Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-07-22
1lEArY LETTER
TASNERY, July -.

IASNEkl, July Il
n fe Efa9r o. ne JelrHaL
A8to sheep. ] ird that they paY hand
somely This year I sbeared on Of Is hes d
sd pounds OF wool, for which l real Esd 30
cents per pound. j was fne wool, for my
sheen are of tie best, as ! think, for this
country. They are, think, So1'hdowus;
some call them toe ''r5d.LOsed' sheep, O.
they have red noses and Ied legs. Their
geol is long. fine. tough. clean, and there
fore always commands the top pii,o. Iha
S3uthdowrs are baldy, good bre der5, they
ati,u early and ere good nation sheep.
I culder hem much superior TO the
nerlO. Trey are haroisr aud stand our
climate better Tdsic wool Is much sups-
ror. Tue "a zee Of the merino weighs
he-y.sr, butit is dirty, greasy, gummy,
sod is brittle
dad that sheep need high ground. A
isp, years sg0 I lest two or three hesc
rather mysteriously A neighhor said he
-r-v Tie cause. Don't you keep your
sheep ON Tow grcuna?' Re asked. l said
t.lt did. "Well.n said he, change
lasm So shat they can hsva a high point
.r the field n ] did 81, ard have dO1e so
ever since and have had no tur;her trouble
Grid tbat water Is not so essential as
i.h ground. Indeed, sheep viii thrive
and eet iat no q wsteriess field II they have
high ground. I know it, because l have
repgstsdiy tried it. Sheep are net much
iar water. They will even avoid getting
their feet wet, by stepping around pud-
die in the road.
Some say that sheep are hard on pasture
land. Not so, if properly handled. Sheep
red chsrga They should not be kept IN
"a field too long; If they are the will nip
ne ersss too close When they have cut
the rrass down $40 close as 1t ought 10 be,
and Won have no other pasture field, turn
them into the woods. They viii do all
.riabt Afera while, when the grass hiss
got GOOD s.ar,, put them hack into the
Geld. bnt wherever you pat sheep, he sure
that they can have access to high gi01ud.
have beard that some say that the
dfopp'ugs of sheep are irlurious 60 land.
This is 3 great mistake. Those who think
Id sbopl1 attribute the result to the proper
cause.-The Keeping Of too large a number
cf sheen too loUg Ia the same field. There
il on the farm of solomon Miller, IN
Peasants District, high point
known as "Miller's KuOb." A
Jew years ago this knob was almost as de-
void ST soil ard vegetation Gs the middle
Of cor tuupikes. Nov IL is in good sod
and produces fue crops Of excellent grass.
Am ths ioru,izing IL ever had was the
droppugs of the sheep that were put upon
t. The sheeP and they alone, did the
work
Sheep need attention, Of course 1 salt
mire once a week.
There is another matter that l would
speak Of liz Is 90 condemn the practice
that many have of pssiuriug their mea-
dows 10 tle spripg and fall. fad it best
rot TO pasture them at all I notice that
the farmers who pasture them are usually
short Of hay ia the spring. They are
short because they pasture their meadows,
cnd they pasture their meadows because
,tey are short Ct hay. Us "robbing
Peter opay Paul"
40. I would no. pasture even IN the TAIL.
The grass that grows up sitter harvest Il
needed TO protect the roots during the win
ter j. acts 90 40 Overcoat, l might say,
to the roots, protecting them from freezing
and i-yst. and in the spring IL holds the
dampaess keeps the roCt5 and soil moist,
and ~ sou 20, in the early spring and look
SO a meadow thus treated, you viii sea the
Young, leader blades Of grass peapiog up
among the "0yerCoAt' Of last falls growth f,
anJ ID dry spell comes. or a dr0wth, this
~li grsss keeps the soil shaded ana moist,
and Ne meadow not pls,nred viii produce
a crop. vh,ls that OF S neighbor who p3s-
tured it last fall VII sometimes not pay fer
the cutting. Very respectfully
GEO II. TREMBLY.