Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-12-09
The CHRONICLE.
Imnrore tI,n Simon.


At this season the owner of sheep is
making calculation upon the quality
of his lambs next spring. by procu-
ring a breeding ram 10 put with his
flock. Don't fail to go in for improve
ment by taking the utmost pains 10
get the right animal, and a high
priced one, If his quality corresponds
with the price, il will be cheaper i'm .
the end. If you have a common flock
and are breeding for lambs for the
butcher. q ram Of pure breed and Of
good pedigree is equally important as
among the pure breeds. He will
stamp his image all the more readily
upon his progeny by grade or COM
mon ewes, and if the ewes are good
| milkers yOu will have lambs like the
father in form and quality. For lamb
and mutton breeding on the average
soils and pastures Of New England.
nothing can equal the SouthdOwn.
He is just the thing for farmers that
keep sheep for both mutton and wool.
No breeders are 50 tenacious on points
Of color, bone, e!eganceUf shape, beaU-
ty of features, and quality Of wool, rs
the Shutdown breeders. The color
of the face should he brown, neither TO
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haunch well let down, head small,
neck well set on and nicely blended
with the shoulders, bUttocks and
shoulder broad and full: the chest
should be broad, the ribs well arched,
the back and lOins broad and straight:
the limbs should be short in propor-
ton 10 the body; the face and fore
head should be well clothed with
short hair, the wool soft to the touch,
thick and coming well forward to the
face, but not covering it; the ears
should be thin, and the eyes should
have lively expression. Let farmers
compare this with the stock in their
yards, and see if there i not room for
improvement in their tockS. They
viii find large hams and shoulders
far more profitable than long nccks
and legs, large heads and horns; and
if they have these defects in their
flocks, a first rate SOuthdOwn ram
will breed them out; and besides, the
half-bred SOuthdOwn will keep more
economically, eat less and thrive more.
1t is 4 well known fact that sheep of
common breeds and poor blood, with
long legs, large heads, and slab sides,
often consume more food without Ia
king on iat than well bred and well
formed animals, which always keep
fat.
If n farmer has only Il common
stock. let him resolve that their prog
euy shall hc Of better grade, by in
trOdUcinga well framed bIoodcd male,
even if it be attended with consider
able expense. The particular breed
to be chosen must depend on circum-
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procure S0uthdOwu, COtswOId or Lei
c%estcr, a. these furnish alargc carcass,
fine, tender meat, and take on Fat
readily their wool is of a good quail
ty, and always commands . fair price.
But if wool is the only object We
would rccOmcnd Mcrinu. We should
be pleased to have our farmers discuss
the relative merits of different breeds
/, through our columns. We raise entire
ly too few sheep in this country, as
wool Of all kinds seldom fails to bring
a reasonable price; and when to The
value of the wool is added the large
returns Tor the mutton, there can lC
nodoabt ofthe profitabIeness ofsheep,
No other animal is kept with Iesscdre,
and they come early to productive
maturity. SaXony, no larger than
Rhode Island or Connect ut, keeps
: $1,000 O sheep; England and Wales,
26,0 q COO, and the whole of tbs
United States only about y, 00O,0 0Q.
Let Us spur up, and follow after-Othol
: countries which have adopted an. al.
= advance system of agriculture, in
, which sheep raising viii always hold
; q conspicuous place.-I{0Ss. P0itqf-
man.