Maryland free press., 1862-10-31
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HOW TO RAISE sHEEP PKoFITABLY

wen as wool is up and great many inquiries
are made as to how to mako the most wool and
mutton, will say that my plan would be to put
from three to five good Cotswold bucks with or
hundred ewes and let them run with the eSSes all
the time. Let them have good blue grass, timo.
thy, clover, or any other Kind of grass let the m
nave plenty OF good water and well ea,ted. In
ADDITION would say, about the last of Now or
nrst OF Dec, early every morning would give
'nem hali an ear corn each, the ears broke in two
and scattered about on the grass SO that they all
can get to It, as they wilt pick every grain up ex-
cept muddy or rainy mornings. would continue
the feeding until spring You will find that 1t
VIII pay, both in wool and mutton. At the be
ginning of winter would have shelter of some
kind near my house, so that the weak lambs could
DO cared for. II there should be any weak ewes
with twin lambs, have lot of early rye or wh eat
and turn them into it, and give them corn and
shelter as The others have. The lots should be of
olue grass or timothy so that they would be dry
ana comfortable for them to sleep on during the
night except 1t should be raining or showing, then
put thsra under shslts r. During very cold dry
windy weather, give plenty hay and oats In the
straw. 1t you have no bay, oats, &C., good
wheat straw, or rye, or oat straw will do very
well, as they will eat it in cold dry weather, but
In wet rainy weather they will not touch it. Be
.ure that In cold dry days they have water every
day.
The sheep should be turned out of the lots they
stay in OF nights, into an adj,inin. blue grass
pasture, and brought up every night. BY hav-
ing few bells on them they will soon learn to
come up themselves to their lots.
My plan for shelters would be to have a plank
fence or post and rail, on the north side of the
lots they stay in of nights. Then would set up
sommon rails ten or twelve feet long, one end on
the groand and the other extending to the CD of
tie fence; then take cornstalk fodder commence
at the bottom and 60 up like the roof of a house
make IL three or four feet thick, and it will keep
as we'll as shocks in the field, and will do to feed
out in sprirg to cattle.
would say this plan fully carried out, would
bring two litters Of lambs every year, and would
be as good as Gne litter cath year, and think you
would have more twin lambs every time and be
as apt to raise them and your sheep better from
the care in keeping. Try it.
Now for my experience for a few years back
since have been keeping two or three bucks,
found some ST my ewes had two iitters a year,
and they increase more every year, and last year
the most Of my flock had their two litters, and
they sppear to do as well and grow as well as
when they had but one litter q year. II am
correct, this will be fast way of getting along
with sheep. would say that to commence,
would as soon have one half good healthy noun
sain ewes, as find they have the ca, liest lambs
think the Cot.wold would be more likely to
bring this result than any other, as think they
are hardy race of sheep, producing more wool
and mutton than any other that know of, and
think more prolific. notice my thrifty ewes
very often take the buck from to 10 days after
dropping their lambs, and the lambs are coming
at all seasons of the year.
KENTUCKY FARMER