Max 14, 1864.) THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 467 
th artificial manure on clayed land), there were on the e farm | think that more is expected of a she epherd ti han a m 
Bis stock, Besides this, exbibitors liave tuo often. n cau d rode ewes, s, 840 hoggets, 100 shearlings, Sra nd is) be on bon do. aee pri has fa Nom i to which ie wilt aliw am = go , an 
to complain of the wa nt of atten tion and reasonable comprised the following —5 hoggets, 10 ewes, 3 sh earlings, shepherd, ith, piensa ike iu wtenl DO MEM ne 
ion 3 lambs—total 21 D out of m iin: ineluding lam bre The shepherd desires to do his duty, but he 
rene cue The railway servants are too much and not a single case of abortio a: a ut A x happy to say becomes worn out d fog up night after night. He cannot 
t s i z E wi e I h rusts 
engaged with the passenger traffic these avimals have of Lord Walsingham. Through the kindness and fairness perished, not from. the “ant of the shepherd (because he could 
caused, to have time to attend to the show stock, but | of our excellent tenant, Mr. Bunting, I am enabled to give | not help it), but bec m had more to do than ought to 
e are nevertheless the cause of the thro rong of P the result of his s arm jas tor the past year. He | have been expected o 
h 0 ew on his farm las 
un foire Nori ; his loss of ewes was only five. iad I| Lambs when on the se and when Weaned.—Now, 
..| think that isa certain proof that under judicious management, | the next vip to “neu is A management of lambs 
owes tin! mme Wh hat does it matter to them if ke py per fee soat g, the rp ae - clayed rig rl be e vory when on the and when weaned: 
uch mitigated. Now, it is ri o Say upon w 
an animal worth perhaps several RS serena d moe : ig dont B3 it you ig x uU light ; 175 xus this I believe igh: the hin and the Mee diporisot thing to dois 
shunted backwards and forwards in a goods truck, an practical experience of myself and others. We only gave a | to feed the ewes well, so that they can do their duty to the 
shook almost to pieces? Why should a railway com- | limited amount of Turnips, but a large amount of sed qa oem disease for nothin, apean be yore notti ng can propagate 
n i f an anima u ari A 9 
D ini ie. fi c r wly clayed 1 na the eu fh a ewes well at a time when they ought to feed their lambs. We 
exposed, so that it is injured, or perchance d ee ü José gc Rodeos very ie By luxuria, nee bave o frequently found, after about the ‘third day, the lambs of 
the effects of rough treatment, or neglect upon its | 3f the growth of Suripe- and by their contattiin ng io seine mothers more than others troubled with a certain kind 
lin “pe mattes oe a mre ble aus “ ewe ; and when there is se of diarrhea den kin g of o hart ape gr mea them, 
has a very disagreeable smell. is is clearly pro- 
answer, we would say that er companies inflammation is produced, aud hence Pero ru eun. e sm 
i sa ct ý y undigested milk, which, if not soon removed from 
very largely interested in the success of e cultural S Sa metre s.—I would kere call your attention to a matter | the bowels, will produce an amount of irritation that will end 
exhibitions, and we charge them with a narrow-minded that req ur serious consiaeration, and, that is with a deai m. e p» it „once ovo teaspoonfuls of castor 
- n ent of tc ie pierde! d Is it is - ey should be | 0, & teaspoonful of ginger and one of magnesia, the 
erhi i sighted policy in their present treatm — " s eere pl cis Siri pea gue mm dis. | object being to carry cf th ink 
"T £u turbin E Ron alarming them ? 5 Wallets the evil is often | ame time to An : aad hep a = ger If that 
the value more serious than we are aware of, or would be willing to not Xx i 
sk ac ive 10 t 
ith them it requires care, How is it then with a careless, pene of laudacups whic FEE irotuee 
zy fellow, gawi £ ? Y you ant me to tell you 
M with feeding or fat eu dogs are still less required. amid ge u to grow good lambs is to take good care of. yout 
‘atti s I am rais 
that nk coceasily be involved in the “conveyance of sure they do not get where do: ogs are prowling ab am e de them Mga and caka, m" let the lambs run out. 
ve e re 
HS both the 8 $ I i i i 
since the establishment of the Ro oyal Agricultural |, Treatment during the Lambing Season.—The ne ies rr sad ba: orit. Then another simple 
Society. At the period of the establishment of that thing is the treatment of the ewes during the léxibing "tt wi proat 
Society few modern implements were invented; whereas ET baliora di et o k T S eer ME anevada noe. If it doDpens to bean unfortunate 
" : eli a eep a fioc eaithy up to the day o t, d in e north or the east, the lambs are 
now the agricultur al implement t trade is an impor rtan lambing you mu t limit the "ea of dry oo d on E to suffer. Our experience has told us that the best time 
braneh of the national industry. - with " don't tony ‘afraid of spending an extra 5L fora ot utting and tailing is when the lamb is about two or three 
idea of the increase in the imple trade, we bran, fi Eis Bus - oai aie one at get it down t tbe t rt old. We, of course, select a nice warm day, with a 
quote from Morton’s Almanack, Ge vote thit in inb Pris, On o Y y: Muri p e e in the dinis iem of Norfolk, south wind, if we are fortunate men to get it, and we 
and that is tho lit scare at appea be shown, or ra ai el ight. If 
43 firms of is icult tural implement-makers made only |f felt to be desirable, e pro taston. ei the lambs. In pe rae stiff, or lying about more than they ought to do, we take every 
1610 new machines, but in 1861 thes sei — manu- | flocks the shephe a is Eee vera overworked; the lambs are | means oo make their blood ica freely, and consequently 
factured 25,336. These machines d n in the | often à drones ie in Me severe weather; thero is; very little pro- | that generally sets them ri 
tection for th there may, perhaps, be 15, or 20, or 30 pens; 
hands of qnie ples S Eo h by rail to every part of the but there are not pens enough, and Í com ae ts Lm en À em fed eid pw Land.—] wil now give 
country. At the date of the origin o oyat ARTI | lambs perish from this cause. Now f great importance myself = other gentlemen as 
cultural ey no E manures were made; now, | to every flockmanter, tud great ir small, - Prepare ayard | to hoggets fed Mes “la éd lan 
hundri and thou: s, if not milli tons are | for his sheep tobe in. It is not necessar ry to have them in y 
ards on a mild and fine night, | but you should fion a Y Qood an This year we hav 220 ewe sein feeding upon clayed 
q ed like 100 loads per acre ; > 
if they are in the same field tha hey have been in ever since 
à fte eee es = i because I fsel quite sure, and I have proved | Michaelmas. I state it as a pieces fact, that never since 
m 
It may be pa that iba "Boy al Verne ien Boni it by m experience, that my Fae a Nie p yd Avo A bas ail a za des have been fed on those Turnips one of them 
aved. : e ; impr i i 
h 
y muc 
does not mak imple me ents ast manufacture sa Then there is another matter which I pu de a who | tion and appearance. They have in addition to ground white 
manures, live stock, and therefore | are flockm wth s, and wich I ask you to be good abh to Turnips, half a pound of cake per sheep per day, and we give 
these facts T not affect thie question, But w ee consider, viz., whether there are not—I will not say through | them a little long bay in racks. The land used to be Nek 
g 
e the know 
doubtless, w indebted for 
e have alen ; gapeerie the 
mense 
inian ER oiei ios nt purchaser, could not have 
been brou; ht together. 
to the more direct influence of 
ledge to invent, and the carelessne 
e 
e 
shepherds, many ewes and lambs perish? Generally, unless | during the last two or three years to be of th entest possible 
the man is experienced and well up to his work, he causes the | importance, and that is alw ays to give a little chatt 3. the 
i EDS NUTUS 
qui 
cake, because we have found that it has don as 
anything pəssibly can do wards-atiyin ng oon nae 
y 
: 1 every 
and the surest doctor; therefore my opinion 1s that vou Whoa diarrhcea, or runüfüg ó out. i know it was the practice Sf the 
let Nature do its own work. Wh hen the ewes are lambing, do | late Mr. Jonas Webb y doso. Heusedto say, “ How would 
not be in too much haste. W; hem; but give thom time you, sir, like to be fed on a piece óf roast beef day after day, 
ever se 
atch t 
andthey will right themselves; Po n 
the use of d hand until you see that the 
ewe given up | was the bread or vegi D e, and con 
using her efforts, and she appears exhausted. Then | animal n ere ate it with a relish, but that it acted w the 
there: is diber matter which is, no doubt, well known, but | bowels in staying somewhat - laxative effect of the Turnips. 
my 
hese shows upon the receipts of the ridi h which, to make my subject tolerably perfect, it is right to go |In feedin ng Turnips wit oggets or with any sh 
ys where | * , to m j yp ight to g gi t iny sheep, 
they are held, we m y judge of the immense benefit vor fave Min TC ete A ti Ry og A a Ae ae pow own how d Pik ‘aportan bit ina to gi ve pied t “hurdle 
they co "d b Ape mber of visito h end the | three days some of the ewes will begin to strain and droop, r the sheep to fall back. It appears as though the 
of whom “ dees te by rail.” At Leeds showing that a violent inflammation of the uterus is one — an repki knowledge that it is good for thom 
y T the 
145,738 visitors attend. e show, and at Battersea poing o on, ane our pratico has been—and you s rao LE d e Lu pies ub des ead ne aes oon, 
124, isited the ge for yourselves how on our practice is worthy o ing correct the effe urnips fe é 
yard aiciy all of whom con followed 1 by the iae = ve given you—we have Leine à might have on their bowels: 
tributed their share to the railway receipts by “goin bathed © ewe freque t with warm w water, and afterwards : 
g 
» ee pact injections m made drm Poppy heads, as thi otton mr of mya f w, there is one IM of interest 
These facts wa asa bah supply of Day’s Extract of Driffield Oils, E i: his part of my su ject, viz. cotton 
bitors iu cent pirinly eae Sono elas ah € which I believe to be eo d — most valuable farmers' friends um geris Quy any Bta a on this subject 
the direet; g 4 ey yet brought out. Afte t we Sul 3 ounces of salts, two Nus i at ng ets, but from what little experience I have 
yt gain; whilst railway companies gain directly | teaspoonfuls of laudan "Tn gases that has been | nad myself, in giving cotton cake to sheep, to Do wes, 
1 the traffic consequent upon a show bein ng held near | successful in saving the life of the ewe. Then there is another 1 have determined never to give another pound of it so long 
thing Bebra yee u be aeos he n as vel the life of sheep. Its effect upon the sheep was that 
* t isth 1 - 
tection ores eet trf resulting fom the | fhe we and retro vesti Weal, nade et oa powerfal irritant upon the mieta ath ao? TE ops io 
Railway directors are mostly gentlemen of wdfn this is produced by cold. Now, our practice has been a very diately wwithdre w the supply of the e reek eS ies 
^ t successful one, because we have got a most intelligent shep- Py te re 
of mprehensive minds, whose enter- Meo Wen Whom T hold Dj ws 4 = in the | irritation ceased. “H ave had a letter from my brother, who has 
prising spirits have made this the **i Regie ieee” and agdam dam We Disnagement or crus um agement of the Duke of Portland's model t Clip- 
We cannot but beli th t when they th h ge stone Park, and who says that his experience tells him that th 
u leve that w. d ey thoro con- | black he lances the er ve y, app! saine val f Linseed-eake is far more useful and valuable th 
the i is ey will grant ee hic ju ag y oe A» ao rubs it well " over the | cotton The butchers have told him tha: I iof. 
same udder. er doing that, he turns the ewe an er " 
the m ‘they did formerly to the exhibitors from the 1a vein running up the centre of the belly, and 1 r n PRESA mors ellow—in fact, it is quite 
she tional and give stricter finsbradtions that very freely. He closes the oritice by a pin and a little tow | Y° t th A with that produced trom linseed cake. T 
spse “tor a N have more carefu 1 | (the same as you would in the case of a horse), and gives at ME á tin ak e will bis à ave 2 is es ^ beding 
An Exhibito once half an ounce of jalap and h |f an ounce of alum in half a what they have d g I odd Secun ge e E 
int of beer. In m ases 2 is successful, not only i speaking of feeding sheep, that we have found that hs Some 
restoring the ewes, but in rare cases of retaining the value and 
erfection of the udd lso. You know other gargets are pee aH Bh potas 2 e Pisis they began 
symptoms of c ri 
READING AND REARING OF SHEEP. | en atow you by tho haros of tie udder, Xow in nt enough: wo then be e 
neoossary ; we give medicine, and we usd: but think BS Po yo se seem 
any good ave ac 
remainder of Mr. Woods’ lecture, | would be ‘highly improper, and withou 
scarify the uddi 
vet. 7 
Em —But there is another point]  Palue of a a Good Shepherd.—In speaking on this 
Erden Mrs all ae subject, there js _ thing nina it will not " out of He “olivo the. 
y ve e question is— | p] fo me t me—viz., importance and the |that one sheep was a y. By copious 
‘De = che d land materially affect the health of | Pits of " saved the lives of 
A ulis erd on a farm is one of the pee F 
the prevalent opinion is that i it does, and probably it Heus a cpa no, it - is really a good man, deserves 
T say that that i Sg adis the — of greater oo consideration than say other man mr enar upon the 
is reason—how much rty that man has under 
Hh es Within the last 
dead 
Sale of Hoggets in out of their W next 
and the last as is see very important matter, viz., - 
to whether it is most profitable to sell Boggi te i 
farm, 
much we save if he is a ame and judicious one! I will not his isa 
bla the system, iy I have often thought Ud in the | within the knowledge ofe ey farmer. I -— oo answer 
o. i depends upon localities and circumstances, n has got 
Eos it keeps zm J. " o! p Ene aba. Meh IN are | a lot of s sheep that are fairly ri; ; wae W will Pdl ny of theit 
in I orw bet they are | wool and handle well, show p enty of mutton, and that of the 
d teach t quality, then I say, * By every possi 8 clipthem. 
d ur hoggets eir 
he ipi t lob t himn, as ‘oom " e won fleeces—if there is something about them that a man don’t 
be biet i —then I thin 
endeavourin, ring to fin A die tes but pd, Ph te d ence says, “Don’t clip them." We don't want to enter 
to be a 
good servant he must do his duty, big psr » to de mystery of these matters further than this, una; 
seninde P for doing it. Again, in the lambin feed also will regulate this matter. If a man sees that his 
