1803. Accomi* ofth$ diitrut of Lamm$rmuh'f %3t, 505^ 



^dlyy The Hogs, or weaned lambs, demand the farmer'* 

 Oiext attention. These require a deep eartliy field, covered 

 *vith strong grass, which will stand a considerable degree of 

 frost before it breaks down. TJiis is provincially styled a 

 hog-fcnce, and is saved from the middle of June to the mid- 

 dle of August, at which time the Lambs are removed to it. 



^dly. The coarsest and lowest grounds are by these means 

 reserved for the ye Id Sheep, viz. Dinmonts and Wedders i 

 and each of these flocks require an experienced shepherd t» 

 (attend them. 



About the 12th of April is the time the Ewes generally be- 

 ^in to Lamb. At that time particular attention is necessary, 

 «s the Ewes from weakness, often stand in need of assistance, 

 both upon their own accoant and that of their lambs. When 

 the lambs are three weeks old ; the males are castrated, re- 

 «erving a few of the best for Tups. About the end of June, 

 the whole sheep are washed and clipped ; and the lambs are 

 weaned and sent to pasture upon a portion of ground saved 

 from the Whitsunday for that purpose, where they remain 

 till removed to the ground reserved for their winter pasture. 

 When the sheep are to be washed, grfeatcare is necessary not 

 to overheat them when driving to the pool ; as fatal effects 

 are often occasioned to flocks by plunging them too warm 

 into the water. 



About the first of November is the time when the sheep 

 are smeared; the salve used for that purpose, is i pint of tarr, 

 and 2 pounds of butter, for 8 or 9 sheep. The farmer is at- 

 tentive to have this operation carefully performed, from a. 

 d^-ead of the hazardous consequences of an imperfect salving. 



The draft ewes are sold semetimes m the month of Octo- 

 ber, but most generally during the spring months. Every 

 farmer, who wishes to have good stock, pays particular at- 

 tention to this business, and sells, alongst with his old ewes, all 

 those he reckons ill shaped, or carrying c«arse wool. By 

 attention to this, and a careful selection of proper rarus, 

 a few years perseverance produces great alterations in a 

 'flock. 



The Wedders are likewise sold about the first of April, 

 'to make room for the hogs, which are then sent to the yeld 

 ^flock ; the ewes^ requiring both the hog pasture and their 

 own, while the iambs are upon them. 



From the lotli May to the loth October, the ewe flock 

 is folded during tlie night, but the other flocks remain, the 

 whole season, upon the open pasture of the high gromids. 

 ■The ewes are milked, from the time the lambs are taken oS' 

 t4«»> tiH about t-he aud«lle of August; which produces a 



considerable 



