1142 TRE 
GARDENERS 
VERONE E 
AND AGRICULTURAL 
GAZETTE. омета 
numbers will be found ready and willing to aid in 
advancement of our ei e ET tenista Hj 
i а of the Ca ttle Melon. 
erm I mean all — whose horns до | 
tups. By 
not Mie parmis they leave the h А 
nor Writes s rightly, for I “referred " him 
„Mr, Nicholls may ATTE 
PIR: 
rejec ct all those hàvin Е perm "Ke nd 
have stated vin gioi ewes, | 
апа 
aid passers by: Біте had а fall opportu- 
have not been rown in 
I do not think any pra ошо man would go far wron 
in selecting his tups, althoug m I must say good ones 
Е 
Е | 
8, but 
s A a costly depth ; La i T 
uite as well w ith 
гаа в, for tha 
I n 
are very ‹ difficult to lay t 
the Northumbrian 
+} 11: ә} m 
eI woni Aither err by rae т aida Ww 
b аз thé springs 
And when the lambs arrive "before 
but 
s too е than 
во uneer rtain.- 
e frst ime Mf ү 
ined m 
г. Мао 
5 which 
be the | most т elicieniiy applied, ус 
ing in ordinary field 
КА ^t a high and ‘Comparatively prohibitory p: 
of Yu is often extensive; and if these lambs do 
survive they are gene prd of а growth, while 
ich are younger, but which 
that however wi DE e the e next Season, for 1 
(85 1] 
havé received pw of. ilk from their birth, very 
land at a | moderate price, prc АД Bur. дой, 
Southampton, No. 25. 
outstrip them 
2. t of Blackfaced Sheep.— 
diy nds upón havi ing a good в sagacióus shepherd, 00 
On ne Man . 
e management of " Blackfaced Sheep а great ded an 
e, but if he bas, ibas des EN 
THE BLACKFACED SHEEP. 
[The following capita рарег on this subject was read some 
rime "od к Us e Hexham Farmers' Club, by Mr. W. Cook, 
the Sec 
Pn eon 4 Apte he Sheep.— Black. 
mas istar чта I cannot do better than give you 
extract - ; Little's Practical bevor e i оп 
M i во 
^T. 
to y m power I sold three horses 
ever si since ^ ng start Ih have Tw. my rra. with 
than I 
а MO 
ery word of 
hould be agis X2 careful, and, above 
d 
of which | we know. In е oosing black-faced hs 
have an eye to hardihood; 34 
properties the ewe may present, " E ides signs of | to 
softirešs of constitution, I would reject her as 
unremunerative, Havin 
of Mir I woul 
ding d width b han ЕЕ as vu 
reden апа they should stand well ап 
/ood-sized well.shaped foot. 
knack 
тораи г horns, which indic cate 
S 
v Y pe po ipei and 
r bre 
sheep | but to dir 
rir 
e weak-|i ing in i the spring. When 
nita ас ite into à 
to, but 
ЖК, chonta and the situa 
as to obtain the 
year. 
2 аран to зе ‚дош much, that a shepherd p: 
good one; but by walking so - E: disturb the pe 
iod esit, and К doing, 5 the 
be There 
y. 
s his e is 
eem. vs Jis. 4 4 me 
dog or io rmm dut the 
rned back thé better. If the 
pe d thë to 
the bo 
в neighbour's ; 
pis the si y 
livided in the ing, withont 
sequ minted with бег Акы ү 
epherd they will take it Those 
thelr | $ ше, to p bad 
and bad herdsm 
us the management from the time of lamb- 
the epe are about to 1а 
ness of constitution, o 
want of quality. The h 
which гізез well from de bios and MURUS 
too в lengtb. 
into 
d ought to е веі on à kd of the farm, and when tharo 
e is the best bite of Grass 
d|for the ewe. After being lambed a fortoight or во, 
th 
which із not. of 
I 
better ` bite f 
ed the he 
I would like to see it 24 e е and wo Mi 
e th tails, as this also 
ness of udi 
bcp Wes or Mt wich [^ jog in qid 
and so ou until they T all lambed. About the 
middle ^ юна, all 1 mb th 
kn 
ed the body e A bre 
manner, 
y 
seeing a flock of ewes ЧК й шү: сап зно hair 
properties in a much better than 
1 шетогу, let me p ч 
as E preparation; Yat for high expose 
Чо Ч Ше Taren found any plan answer sò "d 
Ae mixture of ta. Y КЛА 
4 Horse keep for three 
mb 
most sheltered parts 
ke thè lambs 
41. 1 > 
unde ergone this reparat ou the 
1 
sold Y bus єв аб a greater price ча ч 
calculate upon. І will fix the three at 100 
сша апа implements M 30L, and uii vi 
Hutchinson's data as to steam tackle, г 
Horses and Implements: 
Investment, 130} Inv M. 
& . | Coal : MT 
At 168, 6d. fi 
— 
n 
vàlüe 
hol 
p the 
the. t 
- 
w€—— = ER 
eing hor. 
pair ot their ЖАЙА 
ents.. 
ent) 
A po interest од 
10 0 
Ti 
514 0 
Interest on 1301, 
25 ye i. 
$ to cultivation... ЯЙ 
СЕИ) 
ИІ; 
пе 
Balanee in favour of 
steam s: 2/23 
mS i0 0 
I d wn on the eogi 
Wil be 
ese item 
й 
him in ral 5 years old. 
Mr. А 1в жама if he 
pay me to keep a set of tackl 
Тре tay is positive А Ra that i! 
worked it ed eight days this yen а 
I 
ainer of 417. 1s. 64. per annum, 
and коты аш depth, Y ink I have wise 
fford to buy. They аге all who lur 
hip ial elimate of ou 
asts, ENTE in general Ва ving any | w 
ure furnishes her with, 16 їз 
с & wee ry | that she should ve beg: elothed 
away to some more pu climate E rn сте 
where they remain until about the first week in А, 
and then return home to tbeir native common. Afte: 
the lambs are salved, „then AP wës and wedde 
which the ewes Fas 
fortable ; in - second, s — her br den Мм he 
& port 
on of tle Blackfaced 
master's волн arises E tied clip of wool. „And as 
that article has of late 
is fe sorted for the tip. "With regard to Bim: 
i may state Blackfaced are usually shorn about 
end of e or early part of July in each year. The 
them. Mr. Nicho 
tackle Чина over wet soil, 
n the wet, and then anaron the ques 
telling us that at Du п 1863 it came i 
in an nao, after work h dan 
possible to sei e Smith's im 
The same on, would x to 
mii 
orkinoe 
prices than usual, this poten at present re 
та 
more particular attention, Well, then, I would et 
and are then Fel sold. ho: feeding. purposes, | but if 
That ma 
y "f it 
be, the met 1 
ор This auch. 
Ay set with wool from the ears 
ud 4 the MM and tail, and well down the he ic 
canned the eL and houg 
thick set as ere a Mes 
fair length 7 butI: Ane чоне 
by ehoosing th 
th. kab Жеңин as pr Drood or òf 
eep arè er profiile to the farmer nor 
gb qe wot e 
ау е p* selection of ewes for ue 
now behoves to deséribe the selection of à tup 
M. I may state “that almost all I have stated regar ing | la 
сеи e Ae with much stronger foree to the tup, | 
The ewes are Tere bes until [Age are m is 
I| years old, when ao rd s M. Ка a wes, and th 
s in the breeding foc pplied by 
shearling gimmers, which are r this Mie e pat to the tup 
ове | аз breeders. You must understànd that in the fore- 
dE óbservations 1 np posi confined m ж ЧЛ 
the "breeding and managem КЮ: 
carried on where "has is 
ой 
ding.of m 
apo ns. oir hay, Grass, and m 
ed farm 
irie on, as well as Blackfaced сазы EH 
20 
„or where the eia 
i Mer 
ages at which the ewes are drafted A er m the farm, 
ed. 
aed 
close to his RA g (1 posisible), or 1 СТ to 
wide—and I E а tup wh d 
en 
- Correspondence 
Stea ies ion.—Mr. Nicholls "е fa ila. р. L^ 
that Mr, Heint xh ye 
4r aeria "Ме ivited to выб 
| ment, if based upon us et AE He has done 
nothing of the sort, Mr. Hodgkinson has; but his 
j^ 1 
Nus 
k 
impl 
the я 
"e raetice with 
end | t 
а 
" "y 
I have worked my lend M e i 
that de repairs о 
y m , will p 
wor rk now. 
wel at. my 
standiug 
needed. 
to theewes in parta 
 €areful to reject all Be bored 
| heavy soil, therefore the court is now open for Mr. 
| Niekolls, or anybody else, Мг, Nicholls neither reads 
my | 
Ж. Nicholis says. Let me : 
à ra "ihe engine begau ^ te 
