New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-06

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sore can cut il a. 10 IL o'clock, and put in tbs
ban 81 clock. Cutting timothy ripe will un out
meadow II Gu. green it viii not exhaust y 80 land.
SECOND EVENING.
sotsc Sheer both for vol aud ui, NJ ID vhst oreSa
f,Im.is increase Sheep husasndy
The second meeting Of the Cub was still more
rrmerously attended than the tJ g. az all who attended
the meeting on Tuesday e7en0g had been talking oil
II on "Wednesday and telling cir acqusrances now
exceedingly interesting tho discussors WERE In iact
these meetings Of the most popular features OF
she a.e Fair Id 8: the hour appointed for the open
ing thi. evening, the Town Hall was crowded, and
rany who came later not finding standing room, MAJ
70 e, aNsy Unsatsicd.
Tke meeting was called to orde; by the chairman,
tho H,n. T. c. PErrRs Of Dareu n. y, who an
poap.cd the subject OF Sheep for the Tst nour, ano
miscellaneous subjects for the next hour each speaker
70 no restricted 70 ten minutes
TIE CHIIRMAN then called M several prominent |
.beep-br.eders the fret of whom was
Mr. JoRS MsDR Of Canada who was asked 70 ST. |
what sr of sheep be raises for mutton tie sa'd that
ne pr,feFYed the long wool sOT because they are more
he dy The mutton ssls readily, and the wool though |
ut. veIth so much per pound the hne WOOL sors,
produces much that the value OF tue iesce is
sousl We don't gov much corn but we feed great
yoanv roots and feed well 1t s foolish to try 70 keep
a7v animal upon low Diet We feed anything mat
sheep eat best and fatten principally upon t1rnlps
and seq with little meal Tne long wool sheep are
better adapted Canada than the fac Wool We smear
eph, pounds Of clean wool per head The Cotswold
ysrtty prefeTred they are stronger constitutions
ahsl the Leicester sheep. >,
The CHAIRMAN Then called Tor any person WHO coud
defend the nns.wOO breed.
M PEzTmOsE of NermOnt-lf man Keeps ont
few h ep ne should keep mutton breed Ii ne Keeps
8 large flock or say 200 800, he should keep hue
wool Sorts The trouble in sheepbreedIng Is IN leuing
them ran down in October. Winter 3VO head, ana
100 ewes will give 100 lambs. use 400 acres, bGt
ms1y of them are the mountain and valu az only
A. an acre ! DO not let all my ewes breed keep
NV sheen in very close Winter quarters on hay |
feed breeding peck Of corn day TO IOO head
Io eleven years have not had lamb die, aud they
are kent without grain, but always with wa'er and
salt BY them. There is material difference III the
vaae Of the fleece, according TO the way sheep are
kept. prefer always 10 have my sheep lat. In Jan
usrv select nv ewes and never sell tie choice
Ihsve sn eve that has produced eighteen lambs and
sheers four pounds of good WOOL do not select the
u, e. gummy sheep for my use; they are much more
tender than those less guumy. Snll You must have
greasy wool ii You have fne wool. feed generally
twice day-sometimes only OLoe.
Mr. BAKER of Steuben COunty-I commence in Dc
tober er hard frosts 70 feed grain 10 the amos ana
when Winter common es put them IN yards and feed
hay twice day in board racks. never kept coarse
wool sheep My flock averages 10 ~ ID per fleece
not of the gummy sort. stable my sheep IN WINTER
lkeep 400 head divided into thee ocks, by two par
t.ions The gross sales average about 81 head for
wool AZ sal. of sheep. feed very regularly as 10
time and quantity iced grsin sometimes, but not all
the tine. / recommend the increase OF our hocSs as
thew greatly improve our farms. l feed roots to
ewes 20 dsyshsfOre lambiOg have kept about SUI
sheen wear on less than 200 acres In the farm both
Summer and Winter feed have iaissd LOO bushels
OF corn OF sheep manured land The wafer
my farm Ia limestone,
Gen. HARMos of Monroe County, commenced
with fine wool Sheep, 40 years ago. then tried Lei
ces'eTshire, and then came back 10 MerinOs. have
less than 900 acres, and grow 80 or 40 acres Of wheat
every year; the land improves by sheep. My average
Tot of fleece is 10. keep $50 head, and get over
500 year for wool and increase. stable fifty sheep
IN room l4xN feet, without change In the Winter: !
wash my sheep clean and let them run ak or eight
days and then shear. don't breed from gummy
sbtep. feed IN board racks with straight su ;ks, 80
the sheep put in their heads. There Is about
twenty-five acres of reclaimed land or my farm thai
will keep sheen alive but won't fat them. My farm j:
limestone and prefer fine wool sheep TO any other fol
profit and cor Sder sheep twice sprotabe as cattle
upon any grain farm L never breed from ewes less
than three years old. don like the OF Lsces-
ter bucks upon tine have sold of wool and
sheep over 500 year.
GEORGE MILLER of Canada, a nGted breeder Of
coarse wool sheep called for but did not respond
JAMES GgDDEs of Or ond4ga, breeder fine wool
shep, was slso called for.
Mr.. CADY of TOmI kDs County was aso called for,
ano, failing 70 respond, LEWIS +. ALLEN OF Black
Rnk volunteered TO tpesk DpOn the subject. He said:
ave kept sheep twenty five years upon clay loam
Dsursl 10 sweei gases limestone formation, on the
Niagara River There Is no general rule az 70 TIE
pre- fJ OF keeping sheep. All depends upon circum.
stsDc,s. lp Canada | have seen the best long
she'p ever saw but the sheep too fat for eating.
You might as well dit Off c9ke Of tsOw as sucn
meat. Such sheep may be profitable In CaI ada With
me- those sheep require good eheIter 1ney are not
kept warm by their long tieeces. My sheep sheared
% ponds OF wool. don't approve OF feeding many
roots except 10 breeding ewes. They are likely to
scour sheep; at least they do mine.
Mr.. BoWES Of Orleans County, have bred both
coarse and fine sheep. i have yearling coarse wool
sheep that weighed 10 pounds each az one year DID,
find the coarse-wool breed the most profitable. My
sheep average pounds of wool that sells at 81 cents
pouid Ny sheep of C0swold, and are close
wooded and hardy live giavely loan, wheat soil,
and think IL desirable to increase tia stock OF sheep
in This State field Of clover fed OF by sheep Will
Weld more wheat than If not fed OIL.
LEWIS +. ALLEN-On some sOls It may be best TO
pOw in clover; on Other soils it is not. As TO mutton
sheep, / have led SOdhdOwns, ana the cheapest way
that can make mutton upon grass and wethers OF lou
pounds bring &c pound gross dt Bohalo' w0uia
keep mutton sheep if / had good farm on railroad
can always sell my lambs at -. Ny SouthdOwn
BeeOes bring 81 80 average. Southdown mutton Is the
hest we have, and the sheep always sell well Tor
NUT on. The fne-wool sheep mutton is apt TO
taste Of the greasy wool The merlno sheeP are Il
hardy race of sheep, but they good breed 10
keep, where mutton Is the main object and would
not keep breed for mutton that produce carcases all
fat like some of the long wool sorts.
SoLoE Robinson of New-lork was here called upon
10 state what sort Of sheep sell the best In tae NeS'
York market which be has 50 long reported Tor IHE
TRIBUSE. He stated IN substance as follows: South
Down sheep always outsell every other variety IN
New York TO our frstcsss butchers bat they are not
appreciated by the wholesale butchers, who are mostly
Iilsh and Jews. There is alwaysa good demand Tor
choice South Downs particularly Ia mbs and the half
blood ones bring about high prices as full blood ones
would if brought in early in hrst-rate c0n0luoD
Samuel Chorpe OF Dutchess County buys good common
ewes every year, aud breeds them 10 his tulbioo0
South Down bucks and gets early lambs, winch sell a.
81 or 50 head. He clips thei ewes and tattens ana
s4lls ibeu. and the Gales q lambs, Aeeces and
ewes average about - head over the hfst cos!
This makes very pleasant and profitable STOCK Dus