Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-11-12
8rlmuut G hronifle,
rall Manasement of stock.

which fan tor a ,nonth aud half before the I
- tinr in of win, or, in our Northern laii- ,
, ulkss, is now beginuiuy tu be practiced by (
Ill tie best f,ck-mastsrs: and when the ;
around becomes wet aud cold, and frequent
IN freezes, toward the close OF Autumn, ,
they should also be regularly housed every
night. Ii Is we'll to have racks OF hay ready
for them in their stables, and it is very easy
TO learn them TO eat graiu, etc. there. II
il. is regularly placed in irougns over night,
with very light dusting Of salt, but two or
three days will elspse before IL will be regu-
larry and entirely con .umcd. Ge,tinE the
lambs accustomed 10 the stables before the
wuter is ia itself no incOiislderable sJvan-
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FALL FEEpiSa AND DSuEETER,Se BnExB
INC EwEs.-It is u comn,oirand rery trdth-
ful saying among observing flock>tnasters,
that 81 sheep well summercd is halt winter
ed" Breeding ewes should he brought into
good oondi'ion by the time the brst killing
frosts occur. After that, they should not
he suffered to TALL off bur Kept rather i'm
proviDs by feeding them, II the condition Ut
the pastures render it necessary, with
pumpkins. turnip-tnps, aud any other per-
ishable green feed on the fsrn-sud after
fsisse are exhausted, with turnips. lfsone
of the oldest and youngest ewes remain thin,
they should be separated from tho Others
and fe. rather better-erain mt being with
held, il il is necessary to bring them into
plump condition before winter. Shelter
from late, cold storms, though not rs i'm
portant as in the case of lambs, is very de-
sirsble, and there can be no doubt that with
persons possessing convenient and comno.
,iious sheep stables, IL will wull pay Tor the
trouble to put up breeding ewes at nights
al.
wet aod colds In default of artificial green
feed, hoy or corn stalks should be regularly
ted to sheep--once or twice day, accoid ding
to circumstances-as the past turago becomes
insufficient for their fall support.
A singular idea prevails among a class Of
our farmers in regard to fall feeding sheep,
which has been handed down from those
days when the two dozen gaunt "native"
sheep, which belonged to farm, and viii,
foaned nearly as unrestrained ~ Wild deer
through field and forest, di ! OF come into
t1ie barn" before the ground was covele
with snow. In cOpplces, on briars, and IL
fwamps where the water kept the snow dis
solved--snd by digging in the fields-they
even found subsistence until the snow be
came deep and so packed and crusted b,
sun aud wind as TO prevent their reachinl
the ground. They then retrea:ed to the
barn-yard, usually lank enoushl But ever,
farmer knows the immense difference
whether in the fields in summer, or in the
slabls or barn-yard in the winter, botweel
recruiting up and getting into condition two
dozen or two hundred lean, reduced sheep.
The little handful of natives" choosing ev
cry morsel Of their food over one ur tive
hundred acre.s OF land, through the sum
mer, had high condition to fall back on, il
al ,;nat ~ thA rlx inf mi h.
Into the barn-yards with the cattle ant
young horses, they still chose all the bes
norsels Of the huy-robbing tn. latter ani
mals--so that they not only nude SHIFT t,
live, but usually got round to the mex
spring in toierable order. True, when IL
out to grass again, thoir condition began t
change 50 rapidly that they frequently she,
.oT nearly oil their wool--so that many q
them had not half pound piece at shcal
ing; and those which escaped this were YER
likely 10 have their heeces half ruined b.
cotting. But what Of all this2 This wa
the way things were done in those days!
Brought up under such traditions, man
sf our older farmers who consider it highl
essential as well as profitable to give thei
COWS, horses and other anlmuls, artificial an
extra feed a month before the winter se
in, consider every pound Of FODDER bestowe
on sheep Mt that time, so much taken irol
the profits which these animals are bouu'
under all circumstances, to yield to the
owners-a total lossl A more absurd nj
pernicious notion could not prevail,
sheep could Withstand tho effects of M,
treatment with as' liza sdanger to:ife'as Il
horse or COW, il would still occasion n mu
greater proportionablc loss in their pr
ducts.t Bot they cannot. The former O
capable of being raised at any period of /
year, from the lowest condition of leannc
without danger. The muscular and vas,
lar systems Of the sheep are 80 much wei
or, that ifthey become reduced below
certain point in winter-and il thcy herd
together in considerable numbers--fh
Ysstoia ion to good condition is always di
cult and doubtful. and in unfavorable W
ters, impractiuable. Their progress then
forth 10 frequently about al follows: II
literally with grain, their appelites beco
poor and capricious, or ii they eat freely
In followed by obstinate and enieebling
arrheas. Low, obscure forms Of disc,
seem to attack them aud become chronic,
The strength OF the lambs and of the "
old sheep, rapidly fails. They scarcely mr
about. The skin around the eyes becon
bloodless. The eyes lose their bright al
look, and yellow waxy matter collects ab,
and under them. A discharge frequen
commences from the nose--perhaps the
suit 0fa cold, but how or when taken |
frequently difficult 10 say. The viscid mu
dries about the ncstrils so that they can
breathe freely without its removal. I
evacuationsb dark colored viscid, {
have an offensive odor The strength &
moro rapidly; the sheep becomes unable
rise without assistance; and il falls wi
tostled 10 tbe least degree bv its assocja