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1863. 



THE ILLmOIS FAEMEK. 



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vent the importation of such goods, much to the 

 injury of the middle classes by whom they were 

 needed. He thought Mr. Chase might perhaps re- 

 consider his decision, or at all events allow one 

 suit to decide the whole. Some further discussion 

 having taken place on the subject, a committee 

 was appointed, composed of B. H. Hutton, A. T. 

 Stewart, Chaa. E. Millner, Ed. S. JafiFray and Sam- 

 uel McLean, to prepare a plan of operation, and 

 submit it for consideration at a subsequent meet- 

 ing. — Ohio Farmer. 



An incidental result of this war will be to stimu- 

 late the growth of domestic wool, and to increase 

 its manufacture among us. We have been long 

 enough held in bondage to the large New York 

 importing houses, and it is time that there should 

 be an end of it. The farmers of the West have 

 an interest, it is true, in the sale of grain to Eng- 

 land, but there is other goods that we can take in 

 exchange to keep up the balance of trade and al- 

 low of the supply of woolen goods to the mills of 

 New England. The truth is, our trade with New 

 England is of more value to the cause than that 

 of Old England. We have aa immense water pow- 

 er in the West, and some day this fact may be 

 made apparent. 



New Sheep Book. 



It is with pleasure that we copy the following 

 annoucement of a new work on sheep husbandry. 

 It is particularly opportune, when such changes in 

 the market for wool have been thus suddenly 

 forced upon us. As soon as the work is ready we 

 shall notify our readers of the fact, that they can 

 avail themselves of it at an early day. Ed. 



— Now in preparation and to be published in a 

 few weeks by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 

 and D. D. T. Moore, Kochester, N. Y., a new and 

 complete work on Sheep Husbandry, entitled The 

 Practical Shepherd, by the Hon. Henry S. Ran- 

 dall, LL. D., author of "Sheep Husbandry in the 

 South," ' Life of Jefferson," Fine Wool Sheep Hus- 

 bandry," etc.; also editor of the American Edi- 

 tion of " Yonatt on the Aorse," of which over thir- 

 ty thousand copies have been sold. The author of 

 the Practical Shepherd is well known as the ablest 

 and most reliable writer on sheep husbandry in 

 this country, and the work cannot fail of becoming 

 the standard authority on the subject discussed. 

 It must prove indispensable to every American 

 flock-master who wishes to be thoroughly posted in 

 regard to the history and descriptions of the popu- 

 lar breeds of sheep, their breeding, management, 

 diseases and remedies. The work is intended to 

 give that full and minute practical information on 

 all subjects connected with sheep husbandry, which 

 its author has derived from the direct personal ex- 

 perience of thirty-five years with large flocks, to- 

 gether with that knowledge of different modes 

 and systems which has flowed from a very exten- 

 sive correspondence during a long period with 

 leading flock-masters in every part of the world. 



The history, statistics, and what may be termed 



the literature of sheep husbandry, have alreadj 

 occupied many foreign and domestic pens — among 

 others t^at of Dr. Randall. His " Sheep Husband- 

 ry in the South," embraced a vast amount of this 

 kind of matter, and no other American work oa 

 sheep has been received with more general favor 

 His report on fine wool husbandry, drawn up in 

 1862, at the request of the New York Agricultural 

 Society, contained some of the most valuable orig- 

 inal facts of the above kinds, comparative statis- 

 tics, etc. It has been received with high favor in 

 England, and reviewed in the Agricultural periodi- 

 cals of that country with a degree of respect rarely 

 accorded to foreign writers. The object of the 

 Practical Shepherd is different. Great changes 

 and improvements have been made within a few 

 years in the practical processes of sheep husbandry, 

 especially in the United States. In some impor- 

 tant particulars they have been essentially revolu- 

 tionized. No work before the American public 

 brings down information concerning these im- 

 prove ments to the present day. It is the object 

 of the Practical Shepherd to do this. It is the 

 author's aim to make it a hand-book, or manual, 

 to which every farmer can readily refer when he 

 wishes to ascertain any facts connected with the 

 management of sheep, under any variety of cir- 

 cumstances, or to ascertain the nature of any dis- 

 eases which have attacked their flock and their 

 remedies. And such information will not be wrap- 

 ped in learned circumlocutions or scientific tech- 

 nicalities, but 80 given that every man can readily 

 understand it. Very special attention will be giv- 

 en to thv diseases of sheep and their remedies. 

 Mr. Randall has probaly written more on this sub- 

 ject from the results of his own experience and 

 observationjthan any other American writer, and 

 the general accuracy and soundness of his conclu- 

 sions have never been questioned. 



The first six chapters of The Practical Shepherd 

 will be devoted to a full description of the best 

 breeds of sheep in the United States — including the 

 different varieties of the Merino, and the various 

 English mutton breeds, and these will be illustrat- 

 ed generally. These will be followed by chapters 

 on cross-breeding ; on breeding in-and-in ; on the 

 qualities and points to be sought in sheep ; on 

 yolk and its uses ; on the theory and practice of 

 breeding ; on the adaptation of different breeds to 

 different soils and circumstances ; and the profits 

 of wool and mutton production and their pros- 

 pects in the United States ; on the Spring manage- 

 ment of sheep ; on Summer management, (two 

 ehapters); on Fall management ; on Winter man- 

 agement, feed, &c., (two chapters ); on diseases and 

 their management, (several chapters.) 



Many of the most important fixtures, imple- 

 ments, processes, &c., connected with sheep hus- 

 bandry — such as plans of improved sheep barns 

 and yards, feeding racks, the wool press, the modes 

 of arranging fleeces for the press, the dipping box, 

 instruments for shortening hoofs, permanent me- 

 tallic marks for sheep, etc., etc. — will be illustrat- 

 ed with cuts and clearly described. The portion 

 of the work which treats of diseases will also be 

 appropriately illustrated. 



The publishers promise to make the work credit- 

 able in externals — engravings typography, binding, 

 etc., — and will vie with the author in efforts to 

 render The Practical Shepherd in all respects su- 

 perior to any book on Sheep Husbandry hitherto 



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