The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-17
SHEPHERD AND MS F1ocK,

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Asheep in the pasture fields as good a
scavenger Of weeds and briers as the yul-
ture is Of carton.
The best news which could be heralded
TO the sheepmen would be an active wool
market for the spring clip.
Sheep reqnire q variety Of fine nourish-
ing food rather than much Of q single kind
Of coarse provender.
The main points to ba observed in the
management OF the dock to make it profit
,.pleyNse never to keep q worthless sheep
nor breed a weekly one.
II We keep fewetsheep, but better ones
and take,care OF them, il will make up, TO
some extent, the difference in prices be-
tween now and former,years.
Sheep are pre;eminently the best suited
Of all stock for rough and partially cleared
land, and there are many harms Of thisd de-
scription throughout the country that
should he stocked with sheep
|, A sheep isjust whit you make it-good,
bad or Indifferent and II man has a
flock Of poor sheep Ii 10 a sure sign that he
needs to learn something about howto
care fer them and howito breed them up.
Green crops would nov provide a most
acceptable food Tor the breeding ewes, and
II ilockmasters could have green food for
their sheep at this time they would be in a
position 20 greatly aid the ewes and save
many lambs.
In washing the sheep this spring choose
q milo, cloudy day, rather than q paitigul
larly bright one.f The difference in The
temperature Of theair and water will not
he 30 great, and there will be less danger
1 10 thehands going into the water,
1 A writer In IN exchange says mutton
will neyernay in the West like wool, i do
not care II the wethers at three years
would weigh a ton. The larger they grow
the more grain they take, and II they do
not shear accordingly they are NOT the
sheep for the Western farmer.
/ Greene county, Pa, according to reports
from that quarter, Is losing avery large
percentage bits sheep in consequence Of
the severity Of the winter and the scarcity
| Q! feed, Though these rRmass are greatly
exaggerated, the sheep men OF Greene are
thaying,a hard time OF it indeed.
Batweeh the low tariff and other con.
tribpting causes to hard markets, the wool
grover feels that be is "hetween the devil
and the deeAsps" .ee4frgtns the CHANGED
A for early future good from bis business.
The way out Is through organization,
4 pluck, and consistent political action.
| Will he stay where he is, or will he fight
his way e8sg B d & Is
Mutton % tho cheapest meat TO the
butchers, hut the consumer does not seem
to get tho advantage Of the low prices
(which tho farmer is forced to accept. Per.
hapsif the pticesot live and dressed MAt,
ton were not SO much at variance there
,lwould be o batter demand for fat sheep,
and the farmer would not be forced to hold
his stocks long to And market. II
AT shearing Is tAs best timetn select the
sheep and mark those intended for sale
at that time itcan be told Just what each
sheep is, and whether II Is worthy Of Ia
place in the flock longer or not. In this
culline Of Sierino locks allsheep clipping
lees than five pounds Of clean wool should
be marked for the butcher, as also should
i Be oil sheep, no mstter what the weight d
their aeece may be, whose wool Is MOI
bright, clear fbered and understandable.