The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-12-20

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Geutlemen-In my last paper l called
ruur attention to the necessity Of having
.lc.Grr an inclosure, keeping your pas
.ras we'll fencd. and having a good sup
..e Of water for your sheep.
Next, see that your sheep are clean,
...p them tagged, allow DO filthy wool
locks to remain on thcii. bodies. sheer
aeon off, wash them and put them in
.ae wool pile. Do not put them in dirty
and do not mix them with your other
-yades of wool.
Then see that your flock is free from
ice and ticks; do not depend on feeding
mem off with sulphur o. some other
rug, but take them from your sheep
uy hand or with some ointment or dip
.f one or the other of the many differ.
-Uut preparations offered III the market.
There is no more sense i'll Stufting
sheep with drugs aud running their di-
-r~tivc organs to rid them of lice thar
there would be in UGH treatment Of II
human being found in Il like filthy condi-
non. 1t is Il lazy wa of getting 1T it.
Ouc other way OF trying to get some
thing for next to nothing, and without
labor.
You canont waste your substance fas-
Ter than by feeding parasites, either eN-
ternal or internal, with Your sheen and
pastures.
AZ for internal parasites, YOU must
reach them by administering medicine
Internally. for their destruction.
Much. Very much. al however, he
done in the way Of representatives.. If
yo make sure to keep your sheep on
good. dry, healthful land, and out of
wei, swampy places, YOU Will Go very
much toward preventing injury from
parasites and also other Affections thai
sheep are heir to: ut owe all, keep out
Cd fyOur pastures, dogs. In my opinion.
the harm that dogs do to Our tiockS by
occasionally killing some. Is very little
compared with the losses we sustain
hy their spreading the germs of interna.
parasites about the pastures, that are
latter on taken up by the sheep to Their
utter destruction. This and the chasing
or running of ewes, whether III lamb Or
not. is what causes the sheep men To
dislike all dogs not known to the sheep,
and dogs that are not continuously
treated and kept rid OF these germs, as
aI we'll managed shepherd dogs are. and
should be.
This cleanliness in raising good mutton
sheep is also necessary in order to pro-
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pracrice cleanliness IN every way to an
extent that Will make it noticeable by
your customers. Conduct every part of
The business in such Il way that the
most eXactinC mutton eater could not
find fault with anything if he should at
all times have access IL our sheep. your
barn, Your pactureS. and Your feed. max
iug the closest examination with 4 CIV
L. finding something unclean about
them.
Y good tirst-cluSs mutton sheep must
not bc raised in filth Ii any way, ana
must never he tainted with Il disease o.
any kind. An apparently healthy lamb.
from an ancestor that shows any taini,
IF disease. is not Il first-class mutton
sheep. and should not he sold as such.
You may say that all this. and the
many other things | pointed out as ne
',Ssary in former papers, lis we'll enough
for any one near = large city, and where
ue can find a good Market" hut remenl-
uer Won are near half 4 dozen small
cities that make Il market equal to one
large city. Look at Knoxville. Chatta-
nnpga. -AsheviIle, Atlanta, Augusta,
Macon. and others: the people living III
these cities are as good judges, have as
-Jd taste. and are a. anxious to have
nod foCd rs those Ill the larger cities.
and as willing and able to pay for ii,
Int YOU must first show them that Won
have a tir~t-class mutton, an article that
would elsewhere, in any large city, com
uaud the highest prices, before they
will pay You any such Il price for EOul
.%.eIuct.
But suppose that YOU must find 4
market elsewhere, you can do 50 as
We'll. and ut Il less cost than sheep ra-s-
'r~ md breeders do i'll many other sec
-uls. only 50 YOU can offer Il first-cias>
HuHnal. This will be the hardest part
n. th" whole venture. You must learn
f., raisc Il frst-clasS mutton sheep, ana
learn to get it ready for the market ana
.a Iuncarket 1t i'll Il proper manner; the
market is ready and willing TO pay You
#.I Tor the care and labor YOU put
.l F0Ur sheep, hut YOU must put IT on
first, ana to learn to do this and get
The first results Will take from 3 to >
Gears time: it will take this time to
.red out the qualities of the native
~rub, that hinders 80 much the devcl-
"ftrllt Of Il first-class mutton sheep.
} frequently see newspaper articles
'.aH diffcrent sections of the country.
"rH-.cn evidently ny inexperienced and
a"-H.turincd men. setting forth the great
advantages Of their sections for raising
~a'rH. almost always laying great stress
.' The little care and attention 1t re
H#tl, the little hand feeding necessary.
."l that Il man and a dog could care
ever so many. and 50 on. such mon
' #a' Stop to be educated to zee ald
.""tr-t1nd the difference between Il
."- sheep and Il mutton sheep, be
Ii "n0d animal 81" Il bad one OF
@lac, between Il profitable and an
++'nfablo one. and the requirements
.'" different breeds To fit them for
." @~Ilorcnt purposes for which they
attended. All they really know, Of
'"h knowledge. is that they see
"'r 'A.~tln2 under the conditions they
.''. and II is true that in many
''"~ 'hIs j. an Indication that the
.. ~ naturally adapted for the rails
wy Sheep, because the utter neglect
.'''-}" would ordinarily cXtermi-
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