Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-11-17
Agricultural.

TRAINING SuEEP.-There is all the
difference in the world in the way men
handle sheep. Some sheep are never
educated TO the hand of the fockmaster
and when be desires to handle any par
,cular animal, he rushes in amongst .
bunch of sheep and makes a grab, with
as little consideration as dog would do
in pursuit Of mutton. No considerate
shepherd will ever catch sheep by the
wool, and the violent manner in which
some people take sheep by the lee, is
not much better.
Every Aockmaster who keeps good
sheep should have them SO well educated
that they can be handled without
their being frightened. The sheep is o
very timid animal, and fright is almost
ms bad as a wound. We have seen a
variety of ways of handling sheep, one OF
the best Of which is the method practced
by Edwin Hammond Of Vermont. DIR.
Hammond has in his sheep-fold a long,
slender lathe, taperng out quite thin, and
has bis sheep so well trained TO under
stand his desire, that when he goes in the
YARD with the lath in his hand, and
selects an animal for examination, he has
only to reach ont this sceptre and pat
the sheep on its foretop, when it stands
perfectly still and allows him to put his
two fingers under the chin, where it rests
its head in quiet until allowed to go. IL
the sheep is disposed to run from him.
Mr.. II. pats away upon its face until III
shuts Il eyes and becomes quiet. BY the
same gentle treatment, sheep is laid
upon its eide and will not attempt to rise
while the sccptre is held over it. In
holding sheep standing, Mr.. Hammond
seldom does more than to place the
two first fingers under its chin, elevating
the nose to leyel with the eyes. If
gently done, sheep may be safely with
drawn from huddle by the bind leg.
but better way is TO walk into the
crowd and back it out by the hands under
the neck. When the sheep come TO un- =
derstand that you do not intend 10 hurt
them, they will soon be on good terms
with their keeper, and no person should
be allowed to be in among the flock who J
is not gentle in all his treatment TO the
sheep Ohio Farmer. It
STAGGERs IN HORSES Staggers is :,
a general term applied TO several dis II
eases of horses. Mad or sleepy staggers tt
s inflammation of the brain, rare but u,
atal complaint marked by high fever,
staggering gait, violent, convulsing >,
struggling usually terminating in stupor, "a
md treated by bleeding, full doses of .,
,bysic, and cold water to the head J.,
Grass or stomach staggers is acute in r
digestion, usually occasioned by over U
oading the stomach and bowels with =
tough hard grass vetches or clover, or y
full meal Of wheat or other indigestible Il
food.
1t is most common in summer and
autumn; ia indicated by impaired APP ;,
petite, distsnded abdomen, dull aspect, :
unsteady gait, and is removed by full
doses of purgative medicine, such as six :
drachms of aloes and drachm Of Gallo.
mel rubbed down together and given in a
quart of thin boiled Cruel. Frequent
clysters, with bard rubbing and hot water
TO the belly, are likewise useful. When
dulness increases stmuants should read
lily be given.--British Agricultaralih
UNPRoFITABLE FARMING.-1. Plant {
ing the same crop year after year in the q
same field, thus diminishing the product, +
and filing the land with weeds. =
2. Omittng to spread manure at the
right time, and then selling or giving il /
away to get rid Of it.
8. Raising hump-back cattle and
landpike hogs, that will consume month.
ly their value in feed, instead of the best
animals, which fatten easily on little, and
sell quickly for cash a, high prices.
Do NOT PASTURE THE MOVING S
LoTs.-At least do not allow your cattle
TO eat them down close, or you will have a {
poor yield Of grass next year. Feed {
your cows, cabbages, turnips, sowed corn,
carrot-iops and carrots, it your pastures
are short, or whether or not but spare :
the meadows, or only permit the best of
tie after growth TO be eaten off. Just be-
fore heavy rain, TO dress the meadows t
with three hundred pounds 10 the acre of
superphosph plate, mixed with four times 5
its bulk OF muck, peat, ditch scrapings, I
charcoal dust or loan this will make {
tbe grass grow, and repay you greatly I
next moving season. !, is far better TO :
NOV only five acres where you get three (,