The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-09-03
Keep q Few Sheep.

Does It occur to farmers ordinarily, that they
,0uld add a few sheep to the stock already
utau ME farm without les-enlng the amount o.
feed set apart Tor the latter DO farmers CON
slider the unnecessary degree to which they
rauGue themselves 10 salt meats : Alter the
freezing winter season Is over il IS not practical
lie away from a full supply OF ice, to keep
fresh meats about the house Tor more than a
,Iay or so. Mutton il well known to be the
easiest of any 20 keep in hot weather. II lar
Tuer- would more generally keep lew 7heeP'
they could. by exchanging tavors, killing alter
nateIy. keep each others tables supplied with
fresh meat during the warm months
On some farmland these are not lew
the only dependence Tor a change from smoked
meat, or otherwise pork from the barrel. Il
upon the good wife'- stock OF poultry. This
stock which has come from good deal OF
Eratchiul care and labor usually, would answer
her n good turn, ii permitted 10 market during
the season. In connection with her butter and
lesser products But owing 10 the absence OF
other sources OF supply in the way OF fresh
meats, when harvest and thre-hIng time comes,
or visitors drop iu a raid il made upon the
Young growing stock OF poultry, the best are
selected and LITTLE by little, the wlie's visions
al diverse and -rIndry things things to come OF
sales in the early fall, vanish.
Sheep ignored and despised by the average
farmer, sheep welI-bred, with view TO ten
deucv to iattening and early maturity, viii eat
around in the fence corners and by places, To-
caIities neglected or avoided by other larger
stock and on such fecd,-shunned by the COW
and the horse, they viii latten, making at any
and at all times, whether IL be IN spring,
midsummer, fall or winter, the very best and
most wholesome flesh in use upon the table.
For dinner upon the farmers table, during
harvest or at any other time nothing IS more
appropriate. healthy and palatablc than
bowl Of well-made mutton soup, with crackers
or light bread accompanied with slice OF
i HI, Il
This. with the usual vegetables, forms meal
easily prepared, and nearly fills the bill
that the most simple and inexpensive desert
completes the requirements. This Tor to-day,
with bit. OF roast Tor tomorrow, ham or
pork the third day, enables the farmers wife
to break in upon the monotony, SO common,
and liable to be so tedious to the housewife
possessed of average ambition, and so irksome
to all, whose tastes. and the wear and tear of
whose muscles, exposed to the daily strain Of
farm labor, requires to be studied.
These are the views we set out to advance,
not thinking TO bring arguments to show that
there Is money profit in keeping sheep. The
common verdict for some years past, has been,
that there Is, in general terms, no profit III
farming. The farmer keeps pair OF farm
geldings for the mere work there Is them. 80
there are various things kept not with a view
to figuring the profit the merchant does this
upon Il yard Of cloth or a pound Of tea, but
because the various movements upon the farm
and within the house cannot be carried on in
II becoming manner il these things omit
ted What a man, his hired help, and his
family eats has question Of palatableness
involved, as well a. the question OF building
up the muscles that a full days work may be
done. On these propositions it pays to keep
sheep, equally as it pays to have the oat bin
well filed when you start in with your teams
for heavy seasons work. Butwe think flock
Of sheep, kept away from the worthless neigh
4 HCal1 braI
will in a view of the natural increase, the
product ofwooI and hide upon his back, and
The incidental value of the pounds OF meat
upon his carcass, whether these be consumed
on the farm or in town or city, will pay equal
~ with any other stock upon the farm
Whether they Will or not, in view Of the value
and availability OF meat in the ways stated,
hundreds of sheep should now be kept in
townships where not one is seen.-Farm and
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