The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-12-23


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lhsee eb lel tbe Cosse ga Breed
II lhesp hr ~ orb cultivation. a,
ooattsiag more desirable qaaliiss a.
motion sheep daaaay oher known
,antly IL large dse nnoy il
from 90 competition except uah h3e
leicester COMPARED With them lie
Appearance Is tl.a Coiswo.1 indicates
q reosai oreia. less refinement sf 40.
STONY, less deltacy q siyle, equal
hcao,y of frm les liability % disease.
and that greater fisor u constitution
given By lhs fresh Blood al = new aud
rising raee Some of lba best d ibis
breed q sleep ara now known as New
o1fordshirc ! am keeping both
sarie,Ies, ani haze yel bad % reason
20 regret my selection.
Thy are yoi,fc.-- After two years
q age they usually bring twins Tie
lambs become Cas-, and are worth in
huiumn eve dollars 10 the butcher
Selected Tor breeding, lie lambs sell
a, from ten % twenty five dollars each.
a gentleman 10 Canada WHO had
fourteen Of this class 81 sheep, inform
cd me that BE one year raised from
them iaen'y-cigli lambs, and sold
them for seven hundred dollars.
7aer 'rool {, grefta5ic.-Thc wool
o. this sheer, compared with tho Me-
rho, Is dry, elgaa, and less son. The
staple Is very long. No other sheep
produce 10 heavy fleece Of pare
wool. Some washed aeeces have
weighed as high as twenty poands.-
The ligMesl feeces are from bearing
ewes, ard these win average seven lbs,
each, 50 that there Is no kind Of wool
selling higher By the fleece.
7lese sttfp ere hardy-I have
kept them lAree years, anl have not
had n case Of disease among them
Their long heavy fleece protects them
from cold, aad turns oil the storms.
They come q sar,y maturity. They
may be iai,ed wish pr5di when year
old. Al TIVE have seen them faued .
with very little grain, and sold to the
butcher tor eighteen dollars each
They arc d,, sed 70 become ft.-
Ii i well known that a gigcn amount
Of food viii produce a far greater
amount Of valuable fat and flesh t
on some aHinals than on others.
Grain ed to ID So sheep, produces I
more pounds If meat than fed 70 swine,
and the meatselIs higher b. the pound.
IAcse slstp otsaia great sise.
a standing premium Of ono hundred 1
dollars, for a sheep weighing two
hundred pounds m the mutton, has
been taken by this breed alone The /
wool viii pay the expenses ofkeeping
until three years Of aye. They have
then been fiued 70 weigh three humid
red pounds, aud sold for twenty-five
dollars each.
These sheep are well adapted 70
small farms, aud thrive best in small
focls. The farmer Of small means
will find that with good care, fifteen Of
these sheep win produce as large an
income as ono hundred Of the common
kind, and much lnrger profit.
AS ornaments 10 the grounds Of
gentlemen Of wealth and taste, this
variety OF sheep IL unrivalled. They
have no taste for rowing, never escape
from their enclosure, are quiet and
harmless among tie shrubbeFy and
trees, seaile and even aiIeciiona,e and
grateful among children. Their great
square forms apl feeces of snowy
whhcness are suggestive Of comfort
and good cheer, ana their broad com
,enances beam with quiet content
meat ard freedom fum anxiety, which
wise iaan might wen envy.
To many The humble occupations