New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-08

nave four quartz Of corn neal than two bushels Of
sorniss ms yea: we have got slmoet universal
COCO crop Of all kinds Of graio and grass n Eogisnd
tlry can grow whea, and iurpips bot not RI.
pents % Sheep.--Thos. Ii, Il Of Nonnoutr Comfy
New'Jefey, wac called, bu, not bedss prssslt hos
RobiLson m1de ths followiog st..ea.n., VIZ BsD
said me: usually keep about 100 sheen ard rsasv
my flock every year. My neghbors and m ysef gree
with drover to take certain numbers and he yoes nm
the Delaware into the State Of New'YaYk. where he
obtains q large strain Of common sheep, j buy the
hest on % in the Jck paying the highest market price
y ;cb This wear was - 30 hss while my nj shbors
M, fer 20 take The low priced sh ep, graduating down
TO 81 80 or 81 % ahead GET my new toes Ia about
let of d tober, sDd immedis;ey put the ewes 70
GI blood Shutdown bucBs, 80 ps % nave tie lambs
drort early ia A ril Ibave good An nnn pts'nre, "
50 10 keep the flock in good c1Ddtlon 20 % iag WIN
t.r onart. re- where | keep then ~ yarhs WIN open
AZ edo fy sep in pen with ano rec
dom 10 Law md, cover or out in the open weather.
Their own instinct governs them about seekioG sAeef
ubep /, storms iced the flock almost entirely npon
whole sslks of Indian corn, cut from me grDuhd as
SON as it ia hard enough TO ripen IN tne so9cA,
The ala ks ore we'll cured ard afterward tn corn
sbnsked and stalks stored for Wjner The sheep trim
ih. Of leaves and the dry stalks make GOO oendlng
for them i watch my ewes and take them on; OF uhs
flock 81 tn ,ioe approaches TO drop tns Amos anu
nut them in other va d. wnere they are feo on gram
and good hay, and seldom lose lamb. grazs my
as, upon twenty -four Of good pasture, winch
has been MADE 20 produce sweet grass oy tne sppS+
ton Of geen sand mari, by which have re aoyhe
W. IN out farm. 10y tDe enc Oh Jul1 ny
which are large ard fat and well m arked win tne
Shutdown characteristics, all Oft To the butchsr-tns
wear st 81 IS each, telling the whole lot 70 one msn.
uld have soil them IN small lots SO as 70 average
IS head. The ewes, after the lambs are taken on,
bee. me fat upn alone 20 as TO bring me pest
market price Of that elsss Of sheep in September, 4
lave Just cold all off and find that the lOO head when
purchased at 81 30 one year ago, have yielded me In
wool Ian BIS and old sheep 81 80 head over the cost
of the stock. Last year LIED s. head proht or
rather got that for keeping 100 head of sheep one year.
ard think that cum may be safely calculated upon
every year. And beside this profit, lind
more advantageous in every way nan any
other Kind Of stock. Every, farmer keeping
sheep should have lot Of movable fence and inciose
small plots-tay half an acre tIme-of the poorest
parts OF the fam, such grayey knols upon Thleh
TO yard The flock nights. The only drawba * % keep
ing sheep upon hundreds Of farms near New YORK
the worthless cur dogs. In New.Jersey We have
good law which gives out of the general tax s. head
for all sheep killed by dogs That sures every com
mon sheep but does not warrant me in keeping full
blood Southdown or other valna lie breeds The State
of New YoIk needs a stringent law sg, inst dogs TO
PRO ec the interest Of farmers who keep sheep parte-
uaIly in the coun les near the city. ..--....
Mr. RoBISsoH sid the above statement Of Mr.. Bell
was very encouraging one, and would doubtless en-
courage many of the farmers convenient TO the city
market to sdOpt the SO IL the State LSg1sa-
ture would protect them against dogs. The question
resolves itself into this simple fern: liz u OF more
general advantage 10 T. ate to grow wool and NUT
ton than it is TO grow dogs-dogs, too, OF the mos
worthless sorts IL Is of the rres things IN the
world that a shepherd dog god house watch dog,
ever kills sheep. Ii is only tue me nsst. pro wing
thevpg, worhle ours, OF no value TO their owners,
that destroy sheep. Let us have law 70 anniniiIe
them and then every man can Keep sneep Win the
Mr., CARpEsTER of Elnira-A neighbor of mine
makes inst abou, the average upon his focz OF
Southdowns He sheSrs six pounds Of wool per head,
and be sells bis lambe at 81 -,
l.. +. ALLEN disputed these sheep being s'uth.
downs because that breed never shsars ak pounds OF
wool per head.
MIR PETTIBosE of Vermont related the fact Of irri.
eating lard with lime water, and 1t produced good
:. sut have no que stion about the profit OF mock
of sheep as related. TIE sales Of my wool last year
produced over 81 hesd for my H. OK, aud the average
wear at so cents pound My land 10 limestone elay
loan. / have picked out and sold twenty wether
lam bs to neighbor who shesred pounds head and
sold two sheep for mutton at IS % head n'ck OF
500 head of sheep ought TO average pounds OF clean
wool select in the FAN eight or ten wethers, and
feed them with meal through the Winter, and give
the good grazing in Summer, and Kill through the
Sum mtr al the allow averages 10 or II pounds and
the meat 10 to Is pounds per quarter. The peA sell
at IS cents. three .yesr-od wether, pure Merino
breed, often weighs IS pounds. 1 have sheared IA
pounds of wool per head nom bucks, which sold for W
cents pound, and pounds Of wool from ever.
A. b. DIcKEssos-I have sheared II, 600 sheep In
year. ard know something Of them. The man who
raises sheep for mutton had better r.ise the largest
krd for they prodoce The most money, though they
MT lot make the best kind of mutton. For wool,
would keep none but The fnewooled variety Of sheep,
but would not keep the guamy sort, because the
clean wool will always produce the most money.
In washing sheep, am sure that the wool can al
WAYS be made cleaner when the sheep are washed IN
a vat than in stream. II ~ sheep VIII weigh ~
cwt they will eat just about as much as two bullosks
of that wegbt-thst is il they are mature sheep.
Young sheep eat more according 70 live weights than
old ones.
The discussion was continued through the two hours
allotted and then the Cluo adj ourned 70 the nexs Fair
and every one went away, highly satisfied with the re-
suit of the present meeting.