The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-06-28
Fsem The Pennsylvania Pam Journal.
Farms Improved by Keeping Sheep.

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Farms Improved by Keeping Sheep.
! citixens af W.ool growing districts
las parts Il Washington aud fayette
counEie-, are familiar with tie rapid
ua pro,ement of .Sheep faxss-s.~ ts
sheep grazing al.ne. Ii is the belief
vf many whose opinisn have been form
ed BY observation and experience. that.
by placing a. large ilock Of sheep on
q psor farm as the land will sustain.
and 10 FIVE years. without any other
means. IL will be comparatively rich.
We're this fact generally knawil. 1t
might change the husbandry ef consi-
sierable portions Of this State. the lands
~ which are better adapted TO wool
growing than grain growing. 70 say mo-
thing Of remeteness from produce msr-
kets. The following quotations trnm
The Transactions uf the Norfulk Agri-
culturist Society, which we end in the
Wool Grower, are worthy ot cunside-
ration:
"a man having small farm. foriuer-
y kept ianty sheep. four cows and one
horse. aud had food enough for them
ske year aound. The price ,uf wool
failRg. he sold his sheep, aud for a
pplnber VI years has kept other stock
aItvseiher. lie now keeps but three
scsws aud one horse the year round, and
PASTURES two cows extra through the
suInuer, sells very little hay--not haH
epusgh Wkeep apother COW he has the
saipe AMOUNT of pasture aud moving
land as when he Kept the farty sheep
10 addition " bis other stock. aud yet
his farm dies nat look near as we'll as
then. lie used to raise tprnips among
the corn for his sheep to eat ip wipter,
and gave them besides 4 few bvsbels Of
grain, TheiaWbs, however. more than
paid Co. bis extra feed.
Another farmer. for great number
of Years. kept about sixty sheep. eight
or nine cows. (ar other stock equal J
anc pair Of oxen aud one hsrse. After
Keeping the sheep Tor a number u
yeass, hc found he cosld then kcepas
large stock on his farm with the six
ty sheep, as be could without them be-
fore !; showing that they had improved
the farm 10 furnish their own support
10 stock a farm entirely with sheep
would not be 50 profitable as to keep
a limited. .number--yet il would pay as
well as other stock. The object is to
keep enough to consume that part u
the Sesetation peculiarly fitted to
sheep and which other stock will not
eat, adding. at the same time, enrich
ing elements to the pastures and yards
Nv their manure. Ii is the opinion Of
many farmers, that pastures for other
stock may he improved By keeping a
small tlock af sheep upon them a por-
tion of the time, aud the opinion seems
fairly supported both BY reason and
experiment.
How TO MEsp BRagEx CHisA OR
GLASS WARE.-Mrs. William Shelton,
Of Frankfor,l, Pa, sends us the follow
ing recipe for mending broken china
or glass. ware; we do ret kRo# that
the discovery is original with Mrs. s.,
but she has long used it with iayariable
success. Take unslake,l lime, made
fine by pounding or grinding, which
mix with the white Of an egg to the
consistency Of starch or paint; tho
roughly cleanse and dry the edges to
be united. then apply the mixture to
the parts to be cemented, place them
together firmly, and let them become
perfectly dry. Articles thus mended
can be handled or washed without in ].
jury. Plough, Loom and Aus;L