The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-01-18
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.


f7noe< ecrcStlng matter. tn
in ~ natural grazing country for shee
A. ne world is the Province of Bueno
esna, s The Merino sheep is. mar .,
Fence the sheep for grazing {,
nocks, as 1t herds far better tina,
nr...; sner Kind; in fact II would be i'm
sh .;" to herd long woods from
p" .r scratching propensities. sheen :,
c;as nos Ayres not only supply the prin
m 1ocd Of the people. but thei
c. -e Is largely used as fuel. Thu
"pang places become mounds ~ -
80 y IS cut into cakes like turf dried
- slowed away for use. Shearino
r.. uone by both men and women
go e are men employed especially "a
49, 'ne sheep in the pen, drag il bv
lug nind leg to the shearfng f,oor,
sr, o" IL and tie the four legs together
me shearer bends over The an,r,a,
Se,leraiiy commencing at the neck. and
an'y'ng the legs before the belly wool
70 saxen on. AS he lets the sheen on he
given bit OF tin as a counter A.
g. over hundred is good shearing
g.. man. and from fifty to seventy
80 80 ,or a woman, though I have seen
-, 10 ninety. The shearing in Aus
sh oiners only in that men only
smear and each shearer catches his own
sneep ana takes the wool off without
y"s' thoegh l think there is no doubt
sho 81 ylng Is best for the sheep, as the
s s.'as twho are very Jealous lot in
Alia) have little or no patience
WIZ. kicking sheep.
one OF the
rneinia when l first came here was to
see sheep being sheared. The animal
aging on table with what a sailor
-iene term sheet anchors to its legs.
whist the wooiswas being partly pulled |
ana partly shipped of with shears bent /
~ the end OF the shank, the result giv-
/. .n& the sheep the appearance of having
sen pecked by hawks from the number
Oh small ships in its flesh that it had re-
ceiyed- The first principle in shearinp
- not to pull the wool but let it fall
from the shears, and the next ia the
noiaing OF the animal, which can only
De learnt by observation and practice.
IN England more pains are taken
IMAM In Australia, etc. Ribbinp and
quartering is practiced, that ia. the ,
'nears are run through the wool in
s1rsignt grooves up and down the ribs ,
-no across the rump, giving very neat
appearance and of course leaving q | I
1inlmum OF wool, at the same time the ,
,utnng OF the mutton being very rare. :
flocks being small in Virginia, rubbing :
mo quartering should be in vogue here, =
mo ! would advocate interest in shear =
ng being taken up by farmers clubs. :
'tc.
"nen 1 first came to Virginia was :,
oid that sheep would do through the z
inter without any feed unless there ia \
NO" on the ground, which have found :,
De quite true. with two things being A
nderstood-that is, grass (either arti,
ciai or natural sod) and = suit-
Die number of sheep, the happv
nmber being a matter of experi.
ace AS the main profit here is the
'riy lamb. the wool being the second a.
y consideration, I strongly prefer the 'e
OWNS sheep, say Shropshiredown.
'me years ago was very much struck II
18th remark made by the late Mr.. ke
oliing Haxall. When I asked him ca
ny he preferred the Cotswolds, which
w on his place to the Downs. his an Oh
yer being that he had had Shropshire tn
WINS, but as he only kept few and TO-
ey run in very good sod around the
'nse, they got too fat to breed, | con- is
nded at once those were the sheep to do
through the winter with. While it Ike
important to have ewes in good order, :
pecfaily in the fall. / have known ma
my losses in very small fiocks through da,
es being very fat-the best remedy foe
ing to increase the flock with regard Ike,
profit and losses.
must say that il had been as fort abr
ate with every thing here as have her
IN with sheep, that should be more inc
love with Miss Virginia than am
{ at present---as tank she has treat ron
me very severely lately in the mat hut
OF grape vines-so much so that last sun
+ my flock of seyenty-three sheep re- reie
ned me 1886, against s2S8 from some
100 vines. 1t is only fair to the vines
id that the time has been when 500 *
aware vines brought that amount
hin two or three dollars. gu.
y forty -one lambs last year averaged
y-six pounds on the 10Th OF Nav, !,
r drive OF ten miles. Mr.. Louis ,nu
*. to whom l generally sell, tells ,or
he has become noted in New nun
k for having the best early Ne ~ =
BIS, which l am afraid this Inan
ion fails to fully Tor any thing like 'Ary
y appreciate, or else the sheep in
~ would be extending and flourish nnnf
instead Of las am led to believe) CORE
Tiled and depressed. believe the more
rse cause is undisputed, and the year
dy is in the farmers own hands per
: simply the wantof dog law such orees
ey have in many counties of vir- II
: contend that certain number Is to
eep can be run on every farm in this bush'
On at an inappreciable cost, that is, ashes
,eturns from them would be pure rendt
! II you except q summer run ON the chem
st corner of the farm, and even that II