Nebraska advertiser., 1860-08-09
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The old proverb that chEngk.uf pas
ture makes fat sheep, needs to be res
ceiYed with some, qualification perhaps,
yet if the pastures are good, there can
| be no doubt Of It's advantage. Sheep
are even more fond of variety Of fUed
than the horse or The COW. and unless
they have a very wide range with con-
siderable variety Of soil, they should oc-
casionalIy- be changed from one pasture
TO another. EVENT. lhe new pasture has
some. weeds and brush, it wililnotlbs OBJ
! lected to. Many plants that the, COW
will not touch, are greedily cropped by
the sheep. The daisy and white weed
which flourish upon hill pastures, are We!
/ ryl highly rellshed, }iand where these
weeds abounds they may be ssubd9ednby
close feeding with, sheep. They should
be turned Ia early In, the Spring, while
The plants aretender, where you wish to
eradicate them aq Dock, milk@eedi yer:
vain, and many other troublesome weeds
may be subdaedE by9 sheep, Thisf incident
tai benefit is not To- be lest sight Of. The
| natural instincts of the sheep lead them,
/ to prefer elevated land, and BY this kind
Of stock ,stoeky5 hill Pabtdres 5selri6te ffOhf
home, may be turned TO good accdhnt91y
II Care, IhowevsFn should be, iakepi TO- er-
radicate laurel,, OF any other poisonous
shrub from the pastures. Both the high
and The low laurel yield one Of the dead
lest pUisons, and foeks that hakeaSeess
to these shrubs are often injured or kill
ed.J The wild Cherry, is also iniuriops,
but is less dangerous, as its limbs are.
generally above their reach. In case Of
| poisoning, a strong decoction Of white ash
buds or rlwigs, will afford relief, if seas
Onably admiuistered,,lIA' teacupfuboof
! this teaHay be given ~ each animal. bIg
SEPARATION OF THE FLOCK.
The rams sh0tldl be separated from
the rest of the flock at shearing1 orTat
furthest. by midsummer. j. Il is safest to
/ do This at an early. period, for some sheep
! which have had no lambs, or lost them az
] weani1g lime3 may ,besin season even in
June. This is particularly necessary with,
the fine wooled sheep The lopg woods
i do not usually come INTO season until the,
/ weather begins to get cool. LAMBS drop
| ped through the winter, are a great tax
upon The time and } Patience Of the farm
er. They are like winter chickens, re-
4 quiring a great deal of nursing, and sell
i dom paying for the care bestowed upon
\ them. The betteriwayis to regulate the
I yearning Of your flock by your own pre-
| caution. As a rule. the lambs shouldnut
begin to come until theaSpring has fairly
i opened, and the whole flock, should be
Through with yeaning in the course Of a
month. This,will bring lbelprOper time
for coupling in this latitude as late as
November. ItI true that early lambs,
if they do well, are more saleable,, but it
should be remembered that much larg-
er per cent of them die.
The flock needs constant observation
at this time, for, ordinarily, the sheep
owner Las not only to guard his own
2 rams hut those of his careless neighbors.
a single visit of ali inferior, coarse wool
|. ed ram might damage the increase of the
flock to a large amount.
The lambs, also, should be separated
) from their mothers about the first of Au-
gust, to give the ewes time to recruit for
Winter. If put in lots so far apart
/ that they cannot hear each others bleat-
ing, they will very soon tecome quiet.
The lambs can be put in with yearling
ewes, for, if you do not wish the year,
! lings TO bear lambs at two years old, they
also should be separated from the rest OF
the flock. The more common. practice Is
TO let them bear the second season, but
we think the size and stamina of sheep
are deprecated by the practice. To get
I the best results in woob and flesh, andlto
keep The flock constantly improving, ma
ny. think The better way is not to let
them Bear lambs until their third season.
OF course, if one is 2Iooking toimmedi--
ate. results, aud makes his market for the
surplus of bis AockTwilh the butcher,
rather, than with the breeder, this will nOi
/ pay. ..,..,, ,,.rs- %, a.r...
= The ewes, wh5h separated from their
I lambs, should be kept in Short pasture
until the. milk is dried up. .About week
after they are turned OIL, they should be
examined to see thai their udderS are not
caked. Ii is good plan TO strip the
milk from all. This will guard against
Instructions at the next lanbing season.
: After.thep are dried off, they should be
ur6ed INTO good feed. and be allowed-to
+ restore the 1esh which has baenIreduced
in raising their lambs The lambs, also,
should have fresh, tender pasture, tha:
b they may not fall away after they are
weahed. In Summer, as in Winter, tie
S whole flock should have fihlfeed, and tie
profits on mutton aud wool yil be found
@ 70 hinge mainly OH this fact efed
FALL MANAGEMENT.
1t IS almost the universal practice in
this country toglet sheep run ihihe5 PAS
) tares unlil. .aihey are covered with SHOW,
] and necessity, ponPells, tbenooto the dry
: hay. The change from grass. 10 Lay ia
: his sudden way is always accompanied
: with loss9.n Indeed the lUss begins some.
: time before The fhaage, ,ywhenlth frosts
usrn the grass and it Ionses IT'S sweetness
d The feed dePreciales in quantity as vel
as Oualitv and II Is ihoupht thai the aorL.