, 1865-06-18

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land sprout~ Fem reported exper1ments
made BY Linunus, With 1856 plauts ha found ,
hat hrIned cattle would eat only SIG. horses
.6o, swine =, Int goats would eat 40. and
DO yourg orchard much good. Ten sheep
should be 80 well kept that thsy will pro-
duce 50 pounds Of wool. The men aud boys
must uo.k hard and play hatder .tney eau
wear out the 50 xslds Of cloth which the
wool Will buy. Fifty pounds of wool IN
house al = well.spisng Of pleasure" Sheep
art q ymbo1s Of whatever Is good In our nature.
A farm is scarcely I'm where they are not
eeen: Children are delighted With the lambs,
:pa Low t brig gsS'. a.S .Ssn nad
farm that ouc eosld gi.c aTAy the wool or
The increase and yet lind them more profit
able than sny o:her stack When the hocss
ue large, and many ase wetheis, they
Will ansnaily donble In value. where smal',
Who're Iaro Is large and their 10 much fod-
der, few sheep are "a easily Kept as 80 many
hens. The plofts on ten keeep greatly eI-
cesd the pruportionasa profits on large aocks,
Perhaps he n!ehsst number which Is The
Much depends on the kind. When using the
VOID kheep, mean American Merinos, not |
thc large kird known as mutton sheep.
The keeping Of ten sheep seems = small
etactor to his country aud to mankind. shonld |
every one who Is able, keep about this num- |
ber, The general supply OF wool would be 20 |
great that we would require none from abroad. |
Their annual increase, and the additional !
to many n1ilient of dollars. We could raiss
mere wheat and more grain OF all kinds.
Here will state most important prop
osilton upon 1t trst fduca.ion, tho wealth Of
nations, and the happiness Of mankind. What
ever tends TO make families Of common
means comfortable, Is OF most advantage TO
q country At large. When one gsasps land,
stock, holses, or o:her posses ons, more than
family can manage with p'ott. they will
sun to confusion and waste. Naturally all
things seek wose condition. Only can
has limltAd human effof = to boundaries with
IN vh.ch tie glea1ss; number can DO made
happy.
HOW MANY MORE sHsEP NE WANT.
To supply our country with wool, 80 that
We need NOT sand for It to the Wild regions
Of south Amcsfea and Aussralt., We need
thhty millions mote Of eneep. The yield Per
Lead Is pe.hLp. a little aborc three pounds,
| and considerably higher than formerly.
know Of large aocks Of two and three thou
| sand which average between four and Ave
pounds head. In parts Of our country
| is NIT above pound and half Of wooi or
bair. We lave already about half what
| We want that is, we ned altogether sixty
| millions Of sheep. which will give sig pounds
| TO each person. when We GuHs4cF kQAt
| when wool Is manufactured It shrinks about
5orty PER csnt, and that a large amount Of
| wool is required for catpettnE, hats. uphol-
ttery, and other uses besldea clothing, THESE
.betp will BIZ no more than tatt1y sufficient,
and The Pumhe, must ~ b. sspaiy ;, en!afsrd L., 70
il'zaticn and increasing IN population.
Many farmers neglected 10 Keep shsep and
turned thcir attention 10 cows. It did seem
that COW which would yield In butter OF
cheese gross paotll ol $50 year, were more
profitable than sheep. 1t isd 'ub'ful whe' her
;A.s really Was t.ue: but suppose i: we.e, what
should be done: We did lh:s; We sent but
ter and grain abroad to buy wool. VIC dis.
ccurased manufacturers, and helped 10 drain
the county Of gold. Ii there weru no oheE
favor Of lraylng bounty Of twenty-five cents
on every SHEEP raised aud We cund do II
With what it costs 10 snip grain to Europe to
pay for wool and wooleu goods. II VT take
luiu view the renewal Of Wotn-Nut lands by
keeping sheep, We can richly afIosd to pay q
bounty oi liity cents head.
FEED ron SHEET.
This subject Of renewing, bs sheep, our ex
hausted soil, and keeping the remainder
y. . ented to often, nor u1ged to strongly
W. should bar in mind that our climate i!
far more unfavorahle for grain. growing, for
series Of yea's than North western Europe
: because there the gulf stream passing acsos
the AtlaItfc from our shores, gives 1t mill
winters and frequent showe:s; while hers sh'
| Summers are long, hot and dry, aud there i
. scarcely year when We do not immenscl,
! suffer Tor want OF sain. Hence, just 50 soos
! as our soIl gets thin, and consequently drye
! for want Of moisture which there Is in fertil
ground, tie average Of grain crops imme
: diately sinks to ten Of five bushels t. tn
| acre, and often they are not worth harvest
Ing. And now, at thcis period Of our nation
al history, such has been tho result OF our farm
Ing that We are living on the cream Of ou
i western lands. They Will stand this r,s:5
ness tor long time, but thsv viii give ou
); At last. ~ think we can carry on thl
!, sNiee cf farming and managing VIC will fin
ourselves wofnfI} mistaken. and too Late wi
We awaken 10 the truth that we have broush
down ruin On cur own bends. Notwithstanl
: Ing The favorable climate Of England, he
9 eoit. about 100 years ago. became 50 exhaust
cd that the average OF grain crops had sun
:. very low, and ut times the price OF wht:i
! much exceeded the price at the present day
But they were wise enongh to lind a remedy
they etesnly applied II, and commenced keeE
!. Tie result has been, tlrst, supply Of mea,
g without which they could not ROW exist, an
+ second they can 1alss more grain to the act
! than VIZ dream Of fraiEng, even on oar wonde'
!, ful p,airies.
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I the best grass. believe can raise thI
; root, eyen here In Southern Illinois, for f1y
cents bushcl. can raise 500 bushels O
an acre. The labor is about the same AZ wit
I potatoes. The land requires to to bs mad
e itch new land perhaps is the best, If We
: ploughed fresh manure answers we'll. Her
: they should be eoHn In May, because the
e arc uncertain In the latter months; bu
furlher north one should start them abor
the middle Of June. There let one turn u2
; piece Of sod In April, have It i, thorough
y II narrowed, throw into ridges three fee
9 apart, SOW at the rate offs pound Of seed I
II the acre, and thin Out 50 as to stand ten II
a ches In the row. These turnips ate ffst raj
:, for the table, aud arc good In the Spring I
: In the Fall. Rusa Bagas will yield Largely 0
bottom grounds and IN our p,oir!ss Wltllor
manure, but alight application Is mos
Y usefnl IN causing them to come up and Il
: giving them rarfdssgFoWth while young, ths
= they may be ont OF the rrach Of msect
= When they get fairly established no inset
. can hurt them. hare sen this army Eorl
= cat otfa}l the leaves and set others sprot
:; out. and the crop was good, ] safely ma
eay that no farmer properly Is prepared t
keep sheep II he do not raise turnlps. "
shall never sca the days Of ten-cent cor
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