Year: 1871

water. When dissolved, put in pail
of blankets, and let them remain ovel
night. Next day rub and drain them
out, and rinse thoroughly in two
waters, and hang them to dry. Dc
not wiring them.


Col. CoLMAN, of the Rural World
says none of the root crops save the
turnip thrive well in the latitude of St
Louis that all roots, even the potato,
thrive best IN cooler climate, and that
on account of the dry summers and
comparatively dry springs they can not
raise one-fourth the quantity of root:
that can be grown further north.


Long Woods and Merinos-Feedins


sheep.


The improved long-wooled sheep viii
not bear neglect as well as the unim
proved Merino. But will one of Mr..
Hammond's choice, high bred, "im-
proved" American Merinos stand neg
lect any better than Cottswold or
South-downl Will it do any better Oh
low, wet land, or on coarse herbage
Will it thrive any better on a ferment-
ing manure heap9 Instead of telling
farmers that improved long wooled
sheep will not bear "herding'-thai
they cannot be kept in large focks-it
would be better to tell them that they
will not bear neglect, starvation, and
general bad treatment, as well as com
mon Merines, This would be true, and
it is of all improved auimals, or, for
that matter, of all choice varieties OF
of plants, seeds and fruits.


If DR.. Randall uses the term "herd-
ing " in this sense, I quite agree with
him but it would be much better to
use some other term, as this one con-
veys no distinct idea-or If it does, it
is an erroneous one. 1t confounds
cause and effect. Some one will be
telling us by and by that Short Horns
and Devons will not "herd" as well as
the Texas cattle-and there would be
just as much sense and meaning in the
term as there is when it is said that
Cotswolds will not "herd as we'll as
Merinos.


On Mr. Lawes' farm at Rothamstead,
the first winter 1 was there, one hun
dred and twenty Hampshire Down
wether lambs were put "on the
boards" under thatched shed, about
the first of October, and never taken
out until they were ripe for the butch
er; and to the best of my recollection
the whole lot, at about year old,
averaged twelve stones, or Sc pounds
dressed weight each. forget the exact
size of the shed, but should say it was
about ten feet deep with a feeding
trough in front and that the length of
the shed was only a little more than
was necessary to allow each sheep to
stand at the trough and eat Never did
sheep do better.


"Ah, but" hear the Doctor reply,
"these were Hampshire Downs, and
this breed herds better than the
Cotswolds." But all that need be said
in reply to this is that Mr.. Lawes' Gel
ebrated experiments ON the "fatten-
ing qualities of the different breeds OF
sheep" were made in similar sheds,
and that the Cotswolds not only re-
mained healthy, but gained much more
than any other breed.


Can you keep greater weight of car
cass In one of these sheds with Merino
sheep than with Cotswolds, and will
they stand this kind of ''herding" any
betterl Ask Jurian Winnie. He feeds
about thousand sheep every winter,
long-wools and Merinos, and keeps
them in very close quarters, and the
long-wools do better than the Merinos
or at any rate, he says he can make
twice as much money in fattening them
as he can from the Merinos. But mark
you, Mr.. Winnie gives his sheep the
best care and attention, and this'is all
there is to the question. If they have
the necessary food, given regularly and
so distributed that each sheep can get
its due proportion; if their apartments
are kept well ventilated, and free from
all fermenting manure; long-wooled
sheep will "herd just as well or bet
ter than Merinos. Small flocks are de-
sirable simply because of the greater
ease of attending to these particulars.


The great secret of success in the
winter fattening and management OF
sheep is to attend to them yourself. A
hired man who will feed at given hour
every day, and in the accustomed or
der; who will exercise little judg-
ment as to the amount required-feed-
ing little more grain and hay during
cold, stormy day, than during a warm
one; who will see that the sheep never
want for water, and that they never
have to drink water that is reduced al
most to the freezing point by snow and
ice, but who will, on the contrary,
pump them fresh water three or foul
times a day, and always at a fixed
hour; man who knows how to fodder
the sheep in such way that they are
tempted to eat as much as
they can possibly digest, without
leaving any to get stale in the racks a
man that will litter the sheds and yards
two or three times day, doing it with
Judgment, and never allowing any part
to get dirty, but having at all times
nice, clean bed for TIE sheep to lie on;
q man that will do all this, and who has
a quick eye 10 detect the slightest
symptoms of disease or lameness, want
of appetite, derangement of the stom
ach and bowels, nervous restlessness,
etc., a man that can tell, from the eyes
and ears and general aspect that a sheer
is not doing well, and who has prompt
ness and energy to separate that sheep
at once from the flock, and give it the
requisite attention; man, say, that
will do this, is a treasure indeed. ]
never hope to find such man, ready
made. Possibly by taking a bright,
intelligent boy that is willing to learn,
You can educate him up to it


This is the real reason why so few oi
our breeders of improved stock ever
attain eminent success. They are gen
orally men of wealth Who do not attend
personally to their stock. They pay
large prices for the best animals, but
cannot get them properly attended to.
Taking this view of the matter, does il
not seem pity that intelligent farmers
who take care of their own animals
should waste their time in attending
poor stockl When we think how diff
cult it is to hire this kind of care, judg
ment and attention, it would seem thai
a farmer could raise much better ami
mails than those breeders who leave
their stock to the care of men not per
sonally Interested In them.-J Hdrris
in american 4gricutturist.


The beautiful hymn, 81 would not
live always" was written forty-six year: