, 1861-02-28
Sheen.

A statement was made by SolOn Robinson,
at the New York State Fair. this year, and
reported IN the Country Gentleman, that is
hls shly interesting. 1t is in regard TO the
she, p huSbandry experiments of Mr.. Thomas
b. I. of New Jersey.
Mr.. Bell usually keeps one hundred >h"ep.
lie buys common sheep, Ot rathrr large size,
IN lhr tall, aud crosses them with a full.
bl0oded Snuthd'Wn. The lambs are dropped
about the first Of April. The ewes IN the
fall Gus, from 81 ID To $3.50 per head. lie
selects the best and pays the highest price.
lie has good August pasture, and keeps the
sheep well, 50 that they go into winter quar-
terS IN good condition. In the winter he
keeps them in yards with open she'd, fifty n
yard, with feeding racks and liberty TO 60
under the sheds or be IN the open air, as
they see fit lie feeds them almost entirely
on cornstalks, cut up at the ground as soon
as the corn is hard enough to ripen in the
stalk. He docs not chaff the cornstalks.
The sheep cat of the leaves, and the butts
serve for bedding. A few weeks previous
to lambing, the ewes that are heavy are
drawn out by themselves, and fed with good
hay and little grain. lie seldom loses
lamb. BY the cnd VI July he has his lambs
(which are strongly mark d by the South.
down characteristIcS,) all sent to the butcher
IN time to take out new supply. They
have just been sold this year, and he netIed
from Lmbs, wool aud old sheep, profit of
81 so per head, over the first cost Of til"
sheep. The year before, he made profit Of
81 pei head. Besides this, he finds that the
sh,...r n ra Al, i,.hiu,r HE Land
A New BREED OF SHEEP.-A report has
lately been made tO the Society Of the Ac.
clInaiiOu Oi Animals in London, of new
breed Of >h,ep, or at least animals resem.
bling sheep, except in size, found in the
countries adjacent to the Punjaub. III sc
animals are called Purik sheep, and are the
most dimlnutive Of the owls family, the full
grown ones being not larger than lambs Of
a few weeks old. The Purik sheep has
small bones, u fleshy carcass, and the NUT
ion is excellent, and yields three pounds Of
very fine wool. The ewes generally give
two lambs year. The great advantage of
this over other breeds is its domestic habits,
living around the cottages as quiet as house
dog, and feeding upon all sorts Of waste her.
bage, scraps Of fruit, vegetables. crumbs Of
bread, shreds that are frequently wasted,
eating them from the hands of any one who
offers. 1t is Thought that the Purik sheep
would be suited 20 the climate of England,
aud exactly adapt to the wants Of many
cuit.Igers. Ii 20, II would also SUIT many
n tbs eoanty. 1t would be a great oh.
jeet Ia get m animal TO consume the kitchen
garbage less Objectionable than the hog, and
the flesh of which would afford more whole.
sOme fDOd. Too many live, 50 far us meat is
concerned, almost exclusively upon pork.
The cattle disease has made frightful rava.
ges among mich COWS in Ireland, sparing in
some herds not a single one. But there is
reported the discovery of specific Of a
novel character, being neither more nor
hess than Tdrkish bath DR.. Barter cured
seven out Of eight distempered animals on
the first experiment: aud he showed o far.
msr who had lost thirty cows by the maIady
how, for $50, he could construct rude bath,
which, on being set up and tested, proved
eiiec.ual in saving all the rest Of the cattle
that caught the disease.
W. Preston, in the London Gardeners
Ckroaiele, claims a new mode Of propogat.
ing plants. Beginning with growing plants
in nut-shells, he now strikes and grows an
almost incalculable number Of plants in
very small space, without an atom Of soil Of
any kind Among these are bedding rlants,
roses, etc. and the apple, pear, &C., are
promised. The modas operandi is not made
clear. '49