The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-07-21

Il ESiotned IN last years cast.off
togeery, lwooien is the Best.y the
ffen tabont one to forty Sheep)
shoald take their place in the wa.
ter, being careful to keep. theiF
chest and shonldsrs absolutely dry.
in, order that they may not become
nncomfortsbly cold from the long
exposhfe. Another man should
hand, In the sheep, and a fourth
can lind pfoftableN Nemployment in
helping them out Of the water and
mp the bank. "a
The best way to wash them, Is
to let tnem soak for half a minute
or less, sousing them thoroughly,
with tile right hand holding by the
fore legs, ahd left by the wool on
the CROWN of the. head !; then let
theti tlrh over; and with the head
under your arm, the wool Can BE
squeezed all over ut least twice
(using your arms as well as bands)
ind the space 2of hall d ininhte;
when a vigorous rinsiug, similar
to the fret process, preparesy the
Ranfing animal min for its ext, from
'ns Water. SuA bSS va btRq ,srg3
Disagreeable, always for sheep
to be washed, it is especially 90 In
cold weather, and hence, IN ihost
New Englahd uloSalities, it is best
to delayait I'LL past the middle of
June, unless the weather is very,
favorable. It is easiest done after
q rain, but generally best to be
done on Saturday atrernoon, let.
ting the making of the pen, yard
ing the sheep, and the hour or
more in the water, end the, labors
of the week. r.'' '.>'
.''''...- 90 - ,Eu Tas rr.. O.. .
..,.,.- ,.., sHEARING. ..
About one week after they are
washel-if the weather has been
favorable-the sheep are ready to
be sheared. Three days would be
q better space between the first
job and the last than seven The
wool then would be perfectly dry
and mainly free from grease. But
However reprehensible the practice,
We expect to sell with the staple
all the oleag'nous matter that four
or six days ot burning sun will fr.y
,0atI Of the sleeps backs, and the
buyer expects to buy it, and gov.
erns h 6 offer for, the product ac.
cordingy. It would be better for
SofK parties were It otherwise, but
this is the law of the trade. Q II is
well If the first ten or fifteen
fieeces are not done up with aDy-
where, from fonr ounces to ten of
dew IA each" 20 80
Sleep like to be sheared. We
have o buck whose wool we have
personally. taken off for the last
seven years--a monster in size
never giving us less than eight
pounds, and pnce as high as. twelve,
Ia cross between the New Oxford,
shire and Sohthdowh. J that never
stifs D FOOT giving himself abso-
lutely into our care and our con.
troll and this 10 the case, or would
be, in nine cases. ont. .of ten, If the
sheep We're carefully and consider.
atel' handled. But if they are
sternly held in iinnatuFal and pain.
fni positions, cut every other clip
by the bldndering or the careless
shearef, aid When, from mere nerv-
business or overpowering fear. they
struggle, are poHnded oh the head
with the handle Of the shears,
punched in some tender place with
the fist, or spoken to in a loud,
harsh manner, can they be expect.
ed to meekly bear the miserably
mean and needless indignitya
There raii be no rule given with
regard 10 the amotie Of shearinp.
The best shearer we ever saw sto.,d
squareiy on his feet from morning
till night, leaning over the sheep,
balanced on fits haahrhes, Or tyihe
on the floor before him. Bot that
man had no back. or II he had, it
nevertronbled him. Some sit most
Of the tinfe on a low stool, and
others place. the sheep on a plat
form raised about three feet from
the floor. which is probably the
easiest, if NOT the beat way.
Ia do up the wool, we have gen.
orally prepared . platform abont
three and n halt teet high, and Of |
sufficient size Co bold q fleece, Ii
is then taken from the q or, spread |
ON she platform with the fiesh.side
down, fJlded together in q long
roll in the middle Of the table, and
then the RON folded IN an opposise