The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-09-28
SHEEP RAISING.

SHEEP RAISING.
\ successful sheep farmer, living wiki
il ,~o miles o. Tallahassee. furnishes the
following:
I began >heep--a;Siuy il 1874, BIZ select
ing eight head OF of %, sha1 had
bought ;or killing. azj keeping them ore
year a. ID experiment / raised eight
lamh>. so1e pair saIn>a AM - they did
vel | decided IL Increase nv lock. and
II J414ArE. $50. hzl 90 head 81 grown
>1e~E. I.1e1 t--g2a q Keep II accurate
ac7co4n- with hi. branch Of nv business
/ have b.94ghs some each rear zui killed
OF IL inferior ones. aoi Kept the best
OILY. l1Es. / 1aYe Ton three hundred
had .2a= account 81 sGock each jan
uar!. an charge my>elf With s. per head
III 3. o. the growu sheep. and credit the
scco1ns w5sh =. sales OF mutton or wool,
2ud have never failed 20 realize from the
iock tie whole amount Of she account, or
8 Der head for tie dock, and leave the
sack increased eact rear and 5 small
balance over.
| have some nut grass. and while /
would not advise aoy one 70 put Il on
their lands Is deem It Al awful pest. ii
affords ;o.-rably go7j E.a<.urage- have
some Bermuda grass, and think vel Of Il
/. affords good paStarage. and believe
VIXEN | -es M and well set IN il. !. viii
keep tro1 i've 20 ten head per acre. sron
April - September. This grass viii Tot
only aEori good grazing. but when The
land i made rich Il viii afford good NOW
ings, and make : good hay for winter
;ee1- /; vi. also XII out nai-grass.
1Se yer. little loay fee-i for nv sheep, as
tie grazing q cultivated lands affords
ford during Ire winter: vet some nav :
yerv desirable ~ have aud feed in wet.
cold. winter weather. Cotton seed. 81
the r2-e II .wo ~ three Bushels 10 the
hguirei sheep. make good iced. ] also
grow tarnips, and by using movable
fences. can cut Of small pieces Of Inc tOr-
nip land and lei the sheep eat toe t1rnips
CUT OF the land, aud while doing 80 they
manure the land ra,i a. soon Is they eat
out lbe turnicS plant oats or rye on the
land for late = inter OF early spring graz
Ing. Sxees potatoes are excellent and
cheap feed. txo 10 three Bushels 10 the
hundred head
| believe II the free Use Of salt. and Al
WAYS keep il where the sheep can have
free access ~ * | Use : box three feet
long. four inches deep and wide, aud from
April 10 September keep the inside edges
o. the box well and freely coated With
Tar. The sheep il eating the salt get the
tar On heir faces and moses. and IL keeps
OF the flies | think it otherwise healthy
also Q>e Sulphur with the salt coca
sionAllv, say once q month. and pars;cu-
larry In winter: Il kee;.s of lice / SOW
oats in nv cotton fields 4, the last work
ing and End il makes good winter pas
Iuage- | have 10 fine stock: only the
best could select from the native stock
OF the country.
Ny sheep average Tie four 20 five pounds
Q. wool each year | shear in April and
Sep,eEnb her The fall shearing is more to
keep the sheep from being laden with burs
daring the winter. Is our plantations are
full Of bu-S. | do not believe 4 sheep
shoali be kept after il IS five years old
| kill Of after they are Ave years old, and
ali male lambs As early Is they viii dress
swenty-four TO thirty pounds. By such
II ever lose one As for dogs. / keep .
OCA2 VH csCs HAGA >ACVA H f14Ac> COB-
siderable noise. bat Ike il and the dogs
fear it. | have lost bui one sheep by
dogs in Two years, although there are
fully three hundred dogs within three
miles OF my lock
The be>, natural grass that has inside IT'S
appearance in my pastures Is ; grass
called velvet OF carpet grass" II com
plesely covers the ground where 1t takes
bold, and affords good grazing In the
fields On our best lands there Is = weed
called ehick-weed, that grows all win
ter and afcris good passurage, and sheep
are fond OF it Old sedge-ields afford
good grazing al winter, as there - al
ways green crop under the ssdge-
Sheep are rayenous feeders, and eat Al
most anything green IN winter. While
The present open mode OF cultivation Is
there ned be no fears Of sheep
for the want of feed In the win
Ter, rs they viii travel three miles and re-
urn the same day.