Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-02-04


has lost % sheep.
A MEMBER saw Mr.. Lyons flock and
his loss was chiefly due to injudicions man
a2ement.
Col. East-I have made it rule to ham
die not over 100 sheep. l don't take more
than L can put in the dry when weather
like this comes. feed corr meal and give
them ashes 1 have lost one sheep this
winter with symptoms Of indigestion. My
remedy is two tablespoonful of EPSON
salts and a teaspoonful of turpentine.
have also given my flick pine tops.
DR.. Hogshett-They are not apt to eat
too much Of pine tops.
Col. East-4ow about ewes with lambs?
DR.. Hogshett-Nothing that merely
keeps up digestion will destroy the lambs.
Of course you wouldn't give them so much
| at that time. Castor oil is not good for
Illuminating animals. Flaxseed in small
quantities is good, but salts is the best.
| Col. East find that a less quantity of
salts is needed when it is dissolved in warm
water. noticed in reading about the
loss Of sheep by growers in New York,
where in a flock of 800, grower lost the
greater part Of it by sickness. the SIMPLE
| conclusion they came to was that This
was a hard winter on sheep" That was
all they said about it.
| DR.. Hogshett- is just the solution
Of the matter. In hard winter the sheep
get no exercise; some of them get too
much to eat, it brings on indigestion and
they die. In good weather they can get
! along by themselves, but in hard weather
| they are thrown on their masters. They
ought to be stirred up to exercise. One
man ought to attend to them, and not one
man to-day and another tomorrow, and
so on.
| I'm motion, the Association adopted a
vote OF thanks to DR.. uogshett for the in
formation he had 80 courteously given
them.
SHEEP AND THE HARD WINTER.
Mr.. Child said sheep could stand good
deal of stormy weather His sheep bad
only suffered from the ordinary winter.
complaints. He fed them chopped turnips,
| with bran and had not lost single one,
from disease. Had two that we're consti-
pated and which he had neglected, but as
soon as he attended to them they came all
right.
Col. East-Don't you think that such
night as last night followed by such day
as to-day would thoroughly wet sheep?
Mr.. Child find that sleeps wool
don't saturate if the animal is healthy; the
rain gathers In globules on the outside Of
the vol. 1t penetrates the wool of a sickly
sheep, however. aud with them I have.
found that the dust followed the wafer.
through the wool.
CAPT. BENTON CoINER's EXPERIENCE.
Capt. g. B. Colner Said his sheep had
been healthy. Out of 1856 lambs he had
only lost 20. He had only lost two bucks
from sickness. He kept his sheep and
young lambs sheltered. He fed them
shelled corn and mill offal, half and half.
Mr.. Child-Capt. Coiner has been very
successful in sheep raising. We had bet
ter draw him out.
Capt. Coiner-I had one lot of sheep out
last night, because cannot shelter them
I'll. have fed my sheep, fodder crushed
and ground. They eat 1t all but the stalk.
also feed them clover seed hay. 1t is,
very important to salt them regularly, say
twice week. I water them twice day..
Mr.. Green-I find that sheep wantwater,
more in the winter than they do in the,
| summer.
Col. East-Isn't drinking water only a
habit with sheep? Some of my neighbours
don't water theirs at all.
Capt. Coiner-I tried not Watering mine
but they commenced dying and lost eight.
[ commenced watering and they got all
right again. The eight that died had tb
staggers like those that die of tb g present
| disease.
| Capt. Opie said he thought the South
| downs stood the severe wip ter better than
| any other.
MIR. Green-The closer. the wool, the bet
tor they can stand the winter.
Capt. Coiner-My flock last year aver.
aged five pounds of wool.
Capt. Opie-How 90 YOU do when awxs
mas iose her lamb and refuses to take anosh-
er?
Mr.. Green-l take the skin of her deaaa
lamb and tie it over another lamb and than
she will take it.. She knows the fleece 3,v
tne smell aud thinks the lamb under it. her
own. But many old ewes refuse their.
lambs because they know they haven T. thss
MIX TO keep them. They know what tbsx
are about. A neighbor of mine has ltM
OF OLD ewes who won't keep their lambs.
Col. East-This year am ahead of thu
market with my lambs and I'll have to
wait to sell them; but think lamb is in
better condition at three or four months
old. Col. East said he kept. Southlowns
and Cotswolls.
Mr.. Green objected to the Southdowns
on account of the small quantity OF wool.
The wool is what we have to look TO for
our profit.
On motion of Col East Rev. DIR. Gre am
OF this county, formerly Of Eng!apd) Y tho
presided at the first meeting of the 4 s.o-
citation that Was held, was elected an hor
orary member.
After vote of thanks to Mr.. Or: .ip for
the use OF his office the Associat ion ad-
lourned to meet on the last Sat ordav in,
March, the 18th of that month.
VIRaIN1ANs ON A DRUA1M eSe ES,..nr.
T1oN.-Last Monday Mr.. John u Tow
.'a"n u 'i'iS county, young man of
sleat energy who was in Georgia last wear
40 commercial traveller for the fruit tree
firm of MOShv 81 Rro ~