Year: 1874

Nh A. NJ Garland in Western Rural


says There is great amount of contro-


versy as to the difference III profit between
selling wool washed and unwashed


Every farmer can easily test this for him.
SELF and can also test the difference in


weight between washed and unwashed


wool, and also the relative weight Of fleece
per pound, OF the animal, as we'll as the
weight OF fleece grown per day, per pound
OF animal. Thus many questions of i'm
portance to the shepherd may be deter
mined. When the fleece is the prime OBJ
Ject, those families producing the largest
amount OF cleanly secured wool for
given carcass are the most valuable, but
where the mutton is a prime object, the
case becomes different


Wool may be entirely freed from oily
matter by taking two pounds OF salt, and
one OF sodaash to every five gallons of


water; this should be enough to wash one
fleece thoroughly. Weigh the fleece to


be washed, including the string, having


all perfectly dry Unite and save the
string. lmmerse the fleece IN a tub with


the liquor, and press squeeze, and work
it until thoroughly secured. Rinse in
clear water, and place on frames in a cool
airy room until entirely dry, or if you
have convenience for erecting a frame
over stove or heater, so much the bet
ter. discard the liquor and rinsing water,
and proceed with the tleeces to be tested.
Each fleece should he numbered, and a
record made co responding to the num-
ber OF the fleece, stating the sex, age,
| breed weight of animal, and the number


of days growth OF fleece. When perfectly
| dry, it should be again tied weighed. and
| its record placed against the statement IN


the book The difference between the I'M


washed fleece, less the twine used in tying
will show the loss in weight.


Divide the weight OF the secured fleece
by the number of days it was growing,
and you have the amount produced by the


animal in day; divide this fraction by
the live weight, and the remainder shows
| the amount produced by each pound
| weight OF the animal per day multiply


the fraction by 800 and you will have the


product per pound of animal for A wear;


now if YOU multiply by the live weight of


the animal you will have the number Of
pounds of wool it produced in year.
Thus YOU MAY continue with various
| tieeces of as many breeds OF families OF a


breed as you may possess. From the


data gathered, yuu may estimate the rela
| tive value OF different breeds. and the


several families of the breed, and thus


improve your flock to its utmost limit
Pukk RAISING. My own theory of pork


raising based upon experience, obscrya-


ton, and probably a little philosophy of
| things, if written for the benefit of ofothers,


would be about as follows: During the


hot summer months | would feed very
| little soiled feed, such as corn in the ear


or uncracked. | would keep hogs upon


green feed constantly, either grass, oats


or rye, and feed them at regular intervals,


once or twice per day, upon mashed feed,


either shorts, chopped oats or rye, buck


wheat, etc, feed in troughs When fed in


this way and at the same time allowed ac


cess to water and shade, hogs will bear


crowding through the hot months, a very


good time if not the best, to take on flesh
| This puts them in the best of condition for


corn feeding, which should commence


about the first of September, when the


new crop is still soft and tender Treated


in this way hogs become probably as per-
feet as any method could make them
| Upon the whole, too, | believe it the
| cheapest and most economical. Cor
Germantown Telegraph.