Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-03-06
Farm ann Garnen.
Care Of Sheep..Multos.

uuire no water in winter, and that
they actually do better without
/, than ~i.al it, This, however, is
a mistake, and one that mas not
unfrequently caused considerable
losses. When permitted, sheep,
although they are, from their par
tiuular nature, capable of subsist-
ing a longer time without fluids
than any other domestic animal,
will generally drink from four to
eight times a day, and with evi-
dent benefit, particularly during
winter, when they are necessarily
restricted to dry and unsueculent
food, which engenders thirst, and
requires much drink to render the
economy of digestion and assimi-
lation sufficiently rapid and per
feet to insure continuance of
thrift and health. When practi-
cable, there should always be a
watering-trough in the she'd or
yard, to which the animals con-
fined in it can at all times have
free access, without mixing with
cattle or large stock of any kind,
as they are liable to be injured by
the latter, especially when young.
When there is a pump in the yard,
the trouble attending such an ar
rangement is comparatively slight,
even where the sheep and cattle
yards, as they always ought to be,
are distinct. -vetso k1as
From twenty-five to thirty sheep
are as many as can well be kept
Tn'one enclosure. When the num-
Der exceeds this, unless special
care be taken to secure the most
perfect ventilation, the, animals
are likely to contract diseases, and
never do SO well, as when confined
i'm smaller hocks. Pure air is es-
sential to all animals, but especial
" to the sheep. On taking
sheep from their summer ranges,
in autumn, the sudden change
from green to dry feed often
operates detrimentally. This is
sufficiently evinced by the sud
den loss of appetite, and conse-
auent evacuation exhibited; and
which is often attributed, errone-
ously, to disease. As soon as they
are taken from the pastures q few
messes of turnips should be given
them, daily, for week or so,
gradually diminishing the quantity
as they become accustomed to 9th
GER faod. BY adopting this plan,
an9Allowing them a liberal supply
of wafer and salt. their constitu-
tional vigor will remain unin-
paired, and the change rendered
unavoidable by circumstances, be
productive Of no unpleasant or de-
tcricEating results ~ sssssio z z
IN Great Britain, where SO much
use is made of mutton by all
classes, from the peer to the Ia
borer, great attention has been ac-
corded, not only to the production
of the greatest quantity, but also
to the best quality. of mutton
After SO long a series of efforts
and experiments, it is but reason
able to suppose that very many
important discoveries have been
made in this particular branch of
rural economy, and that the bust
ness Of fattening, in all its details,
is there more thoroughly under
stood and practiced than in any
othercountry. 1t appears, indeed,
to be universally conceded by ag-
ricultural writers of England, that
sheep of great size and rapid
growth, will not give SO fine NUT.
ton as smaller animals, and those
which are longer in coming to ma
turity. This axiom may, intact, be
regarded as constituting the genu-
10 caoret of the success which SC