The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-01-27
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Many farmers have been ANNOYED
when selling their wool, to find that the
acute and practiced eye of the wool
buyer had detected the fact that the
sheep had been allowed to run down in
condition at some time during the
growth of the fleece. They are half in
clined to think that the buyer is mere
ly trying to uepreciate the price. AS q
matter of fact, there is nothing which
renders wool useless for certain kinds
of manufacture as unevenness or break
in continuity of the thickness of fiber;
and there is no defect more common, and
nothing that, year by year, touches the
sheep-grower more severely on that
tender part of his anatomy-the pocket.
However good the wool in all other re-
spects. the keen eye of the buyer sin
giles out the defective wool, and down
goes the price of it. And it is not
mere fancy that regulates the prices,
for the uneven wool will break at the
weak places during the first process of
manufacture. Some persons suppose
that the uncvenness OF the fleece is here
ditary in certain animals, and per-
haps unevenness might be made here
ditary by generations of ill-usage and
neglect,
But rs the wool of an entire flock is
found to be uneven one year and not so
in another, it shows that management
has more to do with it than descent.
If sheep are allowed to get into q low
condition, are neglected. unfed, or not
sheltered properly, the pores of the
skin contract. and the wool that issues
will be of very fine fiber. AS soon as
the animal RECEIVERS n vigorous condi-
ton the pores again open, and II longer
and stronger fiber grows. The wool is
Thus weaker i'll one place than in places
NJ each side of ii. and breaks at the
slightest strain. Nothing induces I'M
evenreSS more easily and surely than
want II water. Ii is common notion
tina: sheep can DO without water or very
little, |. supplied with roots daily
they NIL not want much water; but it is
well &I& humane, too. that water should
- always within their reach. Not only
= II sraportSr. that the tibers should be
even, bCi the Hsere throughout should
be even ~ regards length. softness,
density and t--nreSS.
rEz os>a food for Young turkeys is
Eggs ec1-s,i hard ani chopped fine;
1Ap:f sQQc milk boiled. which makes a
1n-t:i :1-'I, the whey : separated by
-yr-1l-lsr I -1c0 = cJlander or coarse
sieVg AMI w1,sz 81 rubbed line in the
lal,iss HI ts,i 10 Them II small parcels
ana sfhzn- Indian meal. vet in the or
t--IIrv WI x II. 1rI11S - them until
LEV I-,s severn weeks old Chives cut
ina hi mad WIN their food is eaten
VIM g-,Hil IT111v- IN case of the
.:Ilci1s I7Eear1lC s-.Ey All the feathers
---I-tiest- -ltt-l.;l1l-,- L tkl- from severity
II Inu-1lrfs It w=I11e-, ground malt,
WIN a IT-lts 3'Iciss-F r=Ll i Allowed, and
il VI Il nf:,1l.L-ls powdered CARA
VIZ II erI,u-lt.fs. =,-sstls Boiled meat
pulled -lrls sings = = VL-z1Ils and nu-
---r1nTIE i.cG t1c lEszc- Water should
~ Even 1ilts- = v=rT -L-Ilo~ vessels,
II vn1.l 1L=F eEcc1d VET themselves.
L. -r,-,=r o. r=T=-i - mother turkey
rom r'.t eng t1e chicks Of their food.
5-sF i.-s----.t le fed = = separate coop
M II s7-.h : lls-z-css from her as to be
.I1 = -ee rezrL-