Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-09-16
WHEN TO BUY SHEEP.

The National Live Stock journal SAYS
on this point:
AS rule, the best time to buy is in
| the late summer-as flock masters who
have kept their sheep through the vim
ter prefer to shear them before selling.
1t is usually most profitable to do so.
After the first to middle ofAugust, the
lambs are ready for weaving, and the
farmer knows pretty well what the ins
crease of his flock is to be, and also
what his crops of grains and grasses
will allow him to winter properly. The
seasons yield at home also affords the
buyer better opportunity for gauging
the number of stock to suit the proba.
BILE contents of barn and granary.
Ordinarily, where one seller of sheep
can be found in the spring, ten can be
found in the late summer or fall
BREEDING FROM THE BEST.
A correspondent of Western paper
says: Nothing can be more penny-wise
than the practice OF many of our far
mers of breeding from scrub or grade
bears. To the farmer who breeds ten
or more sows, thoroughbred boar is
cheaper at $50 than a grade boar at
nothing, even if the hogs are all to be
fattened. A single dollar on each pig
would make up the money, and / am
confident that In many cases I have
seen difference of five dollars each
with the same care between thoroughu
bred hogs and those that have been
bred /. hap hazard. On hundreds: of
farms to day can be found stock hogs
a year old that will not weigh over
eighty pounds each, and that are not
ten pounds heavier than they were in
December, and if offered for sale now,
would not bring over five and a half
cents per pound-and they have pros
badly consumed as much grain as the
breed of hogs that at the same age
weigh two hundred pounds, and are
worth seven cents per pound.
The man who is carefully breeding
pure stock is public benefactor, and
ought to be we'll paid for what he off,
ers to the public, for it is valuable.
Such men should be patronized and
encouraged, for the farmer cannot do
without them. In the good time CONS
ing, more attention will be paid to this
matter than at present. Not only
should this question be discussed in the
Grange, but the members should Coz
operate and purchase such animals as
will improve their stock.
SHEEP ON THE FARM.
Sheep are undervalued by the mass
of landholders as means of keeping
up the fertility of the soil and putting
money into the pockets of the farmers,
The moment one begins to talk Of
sheep husbandry, the listener or reader
begins to look for wool quotations, IS
if the wool is all that yields profit from
sheep. One might as well look for
wheat quotations alone when there is
talk about the profits of farming.
Sheep on farm yield both wool and
mutton They multiply with great
rapidity. They are the best of farm
| scayengers, ''cleaning field" as no
| other class of animals will. They give
back to the farm more in proportion to
what they take from it than any other
animal, and distribute it better with
view to future fertility of the soil.
Prove this? There is no need OF proof
to those who have kept sheep, and
know their habits and profits they
yield. To prove it to those who have
not had the experience, it is necessary
they should try the experiment or ac-
cept the testimony of an experienced
shepherd
TIE SHEEP BOT-FLY.
For some unknown purpose there is
a Fly iii existence known as Gstrua
owls, or the sheep fly. At this season
the flies deposit their eggs just within
the nostrils of the sheep. The eggs
soon hatch, and the grubs crawl up the
nose and lodge in the frontal sinuses.
Here they remain, causing much incon-
venience to the sheep. The only RENE
dy is to keep the sleeps noses smeared
with tar while the fly is IN season.
Some sneperds blow tobacco smoke up
the nostrils, which causes the grubs TO
let go their hold and the sheep to
sneeze at the same time. In this way
the grubs are dislodged and got rid Of
-Neae York Times.
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