401848] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 661 
that encircle the Cheviots north and w est, he | cupants with their masters, having a certain quantity of sheep | mouths and enervates { their constitutions, It is in 
green hills lustering cones, which a pe ar like to the | and cows depastured in remuneration of their services. A of ey prejudice that m ive hogs a eldom never win. 
ee lore, 1 — auldron, like beads strung upon the master shepherd has frequently two or ihres -y young men as upon Turnips. sneh h opinon i is! founded upon 
ee — 0 ountain. To the south, the prospect | assistants, who are boarded and Jodged with 3 and for e I shall leave to the e pathologie t to decide. 7 
n consequence 
aninviting to the eye. A broad expanse of heath | who ose maintenance he has the agistment of s 4 sheep. most fatal t o the Che stock, and which atta 
towards the * ae , the blue heights of A new method of paying the shepherd’s wages is now adopted | in their firet 5 year, are the sickness and sty y. The 
stretches oat t pre a i i 1 y imas — namely, t on o em i 
sh i 
g ate with 8. 
contracts, If it is argued that the white system of allowing | Hydatis polycepliains D ETAN of naturalists, which infests 
the servant’s stock to be kept lore rely t the year with the | the hea ads s of young sheep, is so familiar to every stock fa 
master’: former a — ell- | that I ne symptoms, Those who 
being of the flocks, it may be a th i the other side that desire an exposition of its nature I beg to refer to a ublicatio: 
fe interest of the 1 is e equally affected . the condition | now kann from the press, and which, asa boo of 
t the time of sale of his master’s stock: a the higher the | ought to be found in every farmer’s library, the Rural Cyclo- 
price the mastér obtains, the higher is Ma . e of the ser- | pædia,” edited by the Rev. John Wilson. Like the rot in sheep, 
Th new m iring i i t wth, and 
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men, hing under it, are not debarred from taking only in particular seasons, a parasitical animal is more active 
i he 1 e i 
may men 
throughout the whole eep di ipping, ewes cee n particular are subject, aged me green hills of the 
baymaking, and in the | provis ion of a su ficient store of fuel | Chey ; itis Aerar “pining.” Toas ranger the complaint 
from the peat moss. Yet the va” had of the shepherd for his | assumes ver e appear: of kirima Sal reducin 
and a an 0 
liv and covere 
d alk ceed . by its presence, the 
2471 fertility of the subsoil. The beautiful poea of 
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a p (wit eo 8 
Dog, whose fidelity to his master, under the most trying cir- feeding, half-bred Leicester yom are reared), has been 
cumstances, is beyond the power of temptation to betray. Itis tenaciously adhered to. That improvements in shelter and in 
wonderful to see the command which these animals exercise drainage, together with tł yearly green crops upon 
over a flock of sheep, At their master’s signal they will take | ar able farms, oe tempt an n introduction of the A blood, 
an individual or any number of sheep in charge, and detain | Į am aoe to believe ; or a cross with the Southdowns may 
them u on the mountain steep, or bring them quietly and find encouragement ein many flockmasters, who must have 
n woul F 
a 
ese latter are 
acter, i peal eastern and northern bases of the Cheviots, 
asd, from their adaptation to the Turnip husbandry, consti- 
fines pas ag N 
the 
f management followed in the | cultivation of the soil than is the shepherd’s dog i e occu- | emulation runs high amongst Cheviot sheep-br n 
free I shall dot e foe e size of e pation of the Ch ills of the principal objects to | peting our agricultural shows for premiums for the best 
taken from 2000 to 5000 acres, each mai taining from | be gained towards the security of the fiocks upon the Ch Viots, | classes of sheep—those lat ly shown at Hexha perhaps sur. 
may be Of the n of the Cheviot sheep we have is the accumulati 8 ient stock of $ erein a j| passing in excellence ny sheep of the kind ever shown in 
1000 either from history or tradition; and whether | wide field for improvement exists the benefits to acc Northumberland ; though it could be wished that the premiums 
= was horned or polled, white-faced or du mage, irrigation, and fencing off the meadow gr s. | re e Northumberland Agricultural Society to this 
— have no authority to decide. This i ubject | Diagonal open drains, such only as are cut a the hill | class of rime should be confined to 0 8 have never 
peg cin times, has occupied the attention of the 8 and upon the eg flats, is a mode of draining which, njoyed any indulgeuce beyond the common fare of the hill 
but which is likely to remain for ever in obscurity. o say the least o oor apology for those systems of el But a ound impracticable to enforce 
they have long been a separate and distinct class of the thoroughly relieving the land kg its ag 77 rfluous moisture n specifi not disposed to quarrel with the 
That they pie of of no doubt. Amongs e most cele e obstacles in — way | profusion of Clove r amongst Which the pets arthom A, ey? 8 ; 
heyi h y be fou of procuring tiles a 5 te yon places amongst these hills in- | nificent proportions ose v chas 0 
—— — horned and here mottled faced + 3 ta ble, stones and turf might be substituted, The ar aft ewes will find them in all their natural excellence at the 
ave no reason to suppose that the prevailing want of efficient fences is very much felt 3 most of the | annual fairs of Pennymuir and Wooler, held o el5th and 
; placid the hornless white-faced) has any clai ri sheep farms under notice. Miles of march grounds, having ith of October. I now come to offer a few N upon chose 
— ty Pins others mentioned. W ever of these | only n oundaries, with the shepherd staf- herding with | farms which, in “fei part 4 my disc ats, I 85 peas = 
borigin all the vigilance of the sentinel ought only at this day to be d the finest farms o unty of Northumberlan 
1 ò — 0 the bladi fated eats eea met with eih e Australian bush. The erecti f walls might They constitute the lowest elevations of the C eviots, and are 
is to be met with from Lane the Gr mpians. e easy of poled: e t here sones deg to bo gw ted te : 5 peas: ia 8 of H ne 
h abundance, which would in no sm 2 a e į mountain range. In extent they ay 8 8, 
said to — gee —— ened the . fisa “of t the valve of the farm ms, by 8 the s graze un- consist of wide tracts of hill pasture, with a due proportion of 
f by crossing with the Dishley, or Leicesters ; molested to the utmost ve erge of their Walle ‘endl Tiberating arable land, which, trom its light and friable nature, is pecu- 
* 10 i ab d to foll me more profitable employment, | liar] adapted to the growth of Barley and Turni s. Within 
ving been introduced into ‘Northumberland in 1766, the api ow so p y 
by the — ey, disciples of Mr. Bakewell, of Dishley. tion of the wire fence for meadow 3 upon | the last half century 1 8 this land, now = 4 plough, 
: 4 : i has been recommende by my frien r. Hen- = rom the gramineous pasture lands o e 
1 — Poe 8 latë Ar. $ 8 67 ma en s bas, been 2 in a paper read by that gentleman | farm e large number of live stock of different kinds 
Woodhall, near Harbottle (one of the most celebrated Cheviot last year before the Wooler Farmers’ Club; and I have been | — and fed upon these farms impose es upon ee anena 
sheep breeders of his d ), as also the late Mr. John Robson, | informed by Mr. Boyd, of Cherrytrees, that he has partitioned | the imperious necessity of pushing the Turnip 
j of Scotch Belford Roan hshire, crossed their flocks with | his parks as efficiently and much — mit mei wire 2 to its utmost rage, 2A upon ar aie farms 150 acres of this 
impr . tween the rown. no part of the coun as “4 
Leicester and thereby improved the carcase very much, than he could have done by any other metho e rop is g y 
: Prendwick, a march ire of gu bones, and other fertilisers been at. 
2 ras ete ae W. — 0 of Hot afb latite is 2 ta . of erection, Tho o this mode of fencing | tended with — — ial esults than upon the lands 
ieee ea ; a 3 beteh Send m ay be comménda in the midst of park 2 her uestion; for, by the application of artificial manures, n 
2 tincture of th anion eke HEOR f the late | sheep are ex NAF grazed, yet it may be questioned how | an acre of fallow is now left without a green crop. It is 
A — $ oe OMe hire “oho. ce ‘hi te such barriers are calculate d to withst and the — Its of | upon these mn 5 bre ge bol 33 2 
eueral infusio : a he sum y ponn ete gared tivation of the hill-sides has been ca out as 
amongst the Bovis * 3 bye om t beat tke he doubt that, where stones can be obtai ined, dry far as prudence would Warrant, yet it is the opinion of many 
then Seareity: of Tue a h 4 ficial ek ch 8 Pata built by a class of highlanders most expert in “their practical men that a more extended reclamation, with a view 
ments made with * — — Week’ — F- . fo 2 bu siness, are by far the best kind of fences hoe stock fi | to the improvement cd the — e fore ia 
the most exposed situations the Leicesters were ever | While aiming at an impartial review of the sheep husbandry taken, by 8 e ground o í, gess, by ae 70 by 
upon. These would have utterly perished before or, yo Cheviots, I must arang the bg ogg 8 by taan N 2 he e p l My be 
the iots ; i- any rietors towards Moor or 4 5 ; y ; 
— — weep over P being W to the broods of cial . With 2 wish Perly ee å eri 48 29 bog Sana faire 
forthe scanty Stool, and Wirebent, such as to preserve to the landlord the man yan — ing re- | of permanent Gr 
i i i lentiful supply of Turnips upon the 
— an ubsist u i hall tion of grouse shooting, I would at the same time protest | the pasturage, and with a p 
Ba 1 3 0 that a more extensive appli- | infield land, the maintenance of the recy. Leicesters might 
is day, under the benefits of modern against the gamekeeper’s dogma tha F nonne, | ne land, u wot randy 7 — . 4 f the Bill sheep ve 
tained. i h — 1 53 Which in thelr present wine are Whally — brought to market a year earlier. I — rises sn gh — ie 
dan ormerly In | to the farm , would prove detrimental to the preservation of | the farms Iam alluding to, ree a grin wr detente S 
ith his fi was driven | moor fowl, 1 The r fowl,” says Hogg, ‘seldom or never | and fed, also extensive herds o 8 . A 
Me 3 feed on old — od e tender juicy sprigs of the young | more s riking evidence cannot be adduced of the 
re 1 te > paren Aar) at inoue fetes germs of h they immediately —.— 3 eee and except | condition of the agriculture of —.— farms, than — —— yaa 
— eg eee ge Br 0 i -old bullocks are now fe reater weig — 
* r pri gan driven. * . 8 . or 2 . — T. — 2 those of three years old. But as I wish to confin 
ag hey during a ic lp pot 90 wie 5 tue docu snow r drifts they of be 7 feed on this young my observations to the management of the hill sheep, I shall 
8 1 en in 3 
in th Ye sheer — — ths rite plant, in the most exposed sit nor will they take | most e eerfully a tie i et — a ali ag — oh 
diene, and sek ificial helter on the lee-side of the hill, Wa they have gathered | practised upon these adm: arm 3 
ge, and by artificial manures, | § ins, when they cower down, and let the | ofthis club, who would find, in the elevat 0 
n e a fow i h tinue warm, | the occupiers of that district, a highly pleasing and instructive 
. norm Pf ia 82250 5. T till ihe 1 babina; and then feld for the exercise of the mind. The sheep upon lower 
ge over those who have gone before | dry, and comfortable, eculiar to their Cheviots have all undoubtedly partaken of a da 
Saint oe iene . —— — * eee “a — many —— of the — ters, though ey p yoo — : n ee e 
oae a 3 he principal food of the sheep, it | characteristics of the 
k and perceive the mischi vous effects | Cheviots, Heath must form the pr made by the | pursued with these flocks is nea rly the same as that followed 
esi e a ,,, W eee seem vind Favor of the | upon higher situations ; ewes, wedders, and hogs being kept in 
nions formerly entertained upon | landlords towards a 1 and —— places FONA apod | copiate pirot’ ind tudes’ tha eye of different shepherds. 
and farms was the belief in the | Heather. There is a plan well as ne 3 Upon particular farms the hill dinmonts are kept upon the 
salving; it being then considered | almost ev N rango Ades 0k ata 3 the | thickly-planted new Grass of the infield land during sumien 
a sheep 2 survive upon * — Belg Ton — . to the Seas of art oe and having been highly 1 1 K 1 a 
crits a wi ve © gg the name of | nips, they arrive at great weights in October, 
tter. Now, the praise of “tarry woo” | is highly y valued * S re chy Pb din dg of "Morante soul as hich as 38s. and 2. a head. The clips of 3 — 
tb readian swains and the flocks thrive | moss. Thi of bat a thao epus Eriophorum fr rom í off these farms, by its combing qu ee and by its 
etter, since the practice of salving has, | which is the alg cf ba spe — e the on peaty, baths 
n discontinued’ and that of “dipping ” | found on our hills. I have G severe e et orm in the soils, generally bring the best price. I shall cho my — 7 — by 
10 barbarous le so invariably observed e eee , Bayt giring a tabular stateme nt of the price of the clips sol 
E ru ane snow drifts, 
— Still finds here and there an advocate, | month of at 3 their way sabes ben e Ik ghest one of them since 1806, when the Present tenant enter S apon 
h the 
he lambs at weaning time to a part of and i impa ati iently s eking “moss flows” h it. The elit consists of almost eq al proportions of ewe, mag 
1 Soom a foot deep Leeda | p stones o 8 1 
Paa bersen — par — bps Bor th deutch of thi s plant; and so highly is it prized by gr 9 ond Bogs Ae ay ce is given fn s. Od. 
eeks, under — ” “ philosophical” idea shepherds that they prefer it 85 Turnips for E aa kitaar 3 — 7 shi a ved 7 6 1 4 
dened in con by being nurtured aama anihia -stricken sheep. During severe wi fthe plant 1 1807 1. 38 0 * 
ai 22 ee a es | Lane aana 
: * subsis * 3 
. 3 rassy nils whisk! r winter are known in provincial — 2 FF 
s kept, the sheep are divided logy as ` white oe k enre q is . — on 3 ha x | 1117 a í 
ts » here the ents of r 919 Š * 
tered — — — 4 — months to keep up the extensive . 123 „„ 
Composed of gimmers and r Roxburghshire, and Berwicks Th increase in the 181 ae 
igher situations. The “ bog- | appreciated by most of the hill farmers. „ 2 * 
advantages presented by shelter, weight of 8 1 cleansed and | - 1816 i ie 1.00 ) h 
“eae? peranna intermixed with a due of the sheep, while the grounds at home 8 e on the re- 1817 „ .. * 0 
* Walks are preserved or“ hained“ freshened, and in a much better state of aap ate et at Isis eae ò 
e of weaning (about the turn of the flocks, amply repays the v 2 1 the —— 1819 — ws 0 
are of a separate which eames in hat ee be ohare far we 1890.5, sae 6 
nd experience, in ntioned, coni po iberals tem of winter feeding 1821s Kee oes 6 
rhe. Cheviot dagreo the 2 . 7 7 — — a libera half Leicester, which 1822 — 15 i : 
t Shepherds Tal sel at 156. and 16s. a head; when, formerly, from the pide 18222 oa : 
bialiy’ he ae ere 3 e Cheviot lambs seldom brought above 8s. Still there 7 — oo * 28 ( 3 
erbia ospitable to f many of the 1 a 
o p 2 a keen pe ee prejudices seated in the minds of many 825 P * 
K 1826 . l £ 
ai herds against the system of paling | the ewe stoc . PIAR a, al 
peg a irog Turnip ke A fromthe idea that such indulgence injures their After a bri ; 
