Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-05-11

with view to this end, they will breed.
from the old and the young. When this is
the case, have invariably observed that
much trouble and ultimate disappointment
followed. Many lambs raised from such
sheep will dwindle and die in August and
lSeptember, and those that survive the first
winter, make at best very defective stock
II the object of the sheep-raiser is to
cultivate fine wool, he should select bucks
that are evenly fine all over, and thick set,
and as great length as can be obtained
consistent with compact fleece; great
length of staple aud compactness are not
usually found together. a ~
Two vigorous bucks, if we'll fed, will au-
sWer for one hundred ewes. The time for
putting the bucks to the ewes may vary
according tolthe convenience ofthe sheep
raiser, and the latitude of their location.-
With convenience for the protection of
lambs, the middle of April is a suitable
time for the lambs to come. 1t is desira.
BILE to have the lambs come as near togeth-
er as possible With view to this end,
the ewes should be in, high condition when
the bucks are put to them. In adjusting
tho size of the flock to the pastures on
which they are to range, il must be borne
in mind that the smaller the flock the bet
ter the lambs will do. Pasture lands
should never be so heavily stocked as to
have the grass shaved to the bare ground.
left, the roots of the grass are protected
from the action oft sun and frost.
In all sections of our country north of
latitude forty, nice luxurisnt blue grass
pastures can be had, and if properly man.
aged in open winters, will contribute large
" towards sustaining sheep. Lambs should
be weaned by the middle of August. i
have found a clover field the best for this
purpose; with little management they can
be made to eat oats and nothing will make
them grow faster. AT all seasons it is more
or less essential that sheep should be class
fled, but indispensibly so in the winter
Hay, which should constitute the principal
food for sheep, ought to be cut from the
last of June up to the middle of July, aud
saved with all possible care, avoiding both
rains and dews, and stirred to a degree
that it will not heat IN the stack or NOW,
as the case may be. Lambs fed with what
good hay they will eat, together with one
half bushel of corn or a bnshe1 of oats 10
the hundred, with water convenient, will
be sufficient to keep them in good growing
order. a lack of convenient water is
among the greatest errorso of sheep-raisers.
The most abundant supply Of food, as above
directed, together with shelter, is essential
to bring fine lambs at the age of one year,
and the same tender care is necessary to
carry them through the second winter to
mature them to perfect stock. More sheep
die from diseases contracted by bad and
insufficient food and the want of shelter
the two first years of their existence, than
from all other causes combined. When
sheep are properly divided, have an abund-
aut supply of suitable food and water, aud
ah ywf1 aT, a
icine chest can be dispensed with.
F. BreediHs ewes should be kept la good
condition at all times One inducement
for this is the increased quantity of wool
over what they would have with moderate
keeping, aud yon may superadd lamb to
each eve, or nearly so. My practice is to
break up sod ground for corn, the succeed
ing spring sow oats, followed by u wheat
crop; a sufficient amount of timothy seed
is sowu at the time the wheat is narrowed;
the following spring, about the goth of
April, sow clover seed. BY the above
course of farming have fresh meadow
every season; and it Is fact worthy of
especial notice, that new meadows do not
suffer from drouth like old ones. The far
mer who makes it his principal business
to raise sheep, should make it prime OBJ
ject to have an abundance of good hay,
that will supercede the necessity of the
sheep killing system of feeding straw.
Some recommend cutting the hay which
is fed to sheep. This L consider labor
lost, fnasmuch Us the digestive organs of
sheep are more complete than in most ami
mails. There is nothing more in sheepoIo-
gy than in having them in high condition
at the commencement of the winter. If
your sheep are poor the first of December,
they will be likely to remain so all winter,
unless very great pains are taken to i'm
prove their condition by high feeding
Buck lambs are more tender and difficult to
raise than wethers, and the latter more
than ewes. Nice attention to weaving and
early feeding with grain in the fall, to-
gether with abundant feeding through the
winter, will overcome the evils which they
are liable to if neglected.
noticed recently in the Country Gen.
tLemGn, that information was asked on the
subject ofconining sheep to their yards in
the winter. This winter finished up fifty
years that have kept sheep; through all
of this time it has been my practice to
allow the sheep to have range of the pas
lures in pleasant weather, and from it
think much benefit has been derived in the
econmy of feed, and health to the stock
The failure of others to see this matter in
the light that do, is perhaps owing to one
of the following reasons. Either their
pastures are not of the right kind, or else
not 10 right condition. Blue grass pas
tures afford desirable locations for sheen
it not only pleases their palate. bat gives
them substantial, uutriment.l The effects
of frost is very different on blue grass to
what it is on other grasses; the injury is
very slight; were it net SO, the sheep
would not be so eager to eat it, and then
would like their usual amount of hay. Z
NATH'Ls p. 'AEKlNsoN.3
Elm Grove, Ohio Cos West Virginia.
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