New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-06
INTERESTING TO FARMERS.
HEAVY FLEECES.

adhere ~ tho Of nature and pover lose s1gbs u
he two cardinal trisc.pes in basIssss-proot and ioss
r'or tarcassd outlay We should always look Tor An
h,creasod ineoms-fsr whatever may b our aste'h
pcntA rnlcss they bring With thsru increased wcss
hoy sre BIZ. losses
Nov tie eres,icn for farmers 10 determine. who are
20 anxious IL obtain such very hosvy fssees this;
DO we co, en- adequate for rhs increased cost Of
keepingi We ere dispo,ed to Snswer this question n
tbs negative, and IN doing We shall present few
plain III pathological fasta
Tho fret 10 that we cannot produce something mo"
nothing: tho nert. tha, there is ower in tho suu'a
syste.a 10 msMy change the nature OF 'Ls clements
waich il receives from the vegetable Kingdom That
which constitutes ire muscle and toEeons Of the animal
.Ii.t ready proerrcd In the vegetable and 10 called
organic rs.,er became produces tho organs of the
system The Oh sne fat Of the system slso produced
in tho vegetable, Wills Sugar. gun snd Hasoh are
termed elements OF respiration or beat.prcdncinH snp
sssnces, and the. g. sor ,tnes rndcrso change ID
he animal system and are souverted hito fat fne'e
are termci i,orgsnie matter because Sey 10 not rre
duce tie orgaas Of Vie systems rnd We muss peaf 10
mind that Me very best Of vegov.sls isod docs nc'
contain over 10 PEI ,cri Of thssc htprotucng sob
saneesihst H. ahoss 10 rsands Of INT and ell producing
mstsor for every loo pounts Of food.
Nov a. IL IL frvn ttis scoarco alone that We obtain
the yok IN Wool II wond BE- wen for the farmer TO In
qs.re whom be prcduaing these vsy heavy aeccos 30
fan Of animal oil. whethsr he is advancing his own NJ
t.rcss or nos. For IL y fact ADMITTED On al hAnis
rat have rot had proportonae increase Of wesh
of wool with the increased vasas Of acece hoa tA~
ucro shccp IN the early history o! tho esino to this
.eoaatry, , pounds VI Bsock Mashed Wool VA con
= hca - wiva a pSFuu
clean wo ready for The essd. Bat Ia tnsss atn dsya
cders have produced sheep whose fecoes unsashed
weigh n pounds, " We sdd to tho pounds d Bro.
wnhed VOL With v.s shesred from shcrD 10 Older
|tiuos tbs -egriu spoIot u sbriItass which 70 orc
half then ve sh,j hare Il pounds of Unvashed Woa
the weight Of the fancy shesys fleece 10 sir ufsss this
aud We ught 70 hsss SIX the weigh. Of vooissrs
|s u pounds ready br lie cards Bat IL sonswhAs
remarkable Esst In tho history Of WOOL that the fleece
Of one yssrs growth hes NOT yet been produced that
wovd yield pounds Of clean WOOL fsady sr Ne oArds
Then 10 allow nothing for ths yoh that pss'ss ffo'
Sac nsooe In the course cf syesr but what equal 70 TIRE
dirt il rcoeivss In order TO produce thh y pounds
Of yot ws mast consume 30 pounds Of tn. bes' Kind OF
rod 70 do IT, about twice Ne weight Of he easeAs< OF
the animal Eov 10 subait tao case 10 every ttshl
GENT f.rmsr WHISTLER IL h benefit 10 him OF any ORA
,se 10 sorsuue 20 uch food IN order 70 oban name
for heavy asece, vhen that which giros weight 10
Of no vahs exoryt - manure. II IL lot ICES both 70
the farmer and 70 the public 10 have sach valuable ma
teriel utterly desJyod York State wool haa earned
reputation fss being heavy; IL 10 good wool and ought
10 bring good price, bat manufacturers win not buy
except At low price, hey viii sivs from 10 10 Is psr
cent more for Ohio wool Then where Ii the sdvantageh
THE heavy Aeeos sbee II does not avsrsge more than
the Light in the smoaat VI valus received. Vermont
WOOL 10 sn werse the leading object Of the farmers OF
that State being 10 produce shss1 That prodcse nearly
70 OF yolk TO Aeeco And thin eiass VI sheep have
sent al over the wool growing regions " suah IN
extent q 70 make near ID Per cent average snkaGs Of
washed wool II The present day that Of 10 and u
ears ago Formerly tie average shrinfsge was about
|sa PET cent ssW II 10 near IS per eeat
Now The faymerflp this State will contend that the
rsssss Why hey produce sacA fatty wool 10 beos"s
tbsy TAT % many sheep for maik This b true. Fat
shseps wool viii oontaiA more ysh than kAn onss.
Bat the farmer can have sAeop that win 10 seononise
their food - 10 produce t mutton instead Of fat sAss
Bat there AZ many farmers who mako the very opposite
mistake when they Try To raise this class ofsheep We
have already stated that fst inorganic matter and
produced from sugar. gum and starch which ere s's
nsnts Of rsspira,ion. OF hsstprodueiAs substances
Whom more Of these asmsnts taken Into the ysteN
than are required for the purpose Of producing heat
they undergo slight change and form lat whioh 10
dspodtsd in Tie cells u the ssuoA There sy remain
TILL sufficient supply Of these elements cannot DO Oh
taised thea this fat u consumed In the syssmburnt
Jos IKE that tenn bsttsrto inpart heat 10 the AMI
NAL This viss provision Of paturs; In Sumner. when
feed abundant. then tho animal As I've sasnsrs With
fat, In Winter whom 10 cold and food scarce then 1t
draws upon In stores in order 70 keep up the tsmpors
tBSe Of tho body Now the farmer ought 70 take sdvan
tsge Of this law Of aature give As sheep ssoh food a
shall quickly all up those cells with fst and iAstssd Of
allowing Ne sheep 70 consume Il In III eva system,
kin the animal that may furnish fuel for the human
systsm- For Ais u the great object Tor which he
keeps these shsspto furnish food for man. Whom these
cells Asd the sheep fsti his object u sttainsd
In place Of prodscins twenty pounds Of dirty yok, 10
has produced twenty pounds Of good wholesome food
But there arc hSners who make great mistake In
this matter When their sheep come up male Fall IN
good condition. tAsr cells well stored with fat In
sesd Of keeping them that tie cells may remain fsd
they supply then with 90 ANAL quantity Of food. or
80 poor quality, that the animal has to burn the
lat In IL swn system. This II - II no took
iust % much food and threw 10 into the FIRE; for
when Spring comes al this int viii DO found 10 hsvsds
appeared, 1t has just suficsd with the small amount Of
food which |, has had, to drag through tho Winter
and 10 not worth 30 much as IL Ia tie Fall. A
small amount more food or little better quality would
have quickly filed out these cells and the farmer would
hare had valuable animal and mankind thst amount