Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-03-13


paper, an account Of the metho Of cultivat-
ing cotton. He thinks enough can be raised
from quarter Of an acre to make 100 yards
Of sheeting, and leave plenty for candle
wicking, &c. One bushel Of seed will plant
an acre of ground The seed Can be had at
St. Louis, at q cost not exce> ding dollar per
bushel.
From ths Iowa Homestead.
Essay On Shpep Raising.
TIMOTHY FOX, LEE CO, IOWA.
In the first place, the selection of the
sheep. If certain grade Of wool is the OBJ
ject, select for that object. If the carcass for
mutton is the object, select for that purpose;
and if the greatest profit IN d liars and cents
is the object, select for that purpose. have
experimental on all the gra les of sheep Tex
sept the foreign mutton sheep fr I'm the finest
selected Saxony of small frame, through the
Spanish and French merinos to the coarsest
| .stives. l prefer the large sized, medium
quality Of wool, and heavy Aeeces. The
Fl. nch merinos are of large W.. and very
heavy aeeces, and of . quality sufficiently
tine for all ordinary purposes. nave also
Oh a;ned a very good class of sheep from
cross of the fine 81 anish buck and large size,
cd wool native sheep. The wool is medi
um quality, tho carcass lar,e and the fleece
reavy. sheared several Of this class at t e
last CLIP, whose feeces weighed f ON 81 TBS.
to " TBS. each, without washing.
Sheep, like all other kinds Of stock, need
proper care, and plenty Of suitable, nourishing
food, often sailing and constantly watching
| against disease. Sheep canno llv. and thrive
well on faith; but # kept IN good condition.
are seldom subject to much disease. In the
sin;er they need protection, especially from
cold rains. They will stand old well when
K pit dry, but the drenching rain. and sudden
changes to CO d, suck as we have in this
innate. are very hard on sheep without q
| warm shelter.
After the selection of the right kind of
heep, the next thing is to take measures to
save the lambs succe>f"llv. For this END,
bucks NUT be kept from he ewes until
e cmber. Ths lambs will then come in
Nay, mo- tly early in the montr; md by that
rlue the grass will be pl n,y. the sheep will
siv" plenty of milk AMI will generally wean
and nurse the lambs, and -usua ly there is no
.cuhle in raising tn. m. But where bucks
s'e allowed to run at rge, t lambs com
mence to come in Decent er and January, and
ii they do not get chilled and die when they
op, thev ave subject to many other Difficult,
tes, such a. want of milk, eating the wool
from the mother. &c. Atone time lost fifty
| lambs in Two or three weeks from herr eating
wool took care Of the sheep myself-they
| 1ad plenty of hay, mel a. d W te', but the
| lambs commenced dying think in March,
| snd IN the time named, lost fifty out Of
| ! xty. These lambs came mostl n Januar,
AID were large and in good conditi n. The
| .,st discover they would stop eating, and
then drcop n soon die. I"peued and care
fully examined them, and uniformly found
the same itficulty-a solid hall Of wool in
the stomach, from the size of cuai's egg to
hat of two and ha inches through. The
| wool q 0 nd pass into the onach. q being
| .ndiges iole would roll up into these solid
b. Is. and close the passage. have never
| | st any fr ,rn this eau e when the lambs
came after the grass C mes.
The present law is no remedy agai nst bucks
| running at la'ge. The owners W II still let
hem run. I have par,i,l remedy, which
use when l fnd q buck with nv sheep out of
,eason-I castrate him and let him run.
DISEASES, REMEDIES, &C.
will now give some account of the various
| difficulties ard diseases which have had to
contend with in my experience in Iowa
First, the sheep ticks. These have
always managed with little trouble The
liquid from boiled tobacco, to wash the lambs
ABOUT the neck and shoulders, at er shoarlng
the sheep, will generally answer the purpose
but sometimes if they are bad dip them all
over in a tub. For winter use use Scotch
snuff, by opening the wool in various plac. &
and putting in pinch of the snuff, and it IS
a sur. remedy. ...-., -..--.,
The scab, or itch, is another disease which
is very troublesome here. For this l pend
mainly on the tobacco juice. This alone is q
sure remedy. have used it in al Stages OIL
the disease, and found it successful Take il
when a sheep frst begins to rub in given
place, and put 1t on the spot, aid it will stop
It il the start, and the scab will not form,
aor the wool como off, but if left, the scab
~lll form and tho wool will peel of, and it
will extend all over the body. cured large
| flock one VII ter in . short tim :, by keeping
kettle full of juice prepared, and applying ii
| whenever found one Of the flock begin to
'uo. applied the liquid immediately, and
| >ltaned the fox in short time.
Whether this is sinly contagious
disease, ora living lnssct, or worm, a. some
| cost, nd l do rot know; but OF one thing l
| an certain, that tobacco will cure 1t. | also
fe d my sheep considerable sulpher, whether
diseased or not, mixed wi h s 1t, about hall
AMI half which they will r ably cal.
Another difficulty to encourt 8 the ", run
in the head from the fly. have su,t.ined
! some loss from tn s SURGE "a d where il
,ctual'y exists, so ss to pr"dure inflammation
in tie head, know of M remedy. 1t will
&. to the brain and lrod c. death. hav
tried several experiments in these cases
| have pat spirits of turp, ntinc, tobacco Juice
I'd snuff in the nose, but in them III Ger.
til ly killed t!e sheep, whether it did the
wo III or not As proven IVES have u I'd
t r in their salt tfoughs. az on the nose a,
The time the fly is around, which may b.
"a ly told ny their hudling in SOU ds With
their heads ,ogether. Butt e most satisfac
to y experiment rs prev. ntive ha- been to
pl, w deep burrows into their pastures o.
range. AID they will get ito them d lie with
sheir roses close to the DIRT a. the bottom, 50
that the fly cannot deposit the e!g. Most
generally, s'rorg, he'lt y she, p, in good
c mditi"n. "ill throw out thu gruo fom the
nose BY sneezing. have seen them throw
them out Sc, eral ct in that way. Bu. il
th.v get lear the brain, they are pretty sure
20 III have cut open the ada ate,
d attn. aul found them in several diff., en-,
| It g"s.
i have had some experience with tho foot
rot. but have nev r seen any hing of it in
WA, ami have been in the st tie more than
twenty-five years. LfEtf#S
| But the last and most destructive evil. and
one which IS bv far grea,er d . v.hack on
az. ping sheep than all other dis ass put to.
.ther, is the destruction by dogs: Tn. mis-
chief is mostly d ne IN the nigh', and there