Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-06-02

washing sheep

waning co~cp
IL nav be for the int rest Of dealers IN
WOOL. and manufacturers. 10 hAvc sheep
washed rrcvious % shearins. Bet the
welfare Of the a0cks and The Interests Of The
owners Of valuable sheep. Which are con-
siderations Of paramount ImPortance %
everything else. are pronotei By not wash
ing- The farmers' only reAsoa f5r washing
sheep =. that. II the WOOL be thoroughly
washed. a man can shear a sheep sooner
than Il Il we're not wasbed. Shecp hate
vet IN every forn They dislike vet pas
turcs. vet yards. leeky sheds. and. more
thar al elsc. -et hceccs. When they are
washed. the saser and the weather A. e
frequently quite cold. and As they ofen be-
come unoomior,ably warn While being
driven 70 tie water. and arc plugged ini-
uaediatels INTO Il. and kept there until
quite chilled throssh: they are qai;e liable
70 contract more or less cold which NIL
many times ssperiaduce some other disease
This Is parficslariy true Il the weather con
Inuc vet and cold for several sacccssive
avs after washing. This j. the great
rgunsnt again >; The Pr4csioe Of washing
hecP IN our obangcaSis climate. Every
,racticc TIA; cndasccrs the hcalth 81 shcep
.ught. II possible % Be abandoned. and
r0t be made sabseryicnt 60 ordinary
rccuniary coasideraiions.
Anoiher thing a=a inst washing sheep i.
tbat cleansing Of the wool IN this manner
- oiten OF little real advantage. and fire.
qaently Of none a. al. a. 10 oiisn becomes
quite a. dirty before shcsring. - Il was be-
fore the sheep were washed. This j. par.
ticuiariy true when sheep arc not kept in
clean pastures aiter they have been washed.
Many tines II isquite IrnprAeiicsble 20 con
Ene every hoek in pastures whsrc thcy can
not ind some dirty Pl.ccs 70 roll in. some
time sLesrers cannot b. obtained al The
desired tine. Or weather - too uniavorabic
10 aiiow the -0ol 20 dry sufscieutiv 20 be
SHARED. and sonetimes the iabors % the
hcl1 arr - Urgent that sbcarins must he
deferred for nsabcr Of DAYS. AL these
eonsi1erailons are In favor a abandoning
entirely The praiicc OF Washing sheep. Al
mitting that u costs more per bad for
sbearing unvashed sheep. the expense q
Washing vii exceed the extra cost for
sbearinE without washing. Therefore.
these too items vii balance each other
Then. When the difrrcnce bct~een abe
Prices 81 unuashcd ard uAshed uool. wLich
- not definite. evca when The absurd one
thira rate IS iasis;od upon by bayers. Is
contrasied 18th the injury which nav follow
washing valuable sheep. 10 i safe 70 ASSUME
that i = better % shear them unsashed
Moreover. When focks IRON parioas parts
q ihe country are driscn o. the sane wasb-
iHs-piacc. there Is srca; danger thar sound
and healths fooks ~in cone IN eontact
With Tie contagion o. diseased sheen tLat
have been on Tie peas % be washed. Macy
a. excellent fock Of sheep. which has been
guarded WitA vigilance ~ its proprietor.
been vel nigh ruined. simply b. being
yarded vherc sheep having the iool-roi haI
recently bcen confned. What is ncrded
A. the present time j.. uniersiandsng be-
tween wool growers that al ~iu shear With
osi washing then the Practice wi soon be
abandoned. as ncuhcr promo;irc Of The
vcliars 81 the sheep nor q the Interests q
the shepherds nor Of manafacta-crs