The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-23
AGRICULTURE.
The Grasses and Sheep Husbandrv

The Grasses and Sheep Husbandry.
Noticing daily the facility with which
the Blue grass. Orchard grass and others,
including White clover grow in Tonnes
see and how large, healthy and prolific
sheep are where they receive proven
care, it would seem that we could hardly
call public attpnti n too often t. tho i'm
p"rtance Of improving and extending
our sheep walks till thev shah cnvor ~
third. if not a half, Of the DOW useless,
out-lving lands of the State The writer
remembers taking full blonded M-~ino
sheep to country fair IN Hsrkimer
county, New York, in 1917 and 1878
and from hat time to the present, while
wheat and corn have heen for wears to
low to pay for Production, wool has al
WAYS paid, taking into account the vaInp
Of mutton, of pPlts and Of sheep to kill
briers, weeds and manure a thin, needy
soil Good wool may be cheapIy trans
ported to any distant market, according
tn It's value per thousand POnPds, and
such is not the fact in regard to TenneS.
see corn and wheat Grain culture tends
to wash leach and impnverish titled
land 4 field in grass fed by sheep il
not likely to wash, leach or grow poorer
by the expectation of wool and mutton
from the same. The reason Is that
more Of the minerals exported in the
products Of the soil, in wool and mutton,
rise from the deep subs0il in water lifted
by capillary attraction in dry weather,
than the surface soil parts with. Hence
there Is positive gain of plant f,oI bg
the long use Of grass and sheep. They
fertiliza the gruund-drawi elemeut Is
of fertility from the atmosphere, as we'll
as fr4m the earth below the soil, thu-
making it fat and rich If fat sheep Is
indeed the fat Of the land ny all means
let Us study and try to understand this
curious piece of Natures handiwork, a
fat sheep thirkly covered with wool, and
"a prolific In producing v"ur as remark
able for fleece and flesh A Narr lana
farmer who has lately visited some Of the
best sheep farm in England, mas the
following statement in the Auri, uumbsy
of the american Farmer : Within the
last fifteen months Iorty~eight ewes be-
longing to the estate of Aston Rowant,
have produced 295 lambs, all Of y hich
are still living or have been sold fat
F0rtyeiuur ewes have each had three
pairs, and most Of them in less trun
fourteen months Two ewes brought
fore Christmas, 1872 two in June. 1873.
| and three in January, 1874 One eve
PRODUCED eight lambs within fourteen
months Two Of the lambs were sold f =
five pounds at Easter Yes crlay the
same eve had + lambs, all Of which are
strong and hca lthy, and the mother is
doing well,and in good condition. Tween
ty~ane of the above ewes are Dorset
twenty seven are either Hampshire
duwns,or half breeds
The above l. taken from the farm rec
ord of the estate under the management
of I ; jackson. The American visitor
concludes his report in these words
The estate Of AstuT ROwant, it should
| be remarked, Is noe one that is carried
on for mere profit The lawn, shrub
berry, Conservatives and plantations
generally, exhibir the exquisite beauty
with which wealth and taste adDrn so
many places in England Regarding
! them with intense qualification, and
| rhInSing of the immense amount of
money required to keep mp this display,
| said to my worthy and Intelligent
guide, 4 should like very much to kno y
| the pecuuiary results of this style oil
| farming in your country. lie replied,
As you i've IN America, VIII ten You
| what | do not speak in the neighbor
| hood. My balance sheet shows for last
year a clear profit of l 800 pounds { 9
O0O)' aud added emphatieally, sheep
! did 1t
If EngliShmeu get so much home
conf fort, independence and wealth from
grass and sheep, why may not orr read
ers and friends prof by their examples
| Undoubtedly there /, a refined art in
the most advanced grass culture aud
sheep husbandry; but this agricultural
art Is not beyond our reach Blue grass
and White clover are not impossible in
Middle Tennessee, and on these one
can build many other heritage plants
with superior grazing, and support thu
most prolific and rem Uuerating SHEEP a
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