Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-11
for the Grant County Hereld.
School Teachers

/ SCnOO1 IcaChers.
A noble office they sustain. Shame to
MN that neglects its duties. Honor. biob
ana lasting as the minds he guides to him
that performs them well. Yes. honor be-
to him from all connected with him and
his precious work. ~
Let parents honor him. You commit
TO MS care your most valuable possessions
ana he needs that you should treat him
with more respect than you do ordinary
men, that your children may pay due def.
erence to his teachings. A disparao;no
remark respecting him may diminish the
value of his endeavors for the good of your
children twenty five per cent. He needs
that you honor his work by going to see
how he does it, and how he prospers in it.
If you had man feeding your cattle, or
pigs even, you would go and see to them
now and then; and should you not. viii
you not 60 and see how your children arc
nanaged3 Are they being trained right
ly for American citizens?
Let children honor him. Respect for
persons holding superior stations. as pa
rents, teachers, and the aged, is one of the
most pleasing, useful, and promising things
IN youth. Scholars, older and Younger.
honor your teacher. He seeks to do YOU
good; to make you rich in knowledge. no
bic in heart, right in life, (if he is not far
from being what he ought to be.) One
that so seeks your welfare is worthy of
your honor. And honoring him duly will
cause you to profit more by his aid, and
tend to make him more useful to other
scholars.
Let the teacher honor him. IF he does
not honor himself, he would be better chop
ping wood. He is unfit to be a teacher.
Why, he is, in the eyes of many, the
great man Of the district. His work is
more important, generally, than that Of
any three other men in it, to say the least
He has, probably, third of the persons in
it under his care daily, and during the
most precious time of all their lives and all
their existence. HIS Office daily is to guide
and aid immortal minds. 1t is the great
est work man ever does, to teach. And
shall he that holds that high office, and
does this great work, feel that he may be
silly boy? Shall he act as if he were
a worthless character, and it were no mat
ter how he behaved? Shame on him if
he does.
No. teacher. Honor your Office, and
honor yourself in it: Then others will
honor you: and consciousness of noble
aims and a noble work will help you to be
happy and useful in it. P. G.
WINTER MANAGEMENT OF SnEEp--In
wet weather it is of great advantage to
be able to fodder under shelter. | have
abandoned the practice of sailing my hay
except when compelled, by stress of wea-
ther to house it before it is thoroughly
cured. My sheep are sailed about once a
week the year round, and instead of giving
them tar as recommended by some per-
sons, l occasionally strew the yard with
pine boughs of which they are fond.
| regard the fall management of lambs
one of the most important branches 'of
sheep husbandry. Having paid for my
experience on this point as well as that Of
winter shelter, can speak with conf
Idence. They should be separated from
their dams about the first of September,
and with a few old sheep, that required
nursing, turned to the best pasture. Care
should be taken that they are not stinted
till removed to winter quarters, when they
should have small allowance of grain or
oil meal in addition to plentiful supply
of good hay. As soon as the pasture be-
gins to fail, the ration of grain should be
supplied. By neglecting to provide suita-
bic pasture for a lot of upwards Of 100 We
ry superior lambs, one season, [ lost the
greater part Of them the ensuing winter
Ny utmost efforts, after [ discovered the
error, were of no avail. | gave them a
comfortable She'd plenty of litter, good
hay, regular allowance Of meal, and
free access to water; but they never re-
covered, and the greater part died before
spring.
My bucks and ewes are put together a
bout the first of December. The flock
which l keep at my home barn, under my
own eye, and from which | raise bucks for
the supply Of my own, and many Of my
neighbors' fiocks, is managed in this
way. The ewes in lots Of 20 to 35 are
placed in separate pens and a select buck
| is turned into each pen, where they are
kept together Is or 20 days. The ewes,
in each pen are marked with letter in tar
and lampblack, to indicate what buck they
were served by. At shearing time, the
best buck lambs are selected, and receive
a mark TO denote their origin.
In my judgement, water is as essential
to sheep as it is to any other animal. They
will go through the winter on snow instead
lof water, and so would a man or horse,
.Iif compelled by necessity to do so; but
either would prefer to have it thawed before
using it, rather than perform that Office in
his bowels.
/ When my sheep run in large aocks with
out shelter, they were occasionally affected
with the scab, but since / have provided
J comfortable sheds for them, they have
been troubled with no serious disease
1 This climate is well suited to sheep
lie. Kirby, jeff Co., N. Y. in MorrelTs
Shepherd.
| THEoLoeIcAL-Two juvenile disputants
discussed as follows-in our hearing
day or two since:
II tell you, God is euerywherer