YOL. III. 



SPRmGFIELD, AUGUST, 1858. 



NO. 8. 



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The Most Profitaljle Breed of -SIiccp for the 

 • South. 



The following which we glean from ''II. 

 S. Randall's Sheep Husbaudn^ in the South/' 

 will interest our AVcstern readers. The re- 

 marks respecting mutton sheep, may, we 

 think, be profitably entertained by sheep 

 growers oflUinois, where mutton is of increas- 

 ing importance; but we have no doubt that 

 most of the wool growers of this State, with- 

 out regard to value of mutton, would recom- 

 mend the Silesian or Saxony breed, instead 

 of Merino, or at least a medium between the 

 two: 



Dear Sir : — No one breed of sheep com- 

 bines the highest perfection in all tliose 

 points which give value to this race of ani- 

 mals. One is reiuarkable for the weight, or 

 early maturity, or excellent quality of its 

 carcass, while it is deficient in quality or 

 quantity of wool; and another which is valu- 

 able for wool, is comparatively deficient in 

 carcass. Some varieties Avill fluurish only 

 under certain conditions of feed and c liniate, 

 while others are much less affected by those 

 conditions, and will subsist under the grci^t- 

 est variations of temperature, and on the most 

 opposite qualities of verdure. 



In selecting a breed for any given locality, 

 we are to take into consideration yfV.v'', the 

 feedvand climate, or the surrounding natural 

 circumstances; and second, the market facili- 

 ties and demand. We should then make 

 choice of that breed which, with the advan- 

 tages possessed, and under all the circum- 



. EGLANTINE. ■ by Pontiac, (12-1,) (4,73i;) 4th dam, Lady 



RAISED BY J. N. BROWN, BERLIN, ILL. I>urham, by San Martiu, (2,599;) 5th dam, 



Eglantine is a light roan, was calved the imported Durliam cow. 

 October 24, 1854, and was got by JoIiti ! Eglantine won the first prize at the 

 Moore, (11,619.) 1st dam, May Dacrc,. by i Sangamon County Fair, held in 1855, and 

 Crowdcr, (386;) 2d dam. Milk Maid, by | was one of the ten premium calves at the 

 Accident, (191;)' 3d dam, Lady M'Allister, j State Fair held at Chicago, 1855. 



stances, will yield the greatest act value of 

 marketable product. 



Eich lowland herbage, in a climate which 

 allows it to remain green during a large por- 

 tion of the year, is favorabh' to the produc- 

 tion of large Garcas.se.s. If oniivoiii-ut to 

 markets wiierc muiton iiu'l'^ ;. proiupt siile 

 and guod prices, then all the conditions are 

 rculiLed Avhich call for a mutf'.ii, as contra- 

 distinguished from a {C'.ol-jirodii'iiifj sh'X'p. 

 Under such circuviritaiices, the choice should 

 undoubtedly, in niy judgment, rest between 

 the improved English varietie,': — the Soutb- 

 Down, the Nfw Leieestev, and the iiaprovcfl 

 Cotswold or New ()xfo.d.->hire chocp. la 

 deciding between tLe.;-o, iriiioi and more 



specific ciicumstancos arc to be taken ioto 



accoun*". If we wish to keep laigt number*, 



the Down will herd m^.ch better than the 



two LirL'-er bi-eeJ.s: if our feed thoui-h ^eiu-i- 



ally plentiful, i^- liable to be shovtlsli during 



the dro>ut'is of rummer, and we iiave not a 



cci-taut supply of the iur.;.L nutaM' u.-, winiei- j th.- Dowu fioai o %^ to'4 lbs of a iov. quaiily 



feed, the Down M'ill better cnd'u-e occa.sion„l " ' . ■., ... 



short keep : if the i^arkei call for a cho'ce 



and high fla\ored mutton, the Down p ^- 

 sesses a decided superiority. If, on tlie 

 other hand, we wish to keep but few in the 

 same enclosure, the large Lreedi will be as 

 ht^althy as tlie Downs; if tli^ p.isturcsbe-vs-et- 

 ii.s'.i or marshy, the *^'o;irjer will better suL.sist 

 on tl rank herb'<g<^ which usu.lly groWs in 

 such situations; iftJiey co not aford po fine v 

 qii;,lity of mutton, th^'v. p:^rti^nlarlj theLei- 

 /•ester, possess an earlier raaturity, and ouiti 

 gne I'Hirv, meat for the amuuUi. of food cm 

 sumcd, and yield more tallow. 



T''e next point of eoniparison be^^wo.-n the 

 Lougard Mid-He wooL'd iamilies, is the vulue 

 Oi'thei'- vo>d. Though net the first oi prin- 

 cipal obj'C^ aliHcd at i.: the cuituie of c?.-' 

 of those Dreous, it is, in tills coi'ntvv, an iiT- 

 por^ant itom or iur>idcnt in detcrruin'jigtl'yii 

 rch.tive ]:r:)£tublene,«s. Tao .■V merit an Lri- 

 ccf^ter } iclds abju* G Itv-of'lcag. ccar,«,o, tomb- 

 ing »''ool; the Ootbwold .H"n,iiaii.ic r.jor.(, but. 

 thisisc..untcv^^a'a.jce';byotiiercoiJsiderucioasj 



of cardi'.g .vocl. Noiio of ih.^cc woob a.& 

 very sa'eabl:. at remunerating price>."in ih© 



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