The Republican journal., 1874-09-17
Washed and Unwash ed.

Nh A. NJ Garland in Western Rural
says There is great amount of contro-
versy as to the difference III profit between
selling wool washed and unwashed
Every farmer can easily test this for him.
SELF and can also test the difference in
weight between washed and unwashed
wool, and also the relative weight Of fleece
per pound, OF the animal, as we'll as the
weight OF fleece grown per day, per pound
OF animal. Thus many questions of i'm
portance to the shepherd may be deter
mined. When the fleece is the prime OBJ
Ject, those families producing the largest
amount OF cleanly secured wool for
given carcass are the most valuable, but
where the mutton is a prime object, the
case becomes different
Wool may be entirely freed from oily
matter by taking two pounds OF salt, and
one OF sodaash to every five gallons of
water; this should be enough to wash one
fleece thoroughly. Weigh the fleece to
be washed, including the string, having
all perfectly dry Unite and save the
string. lmmerse the fleece IN a tub with
the liquor, and press squeeze, and work
it until thoroughly secured. Rinse in
clear water, and place on frames in a cool
airy room until entirely dry, or if you
have convenience for erecting a frame
over stove or heater, so much the bet
ter. discard the liquor and rinsing water,
and proceed with the tleeces to be tested.
Each fleece should he numbered, and a
record made co responding to the num-
ber OF the fleece, stating the sex, age,
| breed weight of animal, and the number
of days growth OF fleece. When perfectly
| dry, it should be again tied weighed. and
| its record placed against the statement IN
the book The difference between the I'M
washed fleece, less the twine used in tying
will show the loss in weight.
Divide the weight OF the secured fleece
by the number of days it was growing,
and you have the amount produced by the
animal in day; divide this fraction by
the live weight, and the remainder shows
| the amount produced by each pound
| weight OF the animal per day multiply
the fraction by 800 and you will have the
product per pound of animal for A wear;
now if YOU multiply by the live weight of
the animal you will have the number Of
pounds of wool it produced in year.
Thus YOU MAY continue with various
| tieeces of as many breeds OF families OF a
breed as you may possess. From the
data gathered, yuu may estimate the rela
| tive value OF different breeds. and the
several families of the breed, and thus
improve your flock to its utmost limit
Pukk RAISING. My own theory of pork
raising based upon experience, obscrya-
ton, and probably a little philosophy of
| things, if written for the benefit of ofothers,
would be about as follows: During the
hot summer months | would feed very
| little soiled feed, such as corn in the ear
or uncracked. | would keep hogs upon
green feed constantly, either grass, oats
or rye, and feed them at regular intervals,
once or twice per day, upon mashed feed,
either shorts, chopped oats or rye, buck
wheat, etc, feed in troughs When fed in
this way and at the same time allowed ac
cess to water and shade, hogs will bear
crowding through the hot months, a very
good time if not the best, to take on flesh
| This puts them in the best of condition for
corn feeding, which should commence
about the first of September, when the
new crop is still soft and tender Treated
in this way hogs become probably as per-
feet as any method could make them
| Upon the whole, too, | believe it the
| cheapest and most economical. Cor
Germantown Telegraph.