Marcu 14, 1863.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
251 
t once laid to the head of the ewe, who, if not — and D 
greatly exhausted, will immediately com gestos licki э] MMERMUIR SHEEP FARMS. Ө гой, ог lem "a n. "m paa Ei wa 
it clean. In a inutes it should b su uckled; Тик dae E сз nto sheep farms, varying in d to be marketed, and im brought home fis 
indeed, if the ewe lies quietly 16 ma o 5000 acres. Although the  depopu- | roin on bei backs уор е UT ip er ^ 
e lies ; but it is wrong to hold her u above all without the artificial m of modern 
on her rump, asis too much the case, to Mi the landa of ve ini and so obnoxious from the sudden times, we could no expect their wá tX E^ have bee 
1 This often br “ paining,” and not unfre- | and poen manner ое S Ajeetion, i is Wie i here, yet | much different, Money also was by no means plen E 
quently results in the expulsion of t It із | the fact is eniabie t r hills and valleys were | or at least rd A it foug ө way un this ак 
riainly very important to the lamb, especially in bad | in former M pieces а thiokly нару than they | and unproduc ill c 
weather, to get it suckled speedily; but to do во at are now. fter sy: stem of the Highlands, whereby The old books ready refe rred to furnish us with 
once, irrespectiv e of the painful condition of Ње а Marr. i the sheep nd нф also, and the 
dam, is wrong. judgment is necessa ing a plo ot of а ылы his dwelling, never | one from which we now quote e contains a record of the 
Wrong presentations unfortunately itn — жаа onn IS but it is certain that at no — of see on the 
es, which with due care 
ht be avoided — alarms, 
When 
ing to is a side pr i ог | 
.|mounds remain {о 
the breech, E ба back, e fœtus must be pushed | 
- JE br vut 
са асей | 
ounding farms. ap Lom. the 
теше Дага are eight or nine ja 
where dwellings have 
r than 
the ey were, even in the recollection of men s stili win 
as enumerated at stated tim ach s 
meide such as ates ыны more thick "planted among e shepherds. Tie first extract dates 119 years ago : 
hils, Many of the prea esent farms ombrage thearea| “Having counted, 15th o f- Septemben, 1744, I ин. 
t ч) г. wo or three of the holdings of bygone days, the|of old sheep 28 score and "т; е and l e 
names of which are still retained in current pod 16 score of Ja а. 
although in шапу instances nothing but grass 
Sod my two red oxen at 97. 10s 
I received 38s. ready money, , and 
| Jolin n Sligh i is Е Ан me 77. +. stening: ^ 
“ 1780. . Will llia m Curr Wool at 75. a stone ; 
t 70 
: tepé 
securely on it to а RA че — aidin ng; 
—if this can be done, — o4 
"Oui he the gode 
most difficult and Vairdónr| 
task, ne. be found if possible, and be 
brou "n to the > mouth of the womb, - ether | 
with - дш ; failing this the shepherd must | 
use his Ron, ide often results in taking | 
the lam "d RTA This is best done by ed 
usinga noosed cord, s placing it ы the legs firs А 
еч hey are drawn forward to take them off, and 
till all is кош away. can be 
А эшан 
Er 
| the ne" district 
From old farm and memoranda, which date 
| fom tm the e year 1744, c prone some information Mo 
the labourers employed on the farm 100 years ag 
The Хау ор the Whitadder Water аё a still earlier 
per extensive forest of natural wood, 
which, extending, from the opening into the Merse of 
was so dense 
on each side of the river that a man might have stept 
to have ШАР а М scarce commodity. Day's wages | from branch to branch for miles of лра stretch, abun- 
rate about 4 or ordinary labour; 6d. a day | dant confirmation of this being foun n the elu um 8 of 
(with m aA rit, and as high as 8d. fi ide: 
M 
owing. g. 
t E 
The general introduction of prp 
One or two entries in these old books 
| curiosities :— 
e destruction of the. nat v pe 
i “ David Symington угры, i days and a half at | axo Pundit gea ave taken the pla 
furned so ae to form жез ег out dire i 4d, a Dot day of пу, 1738 Cor old decayi Ке a pen БАШ fll ЫР roots 
but generally es bettor o course is to take it away if all. * 19th day of Жау, 1755 (ог 6), Eos with George | or seeds yet, n by the Lurf cope of stone walls, 
appears fair to n cases 0! of s dead lamb in the | Fream, and he has gt seven days at a mark a day, | where out of Ciel of {+ sheep, frequently sending up 
RÀ the like un B e shepherd | and 10 days ofa ыан man at half a mark a day at | | ria orous stems of Lu — Ash. The valor. дч 
should always be provided with. а cordial drink, con- he (washing) р for making it bett ems to have been untain pass betw 
sisti k, brandy, and sweet spirit of nitre, about | -— ire "nd Barry for 36 | counties of Berw - E Enst Lothian ; the bis e 4 
r, to 
А strong 9-4 of laudanum wi ni 
ay the ding which resi ed womb has 
ау to MM Ls i ір its usual position. Laudanum 
also been found very efficacious in "аір the 
upon strong Aes 
т 
17 
е Sheep, 20s., and two pair of shoe: 
са се James Barry for 20 dedi: 20s., and two pair 
п of sh 
=i Hir ed James re hir na for 30 sheeps' Grass—th 
ordinary dry boll and a 
M Me 14th, 1772. Having measured the iM ode | 
and ei ghteen 
one fir lot— 
three score 
ountith— 
e hundre n. 
| 95, —B 
Mod 
uo 
ood given is gene! 
y purgative character but watchful- 
ess is very uisite sickly ewe, and 
арі cordial drinks rd be given. 
поша tne 
i 
id 
dyke: 
have been for cattle fi 
pec 
s referred е арреаг {тош tiae e to 
| line of old border towers or keeps, with lockfast accom- 
modation for, aile A а groun nd floor, plainly telling 
e possession of goods and chattels 
not ! 80 pea ce ы e as now, 
But to come down to times which we know more 
about, vé. find the hills stocked with , black- fac ed. or 
Jig ghlanc heep. 
Qs e afford them, and look for nothing from M 
stock-n r but a handful of hay saved from the 
e | 
ее of turf, for dr or fencing, as the remains о 
such are visible in the o old pastures to this day. Thro 
out this whole range of hills much more land has been 
under the plough at a former time tban what is 
Almost every acre о P 
Some о th 
8, 
ough- 
v | 
e "old 
f| they cannot reach the Heather. These were certainly 
ш ae of sheep for those days when Turnips were 
IA тару believe them to be the best ro 
b for "Eight ranges. This may be tru 
ge € altitudo of the poe range is too high 
the +5 ction of e. еа arable and 
Б ач аа соды Y d 
Yu n used i 
псе pt Aak: have been alw ways p 
d after rearing 
the o womb t take Ko plaoo bleeding and Epsom salts must d 
ke 
auglit—tlrese are seen Occasionally 
Pone fin and, and for the upore of sur- 
ploug way till | 
Е. а уаз oni high in ud new re the | s 
o doubt the crop 
| woul ME then на eon s itself en ry ind о the deep soil of | 
the middle of the ridge. The existence once of many 
pa but where an be done with 
a fuir be ent P ihe arable hd paying its way- tho 
manda of Turnips and well so n Grasses enables 
to maintain a per "aud finer class of 
-— inl one which will igr more return for ear 
eh эра Л Tux et Det HA li АР 
ney and for Turnips t 
h better than the black-faced. The they, ру 
IB 
but no infusions. This affe 
Minim 25 а ng, often commencing o " de. pos 
-or three first days after lambing, and is dificult to 
discover, 
d 
operation should only be resorted to 
in extreme cases. Lambs have often to be tak 
an opening in the side of the ewe when the case is 
enean e If this is reme it €: һе 
опе by а vi surgeon, who mi; t possibly save | 
M ewe. The р d the vd on cl 
th some di ificnlty resort i in 
Gir оше must be had w e ergot of 
Tre to ve fol followed in Р ad [i 2 ounces of 
Epsom 5 with a little gin 
The ment of the you g lambs as they are 
dropped is - “timple but a^ ч 2 E A an 
ctually dead, 
mouth, and then 
ш үч, 
accou 
If ti 
the slight covering over its head 
mouth awhile to the fre] p 
b 
en from ploug 
indica a peri 
the а ire m 
iod when сас was more m рои ha 
роси, and more accustomed 
еер fail soon upon Turnips, and their 
HE 
= 
p 
a 
- 
the Cheviots or Leices 
ps to er р x mea 
h We of dpt esent day are how: 
to doubt whether all this 
она. ди Шап 
safest and most profit- 
able, living and d ng Er c eroi would pine and 
dwarf. The question whether rac uie black-faced 
h 
far it is prudent апа 
his $E бу the way 
seems to follow the 8 plough, sooner or later c end 
session, whereas any patches of good soil wh Su 
ner the plough ous bushes of Heathe 
d among the hills, 
climate, and 
"A termine this. 
coe were it iat іп practice we 
= 
"m 
xed with rich and sweet Grass. 
P 
# бой irm їз found, we think, ы the fu ы 
the farms being more numerous, also in the hi gh p 
of grain байы ng the wars of "ће de. of "the 
present, century ; but. „last, and . principally, that. the 
E ch of reclamation м, iM wonderful 
the Y d of being no 
шам the stimulating dn 
affected this que VT ormer day are not the same 
to us, an. many боре must enter into our соп- 
sideration of i s d а of which are the demand for 
f 
und а juve necessity. 
yet. ‚ and the 
Turnip 
ood q viti бе Tok dert - 
the opening “ Fi the country by шен M 
command of artificial manures, х 
чег. in demand for low me 
followed бу a close a close succession of white s crops), ter) 
ustion of the soil ere long drove the persistent 
кісе, d tivator to fresh fields, t there for a ЖЫЙ to pursue the 
yy the forsaken emet 
of extraction, while th 
perd: sown itself away to Grass or otiétbhig iis, 
ае to be ped and pow be эс» >” 
Much of 
itself TU. ы 
ex- 
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