No. 11. 



On Driving Sheep. — Restoring the Drowned. 



335 



dullest understanding, that what has not 

 been effected at all, cannot have been ef- 

 fected by the corn-law. The corn-laws, 

 then, have not made farmers prosperous, — 

 have not made prices steady, — have not 

 raised nor maintained the waa[es of the 

 labourer. Yet these were the avowed ob- 

 jects for which they were enacted. The 

 object they have effected was one which 

 was not avowed, viz., to raise the rents of 

 the landlords : — and this they have effected 

 at the expense of undermining that national 

 prosperity, by the continuance of which alone 

 can high rents be permanently secured. 

 With the blind unthrift which is the usual 

 companion and corrective of rapacity, they 

 have killed the goose which laid their golden 

 eggs. VV. R. Greg. 



Calon, Lancaster, Oct. 30th, 1842. 



From the American Agriculturist. 

 On Driving Sheep. 



I HAVE been in the practice of purchasing 

 and driving sheep from one portion of this 

 State to the other, for several years, and it 

 may be useful to some of your readers to 

 understand my method of conveying them 

 in the cheapest, safest, and best manner. 



We start them on the road as early as 

 light appears in the eastern horizon, with 

 an assistant before them, to prevent their 

 rapid progress, and many unforeseen acci- 

 dents which they are exposed to. It will 

 take the most of one day to break them into 

 a proper line of march. On the first day 

 they will push forward several miles before 

 they incline to eat. As soon as they will, 

 let them commence feeding on the road- 

 side. The man forward will take care 

 that they progress but little faster than 

 they usually do when grazing in their pas- 

 tures. They will soon learn to run by one 

 another two or three rods, then stop to feed ; 

 the forward column will frequently form a 

 line in front, as they feed in more perfect 

 order than many of our flood-wood compa- 

 nies do under military discipline. By this 

 even management from day to day, they 

 will keep full and not be fatigued. We 

 generally let them rest awhile at mid-day, 

 and secure them in a small yard about sun- 

 down, without any expense. They are 

 ready and convenient for their onward 

 course early the next morning. 



I have thus managed from 600 to 1000 

 many times on several days journey; they 

 do not appear fatigued, but look full through 

 the day. Our flocks do not fall away in 

 flesh, but often gain on their journey. This 

 method must look reasonable to those who 

 are acquainted with the nature of the sheep; 



while feeding about thin pastures, they are 

 always on the move ; the most active are 

 forward, and they are no more inclined to 

 feed in the night than a drove of turkeys. 



To urge them along in the winter while 

 snow is on the ground, one person must 

 take a few and drive on ahead, those behind 

 will follow on ; but to get them along with- 

 out fatigue, they must be allowed to string 

 along the beaten path for a reasonable dis- 

 tance. 



The shepherd-dog must be a valuable ani- 

 mal to a flock-master, in any situation, and 

 it is a wonder that we have none of them 

 in this sheepish state ; in an especial man- 

 ner when there are so many worthless ani- 

 mals reared among us. If any of your read- 

 ers have an extra one to spare, 1 would give 

 in exchange a valuable merino ram for it; 

 both parties could be thus mutually bene- 

 fited. Solomon W. Jewett. 



Weybridge, Vt., Feb. 24th, 1844. 



Restoring the Drowned. — The follow- 

 ing directions have been published by the 

 American Shipwreck Society, as reported 

 by Valentine Mott, M. D., Surgeon General: 



" Immediately as the body is removed 

 from the water, press the chest suddenly 

 and forcibly, downward and backward, and 

 instantly discontinue the pressure. Repeat 

 this without interruption, until a pair of 

 common bellows can be procured. When 

 obtained, introduce the nozzle well upon the 

 base of the tongue. Surround the mouth 

 with a towel or handkerchief and close it. 

 Direct a bystander to press firmly upon the 

 projecting part of the neck — called Adam's 

 apple — and use the bellows actively. Then 

 press upon the chest to expel the air from 

 the lungs, to imitate natural breathing. 

 Continue this at least one hour, unless signs 

 of natural breathing come on. 



" Wrap the body in blankets, place it 

 near a fire, and do every thing to preserve 

 the natural warmth, as well as to impart an 

 artificial heat, if possible. Every thing, 

 however, is secondary to inflating the lung^. 

 Send for a medical man immediately. Avoid 

 all friction until respiration shall be in some 

 degree restored." 



Soda for Washing. — Take two pounds of 

 sal soda, two pounds of hard soap, and boil 

 them together, in 10 quarts of water for two 

 hours. Put one pint of this mixture to each 

 pail of water required to boil the clothes in. 

 They should be put to soak in cold water 

 over niffht. 



If each one would sweep before his own 

 door, we should have a clean street. 



