Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-04-04
Farm. Garden and Household.
What sheep are Needed.

What sheep are Needed.
There has been some discussion in
your columns as TO what breed of sheep
is most profitable. All breeds are, II
well kept, profitable, more or less, for
oil classes of wool are in more or less
demand. But the following, from the
New York Economist, goes to showthat,
just now, it will pay our farmers to
take good care of their long-wooled
sheep:
1t is true that it takes time to raise
lambs and increase hocks of sheep. As
yet there has not been much increase in
the production of the staple in our
Northern or Western States; but what
is lacking in quantity is to some extent
made up in quality, for cur markets
now present lines of fancy woods from
Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio, which
are equal to any wool grown the world
over. The superfne fancy clips from
West Virginia are particularly choice,
and will bear close comparison with the
finest Australian and Silesian. The
woods will command fancy prices at any
time, no matter how stringent money
may be, for they are always wanted for
opera fiannels, fne-faced doeskins or
ladies' worsted dress goods or braids,
and yet we fear enough of these grades
will never be grown in the States to sup
ply the constantly increasing wants of
our manufacturers. The demand for
combing woods continues very active
in fact, it is urgent, until now, prices
have rapidly risen, especially for Cana
dian. From private letter written by
well-known firm in Hamilton, recently.
We are enabled to make the following
extract:
"Cembing wool cannot be got in any
quantities at present. The country has
been secured all around for manufac-
turers in your State, and as high as 44c,
gold, has been paid, and the prospect
is, it will go somewhat higher. We
estimate the clip at 100000 pounds"
This sounds like high talk; but wait;
before the ink is yet dry on the paper
wewrite upon, we have advices still more
astonishing-with sales Acc. gold for
Canadian combing, and the best article
is now held at half dollar gold. This
would carry the price beyond 80 cents
currency; and yet it is not fortnight
since Mr.. Walworth asserted he would
not pay over 60 cents for the staple
landed in the States. Such are the
enormous demands for worsted woods
the world over, that everywhere in
Europe and America, they are bringing
prices out of proportion to fine clothing
grades.
The Economist goes on to advise the
importation of Canada sheep to cross
with Saxony @, in order to supply the
pressing demands for combing woods.
But if our breeders of long woods would
save all their eve lambs, letting none
go to the butcher, these breeders would
put the country into fair way of sup
plying the demand at as quick, and far
better rate, than by following the advice
of the Economist. Cor. National Live
Stock Journal.
Late Decisions by Changers.
Members not clear on the books
should not be given the annual word.
A Past Master has the same rights as
any other member, and no more.
Oranges cannot constitutionally re-
fund or remit any part of the initiation
fee.
A subordinate grange cannot change
the bylaw requiring money to accom-.
pany the petition.
A grange cannot take note for fees
or vote back any fees after they have
once been paid in.
Standing committees on application
are illegal; all committees on applica
tions must be special.
Rituals are not to be distributed
among the different members of thu
grange, but to be kept by one officer.
A grange cannot change it's place O
meeting into the jurisdiction of anothe
grange without obtaining the consen
of the grange in whose jurisdiction
they propose to hold their meetings.
Indiana.
When persons from one jurisdiction
are taken into another grange withou
consent, the grange whose territory wa
encroached on may claim the fees, bu
the other grange may retain the mem
Der.
Cribbing i'm Horses.
Cribbing is vice, although it is con
sidered by some as an unsoundness, OF
more correctly, symptom of unsound
ness, in the digestive organs. It i
learned from other horses, by example
or it is acquired spontaneously b,
young horses kept idly in the stable
and on the watch for something to d,
in the way of mischief, if nothing els
turns up. 1t is also caused by an I'm
natural hankering after something be
tween the teeth, which may be the re
suit of indigestion, or of irritation i,
the jaws or mouth, arising from teeth
ing. When once leaned it is seldor
forgotten. The best remedy is to kee
the horse in loose box in which ther
is nothing on which he can lay hol
with his teeth, and to keep him at wor
steadily. When in harness let hir
wear wire muzzle. If he is youn
the horse may be broken of the vice
but not if he is old. 1t has recent
been decided in an English court ths
cribbing is such an imperfection as t
vitiate the sale of horse as much G
an unsoundness would if not declare
at the time of sale.
Preserving Shingles.
When shingles are soaked in crut
petroleum, which is the black unrefine
oil as it comes from the wells, they vel
much resemble pitch pine, the oil pen
tratinp to the heart of tha wood or