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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Janvary 16, 18 
tods, or an average of about 12 lbs. per — =z this 
clip i = een lately sold; at 56s. : 
2s. per r, 24s. per fleece. 
near Spal M whose = bees 
referred to as attainin weights of 
mutton, ward this emi the following tod bill of hogg and | 
376 
wether sh 90 “three: Hrs and 2 
* on we 
ie. | the 
ra of aoe lustrous wool. 
dyle ion 1 
4 | rams, 
clan: 
world but our own which seems capable of ee 
e experiment, 
r,i ied ; 8 | you ng Lincoln sheep, mixed as 
regards se Melbourn 
As illustrations of the n set upon Lincolnsl 
I may i re 
, 
+ 
fleeces, Fat sio within 
ad of 
s 
Temple 
60 shearlings sta an ave "s of o 
P" 
. per fleece; rem ma them had 
» but 
c 
erage o s. per fleece ; 
OW. - pre Pyare one 
9n 
avera f 107. P 
spe The 
d the C f Good Hope, there is no country in| English Chaunel, 
th c rosas e Furiae and length of pig a quum and thi 
ed 
still 
valuable 
bone, 
mproved of late years hia nee be 
m " thei 
o be favo 
great busine 
istinguished p 
in n 
firm quarters, es 
and coarse wool, Thong, 
th 
was at 
carcase, rather 
, and long 
Ie muc 
ae: -yar eig a a me 
qualities, eil “all ee primitive mi 
of Romney and a 
be prices irm ny e 407.; M were * 
27L, and s Mr. Mayfield, of Pe ;gdyke, a 100 
| rams, yes prices up to 45l. din sieh 
Leicester in 1854 was let for nfor 502. It is 
| quit e a common thing for cs rof. extablished fame to 
to 40; 
p, sold (October 21st) 
56s. per t o un 
Probably oråinary breeding "e where the nde | 
of th 
tion of h 
l fi Or their 
The general system of management of Lincoln sheep 
is as follow ws: pie eram is put to the ewes about the 
ou 
DOS- 
f October, aud runs loose in the fiel 
0 or tgs of 1 them, t be vies rnips, or Coleseed where it i is | 
"Ib ach. 
ong-wool Un though of course p 
land gu nere the farm will allow 
err d pea in ae peus seni differ ver. 
nor pol ney a red 
d Northamptonshire. In the northern part | 
of (t seni and a on the piia Wolds. 
an 
m Gra 
of it, a stimulating diet M inan Á a m of white |s 
b ard t d 
Mustard), being foun and ten 
greatly to their fertility, ‘The, ram 2 ai under- 
eath as to leave a mark upon 
the e 
wes he has tupped. In the lambing season n the | 
8 prize ram ot} bre 
stocked with ewes 
with | th 
i 
whose bu 
nn 
allbiin me 
| but 
satisfied 
| to ram 
is paid to the uniform character and fattening proper- 
ties of the vend ‘preferring "the wool to be of fine 
close] 
quality, and set. In the midland mi ~ alternat ted wi ith ‘Turnip with goo ood effect, and a The "Wold district i ^ thus stocked with the 
portion wool s Ar are sought with about equal | s f ch wn up, t p in 
, with a more open and what heavier fleece; | addition to the tod The lambs are castrated, 
ree great r 
ot large Ao gee arg with pleaty fw ool y 
flesh are sought after. In 
addition to ices padre differences, each breeder, or 
for them, near to the ho mestead, and are supplied with 
either Turnips or Mangels, vhich are not so good, but 
"A0 o Mord 
middle of November, “this being very 
em about five weeks. 
0,0 
and fatteni ng of this 
usiness is complete, fs (wo so 
land and fa Apr la sa 
in : 
diete 
by Tabing time. 
any lambs are lost; 
if they 
ing until the he of i: 
y remain with the €: 
mer, when they are inei 
to Clover spial and furnished with a gradua 
increasing allowa of .oileake. The carr! 
breeders upon thel hanibe and om havea great fancy 
to put forward their wether bs from 
oe 
est lan 
thinks wan nti operum 
d argely spread throughout the cout 
e Turniped lambs return into t 
— by — prc asd € 
tribute 
ey are d ong the ewe lambs, and 
oted to all the best food. 
at least each breeder of rams on somewha at lar arge 
scale, ^" as some peculiar taste or cha: ara ter 
his icd gregate | Į 
at the let s, or th li th 
at the rate of fom 5 m 12 sheep p 
er acre, -— 
PEL 
niddle of J uly, -— = still supplied with corn or 
then 
te , 
nde: of their irs. i far rms, tl the 
fat lowlands seeking o naa rams that ca heces iniu 
i s too long z and broad a staple 
of wool. 
they are placed Nor 
the Tar rnips, Cabb eng little used, As 
exert a very potent vmm upon the fine shades of 
this soa in sheep suited to diffe: rent districts, An d 
s spring ram 
this artificial food is increased ne with the 
Swedes 2n er southern distri he 
e breed into other parts of the kingdo om, 
e why the Lincoln breed should not be 
widely ues than s d» diede the exutiaidinary. 
mand for lus is kept up. 
mec m^ i opinion tat i = he » cam | be introduced | 
into almost 
i" 
P 
chaff i is given in tro 
preven| 
ges 
Barley-thrashing advances, they receive bruised Barley u 
at | is dried 
nt injurious VERS Se from an e exclusive diet when 
wis t to 
réítio: 
two 
The o 
a 
six years), 
ey 
of rich once ulent forag 
here 
mea can be mt and 
eshed "Turni ; to them follow th 
winter. in 
ved in 
to the Seeing grounds, when they graze T 1 
and three ethers 
rt shear wethers, when x t, at this oon, , weigh fd 
28 or 30 1b. a 2 
r 
The wether teme 
nd the ewetg: 
autumn to the fatting, a 
ears old e The w 
up 
” as soon as their mli 
fter thee ied Tadib (which is ast the age 
MH Rn ting on some of the best lui 
un ea die ree to five per aere during M 
avourable Seasons these; are sometimes mal 
rop; e 
Swedes, sliced for the s SUR which are afforded a fresh 
good e ie 
e Turnips can ie 
ver or beds are ing, however, that 
you have » ps puo vo important condition. Itis perfectly 
tile an t the introduction of | i 
à di 
tion and under good husbandry. | i 
The Tancolcbire mme and heath and cliff, are not 
much unlike the Cotswold uplands, and these ranges |t 
p of wonderful size and 
. The other peor mt that ch s em sheep A 
mate, "elemen td ea and in 
nce of|c 
on | in n summer, after yi 
f fold every T or less m 
ather artificial food, 
ed org is plentifully supplied - the best ma MEER 
make bi Vos ong and useful Rer iens for 
sale en the spring fa 
take ina 
but this 
ts bei 
je by ne stock that will keep it vue 
| beas s pu 
iot of wethers, to fatten them by the aw fum; 
n be done only by light stocking. » 
fi 
running away 
eing commonly taken in for this ue | 
| Sheep pastures, and are 
eet off to akan ei Vy 
ielding th 
ir first fleece, or if bought 
n poorer 
clipping a Seco 
he washing being performed Diu 10 days gionis 
in wash-dikes —— for the The young 
cl b 
rare this breed 
lustrous 
into new y localities, we Yom act upon | the same pri in- 
pdt upon 
ed long prac thin-set „Staple | will not thrive 
cold, wet, st 
Th 
some guid to free their skins 
re tore condition, å during the next winter, after you 
-| Twenty y 
worth asthenia to an 
n | reflection. : 
ad acoso ewes are o generally dr ate ae ith | men 
er P CULTIVATION. 1 
of gren, experience -— 
man 
or | no = 
A, PR 
T have still two more breeds of L 
from obse 
y the 
sight iei to 
ard off | time 
‘of « fickle elite, 
wools 
ir fleeces 
= 
he largest and 
ag are suited 
d, Ox he con- 
ing qe or kie couples 
they are produci 
e Teeswater, so named from its original T 
the banks of UM river Tees in Yorkshire, was at one 
l, clumsy animal, without horns, ive 
after ‘the of an old Lincoln, with wide back 
and round barrel, 
but thinly set in penus 
that it was = prolific, 
e are cases of four, and even 
pew upon dee early in the 
finished upon pi rag 
rsh breed, a 
w Zealand, 
e Rom hardy 
deut sn pda by its breeders A the [n 
capable of weathering the storms that blow 
of the | to 
twins having been 
bein d at 
nly sheep | 
off the 
armers 
it or do a think $ p 
I ney 
end 
Baron Libis last ark, He NS the N 
^ has revealed 
PE — ee thia non-fertilisation of the 
We ean n 
Rev. Samu 
e emis He 
re 
many ie 
unmanured subsoil, 
instructive line of demarcation. 
in his work. 
w readily understan d ag te 
could un Bia Lon Jogiesl and 5 
