The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-05-17

! ~ gaze lac tAI4uFTSt E1uD, IN bnat koWn
some. ipterestlng = statistics and facts CON
Tcerning. sheep7raising and wool l,growing,
= According to the. best authority. previous
1t6 1909 or 1910, the. old native Or Irish
tsHeepf we're the only ones raised in that
i eewp:, Nearly every farmer owned more
'Pef less of these sheep, and most Of them
b.SPun and wwtoNve their wool into cloth for
! famiiy Use. m those days, and as late as
1855, the farmers daughters were taught
ito spin and w5ea1 e, ard nearly every far
bmer Had a shop or room set apart for that
- husinesso ai.i suoliaY s 81. s"u9f3c sol h
BIZ In fsf6 . the Spanish Meriross were IN
! iitTodnre1 7htoi tfiat 'towa~ Mr. Jarvis, of
l. " eatfhistHsldi ut; Being eoiis1l ia Spain,
l. Epadenan trade with 1thes Spanish govern
iment for g, 3,a5ef6f tKerbest sheep in Spain
/ These sheep rhe hb4oHSht@ 20 aWermont.---
Soms0f. tkei wealthy farmers of Waipols
boughs Cd ne iof j aFpis, stock, whichl was
! held ~ cry high. From &lO0g to 81 800.
were paid for rams 1t was found after
7 few wears trial, tina these Gheeplwere well
! adapted 20 Rough and billy pastures, and
ITO esossT with 1he1 nAtiEesd d The wool
: groTeFyssem to Olhave. derived great lbeperl
FIT fssm these sheep, IS they Increased
! SASAAuA 0SAfV SpNiA JShAf eAAA kA4~EH NSNfsA~-4E
? the most important stock ip ,town., /. s.
- The Spanish Meriu0es took the lead till
1925, when the Saxony breed was intro
F'duced here The wool Of the Saxory
p sheep Was worth at that time nearly Il. 90
1 q pound ;, and most of aths, large wool
t1growers in town Bought enough of the
4lBheep to grade with their hocks. The
4 experiment; however, turned out as did
4 atAhata Of the Dutchmau, who sheared the
ieRig-" all cry and no WOOL" The consti-
4utution of these sheep proved 70 be too
!, ,6ellnate for Ehis climate Major S. Grant
!; and ENihinM. Jennison had one hundred
dtSf Tie 1nnlp8Eted Sa4ony sHeep, and did
] Ten ,&ith t1hem. as they 1solt, fot figh,
h prices for sOHaey yeals~ Mr. Jennisop kept.
h bis as 1Qngr as he Owned his farm; He
/ vdrqT e, . dock of them to Ohio in ! s56, and
tlgOt,a gSal90d ggSal90d price rf09E them 1srgs ,s =
b. MAstsefths fosks. .ip town were greatly
Il hdepEsciated in value by the Introduction
| Of 'tLs Sa4ony blood !; and it WAS many
b years After the ,saxopy fever had abatted aste
condition. Mr.. Dunshee says q a few
Stop. George Bhndy, Of this. town was
Zone Of them. He, had 1 Ghe if6cK Of Me-
frinoes, and did more 70 rest8te fhsep phottks
TN town to their former condition tfSn
ianf other Hah,S4 bcrgHt seventy Of The
MeEilpas, thlEty y-sixi, years ago. and have
kept the same AtockaeVer, einees " j. have
, bohgA rams every TWO or thrceyears out
iEof different fiockS, chiefly IN Vermont. -
tsThe. import alton Of the Meripb;I sheep has
proved q great blessing to NAY England
I Our breeders have SOL i'm pEoredliOn the
! original stock that our best f1ocks ave now
iunexcelledin Europe eE any other country.
! Mr.. Atwood, of Conn9cticut, seems TO
4 stand At the head of the list of those who
have ifHpfov ed these shecpsr. .s,,.a o isi
|, Judge that our Hocks now shear, on an
average, one third more; thar they. did
h ithiTty.6Ve years ago. We Do pot. keep as
| many RhespiA town now by some thou
| sands xs were kept in 1870; 'bat1bey arc
better fed and housed. Yheh, !, farmers
|, thought grainI fed to store sheep was
/ throws iaWay. ~ P Have had no experience
|, with the Y6ng- Roofed sheep sAs to grad
! inH loHtv. Sled Sheep With fne, from the
| best fh oftnat7ohsf Sani get,i 4 should ssays
| it is best to use y fine sFams with long,
! wooled ewes. f shUuifd1 nsvcr advise any
/ one to use q coarse nam With 6ne ewes
7 Grade sheep are good, feeders, hut are not
I sd sdVoXd,fof.WoSEld 4 a=ivi'l oI lasmaisrn
I 10 4at$rk Z AHoyg of sheep for wool, 1
I shQVld bRsatAs best MstinS ewes that 7
J coulaE6n4, that could ,hep purchased tQr p
I rexsphAb4Jnptice Z sffryOan kuyI,oFdanary
4 e#3els9i It y in Take some years, even with
tbs 6s4 SSEd iYSR ca rOcaTs t2 ;i1 rsiss Il s.t =
! gQ0d A0Gksol sidiznoqz91 s uiIN. sbnEi. .nl
4 s1M The Wintes9 9shssp sAqrsd he provided
1 with room glPA4lder SoEes, IN (which
| t6'ESed 4fIE,GAd aaso withss yzrad~ here
4 thsys 64npre eait sUdsskke ahe sah and air
| whsn4tey liksdr TSsy shsuh have sqcess
4 to running water At all times. :si4sy aslsT7
4 feed my 6ketps thre6e times q day.
4 NpNkhitHey0frst come te. thse baEr thsy
] are fed w;t$ $Ih1y for TWO vteks !;
\ lWhsn.1he seeather gsta colder feed Al
Il but the lambs With. eorn4odaefS ino The
n imagining. stSew at fCOb, And hay at night,
nth fKss /. sa q bs.s they
Il give my..eH{s and yesrliAgsi sus9eciD g
4 corn adsSdp isyehtY:fye shesP: iEsSf
!. timosmydeWeaae Qphoah the, gRfBl4g' B %
q khie iced saatheE tap ah4tt,o maee llsmppss
/ / aeaAesa - 70 Xeh FhAn 3ns ,aeeep
..ss! If. ,.t,:s sgy. eSsis acJs aSgs
elaxsphaS aqd ana leika apl sSEan sPa 4 a..s
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