Nebraska advertiser., 1860-08-02
AGRICULTURAL.
Facts about Sheep.


Simon Brown. Editor Of the New Isn
land Farmer, stated the following inter
esting facts at a meeting Of the Concord
farmers Club;
"He remarked that he vas familiar will
the care of sheep in his youth. Hehat
been obliged to sit up night after night
in cold weather, to lake care of lambs
because they were despped tao earl8
The 6rst brcadcioth be ever wore Na.
made from lhe wool Of sheep yascn b.
had assisted % raise. She's raising va
formerly profitable, bat / had been dis
continued among US chiefly on account Of
the losses occasloned by dogs! He haC
been informed that in the adjoining coun.
~ Of Essex, there were only 500 sheep.
but there were $500 dogs! A good
many persons are now entering upon the
business. A new spirit has been awak-
ened upon the subject. Sheep have been
improved in size and producliveness, as
much as. and perhaps more, than cattle.
Fifty years ago, a quarter of mutton in
England, that weighed Is or 90 pounds
was ihought large. Now a quarter of
mutton is frequently seen weighing SO or
go pounds. One weighing so pounds
was recently exhibited 10 Boston market,
IF there is ademand for mutton, sheep
raising must be made profitable. He had
no doubt that there would be a demand
for all the good mutton that might be
raised. He spoke of the effect of keep
ing sheep in reclaiming pastures. He
knew of a tract of land in Plymouth CO.,
that was formerly so covered with briars
ami rose bushes, Lhatit was almost impOs-
sible to walk through it. He saw 1t last
fall, and il wasa beautiful green PASTURE
th a smooth surface, ana not a bush or
,r;a, upon it. 1t had then been reclaim
"A bv,b use of sheep alone"
T2g owing additional statements
oere made 81 james B.-EAiatt of Keene,
ow-Hpmns6;ra Our readers who are
,cc,s,onpd - ~ ich lands of the west
III hoor IN m,ad tha, when he speaks of
one acre being required 10 keep one
sheep, that he alludes 10 TIE thinner SOIL
and The rocky hill-sides Of Ne" HamP-
He is engaged in sheep ~h2sbandry
and has been tor FIVE years. His sheep
had become breachy. When this Is the
case, the bes. way is to change the sp-
tire flock. He had recently been looking
among the sheep IN Vermont, and had
purchased a hundred, atthe Average price
Of five dollars. He expects they will
WELD from five 10 six pounds Ct wool each
Ho has beeu TO Albany, ana seen the
o-Ur-wosled sheep. They Do best ashe
.s,formed. IN small 1ocks. he WISHES
keen q pretty large flock has one pas
that viii carry 500, aud another that
viii carry eco, and another that will
carry from $50 10 200. Sheepsrequire
about one acre each. If the land Is very
rocky, they require more. Large sheep
require more. He has concluded TO keep
fine wooled sheep. Many OF the farm
;ers on the Connecticut are now teedIng
all ,he corn they can raise to their sheep.
buy wethers. and put them up
hon, the LIST of December: and give
-, co6.meal and oats, all they will eat.
In March they shear them' and send to
n1orte, in cars. alive. They will weigh
from 15O 10 l7O pounds, 1--we weight. and
bring from FIVE anG a hall to seven cents
nor hound. In Walpoie, New Hamp-
Shire. they are feeding 4,OCO this WIN"
Ter. The farmer may fatten Two sets III
the fall and winter. The manure from
sheen is better than that from cows. From
81 sheen, he made ten loads Of the best
manure he ever saw. Leaves, or some
nroper absorbent, should be placed on the
bottom of the yard. and Irter also used
as required. This manure is excellent to
mix with muck, Il costs about forty cents
IN New Hampshire, TO pasture a sheep
from the 10Th OF April TO the 10Th of No
vember, or till they are showed up"
aud about Sl,l0 in the Winter. A sheep
REQUIRES about two pounds of hay daily.
He feeds with hay twice a day, and once
with roots. Sheep require plenty fresh
air, and running waller. Some keep them
without water, but it isnotsc well. Sheep
will destroy almost every kind OF bushes,
except pines aud alders' Some sheep
are easily kept within ordinary fences ;
others will learn to jump over almost ev-
erv fence. He related al anecdote of a
man who had kept a flock Of sheep %
wears. and never knew but one to get out
Of the pasture. Mr.. E. thought small
mutton quite as good as large, but thlt, as
most farmers inlthis section would keep
only small focks, the long.wooled sheep
might be the most profitable here. The
Coiswolds and SouthdOwns would yield
fIom FIVE TO six pounds of wool. This
wool. is in demand for certain kinds Of
manufacture. He said that a mar of his
ACQUAINTANCE in Vermont realizes SI'OUO
Der year from 200 sheep"
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