Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-10-23
FOR FLOCK MASTERS.
A Thoughtful Article on the Care AID
Management of Sheep.

I 10 untCrtaEe 10 FttSolAuS any &c
course for al shepherdl IS almost useless
as each ones circumstances and sur
roundings are different, which necessitst
different treatment aud different breeds
so will speak only tor myself, and
may be that some viii End a useful bi1t.
have kept sheen io- tbs past twelve years
aud.I must say in preface that I hsvr
gound them 20 be more profitable thal
any other stock. During THE time 9ev'
had the native sheep, a grade ct South
downs and the smooth merioOs, ana muci
prefer the latter as bsiug better shesrers
hsrdier end euaurng neidi5g 10 iaTg'
| Il lcks, q .h'ns tbat 40 nalSc Or E9gii~a
sheep will stand, the large Eogiiah breed.
of sheep especially, requiring TO be sepa.
rated into florks Of tEensy five OF fifty to
do well, whereas the meriDcs will thrive
in a1cks Of 100 t. 1000 il given pasture
enough 20 roam over.
consider NO requisites necessary II
Successful sheep acknowledgement, high
ara dry land; second, industry aud a'-
tention.
BY method "a about as follows: Be
ginning in The fall upon going into winter
quarters, generally November 2O.h CT
sooner, according 10 the weather l az
sort my flock according 10 Ege, sex AID
future use-thst is bre, ding ewts. stock
ewes. aud veaihers over Que year old, this
YEARS. lsmbs, and iattenipg shesp-each
flock is kept ny itself through the T-i1.e-.
| None are allowed TO get wet during the
cold weather, the warm April showers be
log generally the first TO fall OF them.
They ere sll fed nearly alike, except the
fattening flock, mixture Of equsl psIt7
no bulk Of corn and brau, beginning at
| first with "a Dtck daily Of the mixture 70
esch 100 lhe,p nnd gradually Increasing
uafii one hasnei is rescbsd, which l coz
slider s' much SIS can be fed pTod.sbly -
sheen uo' intended 10 be fstieneo, teediog
morlc md evening Il half b1shel a. .
/ feed, w.t. a'l tfe hay nd c,ru fodder they
sail cirnu %. o. mixture IF timothy snJ
clover rn lcrej. Ire ht.Oning flock Is
gradually brought mp 70 full feed Of grain,
which ~ aholi .lTea Bushels Of core AID
mill feed q tte 100 ds.ls, which ration Is
given for SIX weeks Co. two months, AZ
coG6ins % condition or 5be,p when they
are cold They Are fed also what they
will cat clean Of gOol, hright clover hay,
the ol jsct bsirg 10 gel them t. &c. IS much
az possible without waste aaS yei baye
GOOD appstues. Sock wo;her3 can bs
ont through The Water 90 the
GRAIN feed mentioned with one-half hsy
snd The other half clean, bright wheat OF
oat straw; but the breeding ewes aud she
lambs should have q tall feed Of the hes,
hay. Each day az uOon their racks should
Re Ii led gi;h straw, and what Is NOT eaten
used for bsddiDg ~ night. TIE ewes axe
bred from Novemb 1st 10 2ls., one ran
10 ssch fifty ew5s, II rot "stOld;' bEt l.
stood, ole ram can serve 100 ewes, li
in Lis prime, without deirimsnt 90 hlm-
self The standing If = ram may re
describad at some failure time. All sheep
except those bsiDg iattenei shoald have
the run of the stable fields on dry do} 2,
but the Catching flock ahoul be kept
closer, as exercise works of theiat. VIZ
he above treatment the loss should rs.
exceed per cent.
Duruz March tbs whole flock shculf
be thoroughly tagged, and oil but %,
breeaiug ewes should be turned of 90
pasture about April lst, uolels ins
weather l. severe. Near the sheds l have
dry pasture, into which l tuTu the
breeding ewes 8 short lime each dag after
April Ii. 70 aecustom them 10 grass grail
usily. If it csD BE- done Couve
neatly, patch Of rye, eoTn
early tire previous fall, viii give them
Il green bite early in March and viii
do much to prevent stretches, cnnsbps-
tsd condition OF tie bowels, TIA. Is liable
/ 20 occur in sheep kept on dry feed. Two
ources of cast0g oil ut one doae generally
relieves ,he trouble. prefer TO keep my
eves close @ the sheds until done lamb d.
ing so 20 90 keep them cut oi storms. Nay
I 10 10 10 sll sheep are washed; ehesrlns i'
began eight 10 ten days after WISHING,
according to weather II lambs have cons
p-orerly, ca7tIo;i0g Gnd. dockiug should be
| dome asfors washing time. the wounds
heinz covered wish LAID N which De- :
small quantity of tnrpenline. AZ soon a.
/ a sheen is shsars5 10 is taken by mau 10
| readiness. its taos clipped aud feet tT'm-
med aud dipped in warn piue iSr IN when
/ S nut email amount CT sulPhuric 0cld
and ,urpentine from time 10 time; which /
c9nsider a Guard sgsinst foot root. lie
nose Is also smeared with pice tar alone,
which operation is performed 90
the whole Arck every four or
five weeks during the summer as
preventive Of grab-in head. The three
diseases I have had reason ogusrd sSainsi
Enormously, /. e., stretches footrOt aud
erub in-head, and the remedies prescribed
above have proven sufficient thus far. Ire
flock after shesriDg is divided INFO punches
OF 100 TO $50, and are al sslted and given
fresh pasture every wssk. Three or iJuI
fields are thus made TO carry more etocs
than if each field was given lis quota and
never rested nor changed l generally
wean the lambs September 10Th, put The
ewes on short pasture for q week alter
weaving. and then on good pasture so as
10 ret Ia condition to breed again. Tn
lambs are given ccod pasture immedistely
In make up for the less Of The ewes milk
I have bat tonched upon several poiHt' on
which much could he written, but tn
above IA an outline Of general Management
I ,rooarfad hv TIMOTHY hA1SEED.