The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-08
Farm, Garden and Household,
Sheep Husbandry.

branch of farming should be so badly
neglected. No doubt good deal of this
neglect is due to habit, but this happens
TO be a time when people of energy and
THRIFT are breaking up the old habits that
lo NOT pay and getting out of the ruts
hat lead nowhere. There are a great
many farms in New England. now in part
or wholly run out, that formerly carried
acge f1ocks Of sheep. The natural infer
ence Is that dropping the business of
-heep-raising is the very cause of their
running out. At any rate, it must be
Aeld to be such until a letter one is
-iSen
II sheep are not profitable for wool
hletty, on account OF the rivalry OF the
redt sheep growing plains at the West
and Southwest, why not look shrewdly
,0out and see what can be done with
them as mutton, instead OF abandoning
Sheep husbandrN as i failure 70 drop
branch OF farming, whatever it is, of
course makes it a failure. Since we used
f. crow wool on our New England farms.
lige tracts at Il distance have been de
vtrd t. sheep grazing; but our numer-
HIS local markets do not rely on them for
uod mutton. II ought to set our farmers
J thinking when they read the accounts
t lhe lmportaJlons ot mutton from Eng
"thI Just mo" we happen to be export
N4 mutton sheep thlthef, since they are
more ProlllahIe tIIah the export OF cattle
bdi tht business Is NOT Il New England
't-iheS9. as It easily might tf made.
When we read ot small and compact
Countries Hike NdAony, With Their millions
", Sheep, countries no better favored tor
hrep-tAsbandrE by thrlr climate and soil
imam New England rs, III makes as marvel
i he continued oversight oI then plalnest
advantage winch oar farmers are willing
.n DEE gNlllN 81 il rs KNOWN 10 everybody
l1dl h" rlfWuF lNn4 Is equ,u |" the
AeFp Tor removal lI'- ANA restoring worn
"a. Ititd- l''ih- Go"h PASTURES are thelf
Iu" l-r- "IIch Ihtl return 70 thei[ once
aesP'ndrlit owners III excellent CONDITION
"@ nave -9t Il" LOOK al til!S 1act' TOO, III
.I''l'iei H-Ill Nii'rI IS, lhat one huhafed
'f'N now "aIeiN SllLIlce loT paStuTlllg
.-.. "'' " S'AtA "fLe9 ,lSt'' ~ pe dillple'
l-S SLl'Il'lH l''"l'S tHt 'os9 - 'ile ldIliieI
'"' "eIe9 III t'tiE HNe. no" many Oh
.'-'" t'A "'lUIR ~ run peIi'il" dI rate
.AO '""' It S"th 4I'9S'S anu e''tI'e
t..d which is ,,l,anstnd law tho rrnn,,inr
-ba. ,,,ns,h,tng h,. ho,nad ,.a+tld anJ
rb9t II I'M tb1f +. Irft nf the nastnre IN
.t,.ql-nf
'''"h W
''. 'ii[' ilI ;[' 'o t',i''ltIY :" W .'lo
'''' l,'' 'i''' VIM ''oN 9'II N''ii ''ii o"Sel
a'lpN'.t' li''' t'NH ull0 H't9N0 ieJot' i"i
.ir4l md fnrrv kinds Of vnantatinn which
sheen will emf, while other animals fed in
-he PASTURES rrtjIse Them. Then. au;,in.
-bpI clean inn All the obnoyions and
worthless shrilhs and weeds that orow
9l,ino. y new thino of an old nastnre in
-bat ,y.Iy as we'll ~ in the other Five
nDr rrut y wear is = common estimate of
-he ipnroyement If pastures in nroduc-
-tvenpss. Inv the fnedino of sheen on Them.
The, acroinpliSh this h3Dpy result for the
-.trTrpr hy eytirDatinu weeds and novions
olaors and by dropninr their very rirh
manure evenly over the Ground
Iftber. were mo such animal in exis-
rpucr ON whom the farmer mipht call for
data pinch. the man would be a far
.r.3rer Lenefactor than a Bakeweu who
aAtI.lI Lllt HllI one LOT inns rpllArkAblf ser
.,- Almost eyprybody is ready tc 9d
...,. rb. shovv horse h,t far thr humble
..,,i nrast usctiIl sheen there are very few
enthusiasts In order to uroe IT'S claims.
..,,,.rer ao +he ool5cultr.aI community
r0,. v,,,rtrr must af first he presented On
...,.. .,,Il' 'nt. I,rI,iit ,,nrnni,r, and L;ra.t
.ra,.r- NIin rrt,lsr tn nlant forests he
..... ri,a, c41,nnt oq,it fnr thn ,n.nlto
.... -.aI,.nh. ,anr. 1ij,nI[- ~ .tnnI, mn WIKI
.t..n wit6 a ,iav fo The rnstnration of
-U,.- ,4stn,ns 1ffni. ,nany ynars What
..... T1nr Ia bare scr hntn.a Them is tha
...a4di4tr adyantaop to their norlets.
...l ,ttbay ran hn made IA see that sheen
And Lrjno rbat advanr5np ahont as easily
,n,,Itrv fhan tbnr nav ha dnnnnded
.,. n. I,.rin th. r.t,ol,,tinn in fi,nr at.
..,,a,
WI can all sre tor ourselves how tbe
.-...itL. MAJ consume t,nd in Nav Fnu-
.nl have ha.n Innltiuliod in tha laSt
s4rt, Years and We can also see how
~ 4 u.ti-pts hova hacn,np norp nnmerale