The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-06-19
Farm, Garden, and Household.
Profits OF Sheep Farming.

FNr profit TO j,- small farmer who farms
Lgh am pays crl ri personal attention to
lis stock, there j. nothing likely 10 prove
,C rgmaner9tiVe sheep bred with the
object oi iarnis Dg mutton to easily ac-
.ble market. Meat is now 1T a high
price. au1 likely . remain 50 Tor some
wears 20 come; .f.i with the great increase
in 'he tendency o. breed sheep Of the NUT
t1N tYVv. ii is "a -r observable that mutton
oI "a superior q l5y Ia what was formerly
obtained rom t4- wooeJ sheep is becom-
ir- he-ef known and appreciated As whole
SotuH food anu d, also fast driving even
Tbc runners themselves TO abandon pork as
4. l5l-. No class of stock that is kept on
o.. l-n can We made more profitable by
.ia1~ management than sheep. Unlike
ul stock they give Il treble return.
Fr~ hey WELD ieeces of wool that always
1lI n 1ay market: second, if of the NUT
i. N.,, their cArCa-ses come early to
m .iy, and can readily be sold to the
hl 81 any age between three months
81 s" wears, Us the market may deter
NJ ~'lN. they are great imprOVers of
tA through The manure they yield.
rUrt>t land that ever was put under
fh .ingh can bee readily ana cheaply i'm
pr 9ui brought to q high state of fertil-
.k- NJ means off clover and sheep Wit
Hes tat doinSs OF Mr.. Coke, afterwards
Ureated E1il Of Leicester, who reclaimed
51 oN' lcrr- Of rabbit WArrens in Norfolk,
England with clover and sheep, and turnips
afterwards. and formed an estate that is
sounci amcu@ the best farming lands il
ENGLAND.
lt Is "a very inferior type of sheep that
wt .Nt vI III fleece of wool that will
-1HN repay tie farmer for the food con-
suin-1 Daeh wear. But the profit to the
"a la ub
toC4 t' make it an object either to breed
i1r ram sals, or Tor wool alone, is to be
-ut a turnin@ over his capital invested
aS Often and rs quickly as he can. Hence
'o u.teei. he must depend more upon
feeling aui attention TO markets than upon
hr eaiu-E tu sell again for ding stock.
ltn cross bred animals are good As
Yin t-r better for his purposes than
a.} aae pure breed. Cross bred animals
4-ualy have this advantage: Being of
'Ev3 separate strains Of blood, with no affin-
+'F, ilef are stronger, healthier, and pos
-.-S 'atlrr constitutions. and less liability
t9r'u4iion than pure blood
IIke fpr instance flock of ewes of
HANei Leicester and Cotswold, Or Merino
South Down blood select from these
t.c animals having the largest frames full
ft character, good nurses and easily kept.
R-eel haSe to pure bloOded South Down
or L-.crSter ram of high character, and
ttc i'nhs resulting viii be just such as
Nu hrn@ The greatest profit to feed for the
ne-cher. As breeding stock, they would
n'r sell high. nor would their wool com
Wand rs high a price as that of a pure
Nrrino. CetSwold or Lincoln, but it will
ring Il much, if not more than either
-HcStcr or South Dawn wool. The ram
amoS can be made into ho2gets, the best
eve lambs reserved for breeding to a ram
o. q different breed from their sire, say
South Down, if their sire is Leicester, or
3 ire versa. The main object here is to
h.yp up the flock to a certain standard as
CARDS profits to be made by rapid devel-
Uoement. Al the same time it must be IN
asrStooi that no deterioration should be
owed. and the sireS should always be
selected from good breeding tiocks and be
AN Aigher quality each year than the ewes to
which they are bred. Il it should happen
N.2t THE season was very favorable for
turning the whole flock over to the butcher
aft -Acaring time another flock of ewes
cAn he got together late in Summer and
bred up in tAe same way. Cor. Country
Gentleman