The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-06-20
WELLINGTON, LoRAIN COUNTY, OHIO, JUNE 20, 1885,
How the Failures Come.

! OF all the causes of failure in sheep
taising, none or all put together
equal the lack of proper care
and attention. Too much stress,
perhaps, has been given to breeds
and varieties. All sheep well cared for
pay. No poorly cared for sheep pay,
no matter of what breed. Often there
Is reported to us some new disease that
no one ever heard of before, that deci-
mates somebody 3 flock, and no remedy
San be found. tits true, sheep must
die, but they need not perish to the ex-
tent they do if well managed. Flocks
should be kept young, so there shall
not come hard year every once in
while, when old sheep viii die off in
numbers, to dishearten and disgust their
owner, and of still more importance Is
Sbe keeping the health of the focks in
tip-top condition. Usually a fat sheep
is considered healthy sheep. But
there are ailments that come to fat sheep
as well as thin ones. We believe in
keeping a sheep fat, but prefer bright,
lively, vigorous condition, to any other.
A sheep may be thin in flesh and be
perfectly healthy. Yet such a one will
not be SO profitable as If in good flesh or
even fat. The fleece will be dry, and
consequently light, and of weakness
and inelasticity of fiber that lessons its
value for the manufacturer. The same
sheep fat would shear from one-third to
one-half more pounds, and the wool
| would be of more market value per
pound. A thin eve might be more
attentive mother, but her milk would
neither be so plenty nor of such rich
| quality to push her lambs vigorously
forward into good, healthy, well de-
veloped sheep. Much can be told Of
the health of sheep by looking at it.
The appearances, though, do not tell
the condition, even to a practiced eye.
| A sheep may appear round, smooth,
and even fat, that, when caught, will
be found to be mere shadow, light as
cork, dead poor. Again, 8
thinnish-looking sheep when, caught
may be found solid and heavy-fai
inside and healthy. No rules can be
| given for the care of sheep that will
apply to every locality or manner Of
handling. The conditions vary sc
much between different mems feed,
water, pasturage, and fitness for man.
aging flock. know men who watch
their hogs eat corn and they believe the
eye of the master helps to fatten the
hog. The real truth Is the man who
watches his hogs eat learns their whim,
and appetites, and suits his care te
both. So of q sheep. Some are dainty
and fastidious and require more time
to eat and different feed from the maiI
flock, and should be put into flock by
themselves, or better be fed separately
once in a while there will be found in {
flock one or more that are perfect hog
to eat. One of these will occupy more
r,,orr, ot fho f,-f,,, Ok than thru,
sheep need, and is a perfect tyrant, but
ting and pounding its way at all times
Such are good sheep, but are not fit Il
be among ordinary sheep. Every f1ocl
needs culling every year to line o
profit; all delicate sheep and those tha
fail repeatedly to raise lambs from an,
cause-particularly lack of milk, as n,
one wants mothers who are by inheri
tance poor sucklers-and all baal,
crossed, poorly feeced sheep shoul'
be fattened and sold to the butcher
Keep nothing that does not pay its way
not even a pet. Pets are nuisances ant
9ot to be tolerated at all. A well bred
well selected, healthy flock of sheep
with good water, where they can get
every hour they need it, with plenty O
feed in variety, will be the paying 1ocl
always. Such a flock viii be tn
pride of their owner and the standar,
flock of the neighborhood. All thes
conditions belong not so much t
the breed as to the care and handlin
given them. Such flock will hardl
have queer diseases or mysterious al
ments; such a fock-master is locke
upon as having some secrets in his car
that makes him the best sheep-man c
the region. The man who succeeds is
good handler. The man who fails is
poor sheep-man.