The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-10-30
Economy of Sheep Raising.

The economy of keeping few sheep on
every farm devoted to a mixed husbandry,
is apparent to any one giving the subject
careful consideration. AS scavengers, they
will, on many farms, pay handsome in
terest on their first cost, not taking into ac-
count the yield of fleeces and lambs. Much
of the straw and stalks about the BARNARD,
the growth of fence corners and other out
of the way places, will be kept clean and
slightly by few sheep, with very little
trouble, and no expense to the owner AS
regards vegetation, the sheep may be
said to be omniVorous the goat is its
only peer, and very few ofthe most trouble
some weeds and grasses can long Withstand
its short and persistent clipping. In
clearing and subduing timber pastures they
are invaluable. If turned in on the young
and succulcnt sprouts, nothing within their
reach will escape them. They can be turn
ed into the stubble field after harvest, and
not only thus save every stray head of grain,
best possible condition for the pillow. With
equally good results they can be herded
through growth of grass and weeds that
is well under way. This is especially advan-
tageous where the very common course is
pursued of sowing wheat in the standing
corn. True, now and then bent or brok-
en- stalk falls prey, but the advantage of
the air and sunlight TO the too-long shad-
ed ground, will he found to compensate
manifold for these slight losses. In short,
sheep cannot he omitted from the farm
economy without n loss to the farmer who
thus ovcrlooks their merits.
t1,n
bought by the Government for the use Of
the sufferers by Mississippi flood are being
distributed for electioneering purposes
where no flood has taken place since the
deluge, starvation is threatening the un.
fortunates whose crops were swept away
last spring A letter from Bayou Fordo-
che, near Molganza, La, to lady in New
Orleans, begs her, "for Gods sake to send
rations enough to keep us alive" The
people are picking moss in or err to sus-
tain themselves, and even this slender stay
is disappearing.
FEVER AND AGUE.--A strong decoction
of white ash bark, drank plentifully, on the
first symptoms of fever and aguc. will gen
orally have the effect of arresting the dis.
ease We have for two seasons tried it with
decided success, and have witnessed its
beneficial effects on Others The remedy
may not be iniullible, but it is worth trial
by those who are afflicted with that dis
tressing complaint.
In England the law of the road is
that travellers on the highway shall pass
to the left when they meet others goipp in
an opposite direction, and it is a sensible
rule, for rs the driver of vehicle usually
sits on the right he is enabled to see dis
tinctly the distance between his own vehi-
Gle and the one which he is passing-a
matter of some Importance on narrow
roads.
Salt seem necessary to the health ofall
farm animals. They will not eat too much
if they have access to it at all times. iii
they are allowed to go without salt two or
three weeks, they will then eat more H.,
is good for them. For swine, we mix olnn.s
two quarts of coal or wood ashes. one NM
of salt, and half IL pint OF sulphur. and I,t
the pigs eat all they will of it. aDicv1iu
,ist. 80"
-"Whos there" said Jenk ms, ono c,11
winter night, disturbed in his repose Il.
some one knocking at the street door *
friend" was the answer. what do van
want3" want to stay here all nigIt."I
"Queer taste-stay there by all means, VI
was the benevolent reply.
AT an anti-monopoly convention Mt
Iowa, recently, some fellow bawled ut thcI
door: candidates are requested to stepl
down stairs few minutes" Then every
body went down stairs except deaf old
fellow who wanted to run for iailer.