
three of these sheep last spring, tyenty-sev-
en- of which were lambs, ten months old, and
the average weight of the fleeces was frae-
ton over eighteen pounds per head. There
can be little doubt but that in less than ten
years there will be focks Of sheep formed
by crpssing Fanitor bucks with Spanisheyes,
which will shear from eight to ten. pounds of
washed wool II a man wishes to establish
a flock of blooded sheep, it is,yery important
that he should start right Ifhe thinks to
do it by crossing fun blood bucks with our
common ewes, he will find himself mistaken,
1t will improve the first crop of lambs, but
his flock will be grade sheep, if he keeps
crossing for years. and some of the lambs
will partake more Of the blood of the old
stock than of the MerinO. The only safe
way is to commence with full bloods on both
sides, and then he will know what his stock
is The outlay at first will be something,
but it will richly repay in the end.
Ba, here again some may be gpussled to
know how they are going to get their money
back, The object Of the farmer (the small
farmer especially J is to make his land re-
turn him as large profits as possible. Now
lif he can get breed OF sheep that will pay
him ten or fifteen per cent. more on the mon
ey invested in his land than those which he
now keeps it will make quite difference in
the proceeds of his farm. We will suppose
a man has fifteen hundred dollars which he
wishes to invest in sheep, and land to keer
them on. We suppose twenty-five acres
sufficient to keep one hundred sheep, and
worth twenty dollars per acre. If he choo-
ses to invest his money in common sheep, ht
can get ewes for one dollar pc head; con
|Sequently ale can purchase two hundred ant
fifty ewes and sixty-two and a half acres o.
land. Credit, by wool two hundred and
eighty seven lambs at seventy five cents
per head, making in all three hundred and
ninety dollars and 25 cents, being twenty
| sixper cent. on the money invested, If ht
buys good Merino ewes at ten dollars PEE
heal, he will have one hundred sheep ant
twenty-five acres of land. Credit by WOO
two hundred dollars, seventy-fve lambs
at the low price of six dollars per head, foul
four hundred and fifty dollars in all being a
fraction over fprty-thrce per cent. on the
money invested. To show that we have
not made our calculation, two high, we give
the experience of one of our number HI
wintcred last year, sixty-three eyes and ON
buck; his ewes averaged FIVE pounds two oun
ces of wool, which he sold at forty cents per
pound; he received for the bucks fleece eigh
dollars per head making in all over fv
hundred and eighty dollars.
Ii. ADAMS & SONS.
CHIcKENs.-A gentleman who has sue
cessfully tried the experiment, says, tha
with nests carefully and properly made, lined
with cotton, wool, and made new each sit
ting, hen will set on 90 eggs, ia on thu
b9ttqw and on top) and hatch out 1a t.
20 chickens raising three breods in season
1t is time for some improvement in poultr
raising in this country. In England, tn
chickens brought to market double the siz
of fthose in the United States, and afford mucl
greater profit to the farmers who raise them
as capons. .urf.1 l..a 7es
&S"T The greatest advantage follows deer