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than any horses « could possibly Fave. done, and as I мав common vh ewes eating only Turnips, was rare ly | proportions. The quantity consumed would be very 
t I hope Ih have g y as consumed, and with us а Tigre Md Md great Kies was to teach them to eat, 
tatement o f expens es, except that 1 char, pe to or near lambing tim that there нш of food and better 
Ж thie. wear and у ог use of es осе Тыз бча NE E state. The addition ofa a very ial p atme бес чал réquited, t no time should be lost. The 
adds abo zu e» per acre; for though I have id quantity c of artificial food would prove a good e Ponens of the young lamb for the first 5 or 6 
8 acres a ow, I cannot ма, but that 7 ac al, en months the most difficult, , They A vi 
isa fair aver us bas as I have it done. The ing t tent, but acting principal bad f 
— is утуе ехреп stimulus to the digestive powers of the animal: for two or pb days only а often жр ула 
134 d: . £6 15s. 0d, cost per head would be very small hus 100 sheep | check their progress. ` Lambs must never “іе bai ck, с 
labour үй: . T 2 ф eating off 15 ton Turnips would take 33 days, and | as the young shoot of Clover o; 
if supplied with 4 1b. per day each of artificial food | produce scour from its unripe s! etate? 
£1817 6 vio eat 825 lbs. , The food would cost probably about If by the use of straw, either pulped or long, 
er and tear, 1% ра сау. us ПО ЕТ бае а ton they could i ase their winte keep, as he believed 
moray 1290 idis or nutmeal, ана Peas, or Lenin, and Indian they could toa ap bi they would want 
orn; to p 
th 
rry them along through spring 
might be added 9 lbs, 
ifty-five acres completely fallowed or Mikel. аб 9s. e" Glbs. of Aniseed. Тһе cost per зева for віх months | and adis i eaning would 
at acre. W. land | Woods.——(See No. 7, Mr. would be abou t 3s. 3d.; of whi A e-third would be | desirable, od к middle or the third week of 
Howard's table). In adáition to the work reported i 1, one-thi d left as ычу» an mbs dro; in February would do best 
hedule, 18 acres h be arrowed four times | one-third paid for in the improve ed а of ewe нн ir abe Аз soon as ible after 
with the heavy drag-harrow hung on behind the culti- | Папі. Аз to the method of using straw, supplying it | wi woning the pup be carefully dipped. Brigg’s 
vator, which was t used with the ti barely acks, was рге rar Mah it in the shape | dipping trou composition were both ien 
i i Indeed, iata соша , ey should dip bets or thrice during the ; and 
an average Sot ES 
The — were un- 
d hard, being i 
68 for the small quan- 
ays с tly above average 
extensive. 
ed ey stra S IR rst. 
the ewes were eating Mange 
E November. 
ble 
po e Jb 
Mtis if кы E Farm ry to build a good Nus thr 
of “ме thr 
bo. = Ee а 
more frequently 45 1be. pressure. W. Simmonds, Wan- 
borough, near Guildford, Surrey. 
6d. : 
а wall of division, “зп fodder once a wee 
with this, и "utm with hay. je 
"i 
ork 
the РЕЯ should ъй fist. picked up at a co 
1s, was 
This pin ht edipi, aw: 
d would do 
r 
2 straw, | 
he see d 
autumn, They 
s 
n ewes were lambing. 
rashed Pea straw in the ewe pen, often 
mpared with 
Se cr dg cat mu had. rg more fully үке 
ut of | Hence A. might look for ап increased demand for 
good stoc 
sa tisfied that pulping the 
parco n first риб on to roots were sometimes 
in аба а fold, a 
Sotírtícs. 
ROYAL овар OF ENGLAND. 
of the Council and E 
», Lo 
read a lecture ** On 
the Breeding and Feeding of Sheep, with a view 
increasi easing the Shee p Stock per acre,” Havi ving pointe 
yi | Roots 
carried out; and вее те was no Pun 
M sheep would readily eat food so рерге; dt 
bett 
thriv: 
roots a 
t whatever that | affected with s боба ofa dira character, 
In 
and died off 
pud suddenly. these cases the roots же generally 
er upon such.& mixture than upon y fleshy a wing. Тһе sheep had abundance, 
| Met Геке bably poor when put оп, and appeared to 
For t the foll be doing remarkably well. Тһе cause of death was 
plan The corn st werk in a convenient pod on, | арор1ех, aking blood too fast, The bl became 
threshed, and straw carefully stacked and thatched, | thick and unhealthy and the animal died, iven in- 
E ned in large hea 
ould all 
1 
which had recently occupied the attention of tl using a combined pulper and cbaff е belly 
Society, viz, Steam sevi arino and shown that the ош Ls з wheels and worked by аз horse gear. A light | eat ravenously, and suffered accordin Chaff as а 
p pig not рар. ace with the n wheels, with canvas sides, to store| diluter of corn was so valua ble that some old shep- 
whilst according to the В of 2 the egeo "r Pie "our days a week herda considered M ш ОЁ corn to а pint of chaff equal 
"Trade ban -— forei n importations фай, steadi] one um de lad emp ge xtra. A load of straw | to - I ; with roots, 
fallen of during ihe past three first carted from stack to heap then the two| the. appl could be nieally carried out, 
that the British Теп were naturally T apted - cut up; produce of the iren; for 1 ыа Dy. г better food, " 
the growth E ni P3 the question: was, how we | days food ; that cut later in the ds stored away inthe|during the depth of winter, than so very |a 
could best ma our advantages and adapt | koun tor the following day. This scheme however would quantity of roots. 
our system to the M ndions by which we were sur-| do best on dry healthy land efore the ewes went| Lord pedi n. торові ng а vote of thanks to 
rounded. А .- ies - he would suggest for considera- to the lamb ing реп they should be dressed with a solu- | the lectar ende that he NN p followed the 
tion was onomical system of feeding sheep, | t roy lice and tick is prevented all the | rec commendation of the Professo; espect to giving 
especially idus sheep, so as to increase the return, rubbing v which was also The best plan was | dry food to both cattle and К "не had greatly 
апа at the same m leav land in better dition ouble line of hurdles set up 4 feet apart, | redu e the quantity of Turnips, and substituted a 
; and thi; ut 8 to 10 1 t each end more | certain proportion of "v straw with t results. 
e the land i 
е believed would be — by | su 
reducing the duis and using more dry 
ood in t the form of. ire, combining with this a a small 
hurdles at ri 
exit places. 
ight angles so as to form entrance and The cutting of hay a and в 
The ewes drew in an 
he best 
raw he e performed entirely by 
Pea- 
ndants, was very valuable in preserving tbe health of in 
nd 
By adopting that Дд ihe land would | Ё 
digest ion. 
rn, because the sheep | 
е left in э. gon State for 
d take a 
that the 
three 
winter were very little 
above the freezing seit ut it eai that much 
зас e i bsorbed and co; viet m food wasted | 
e of wa coa contained, 
g the inni olum 
to the temperature of the animal's body. | 
Water within, ak water without, the tempera- 
ture of the sey must de. кеу reduced, and it was 
not to be ndered at, with such an un- 
scientific iode” of feeding, the animal could not 
p d poa and was unable to — 
to nts of the foetus. Тһе latter 
often ыш. = те lambs were the result, eid 
with y oong o nwet season. If, then, they could 
by ап, ныш he quantity of roots one-half anà 
subetilte an | an кыз, in the fo of straw and co 
dimental food, at the same time at the | 
pregnancy th 
теейїп 
select the 
ber. One 
to he uid арй delivered it ыл nes 
ssel w 
ards and forwards, 1 pint tof liquid to each 
ieter ewes be kept during all s 
ng it 
im. The males а be а — quality than 
the females ; — 
eel the 
tte 
aote eus ный and he himself had found it so beneficial tha 
hird, юз u | he invariably kept 
Mos ёз; the the ewes when 
mp ү сш times | he it cu 
sheep. | horses, cows, and othe: 
| mixture of stra 
steamed. 
eld the sheep, 
milar v 
stock do so well upon any 
could stages of “ыў ш upon Bean-straw so 
e better. 
was always desirable to use first-class | мча; M.P., cordially joined in thanki 
for his admirable lecture. 
e especial 
y 
ing t thet mixture of chaff or cut hay ЭН Ө тоо{в; 
but he yin not cd boss that g entleman in the 
vigorous 
een n that the more corn the 
agai 
гач e of aer sto males. 
e con 
ev 
wouid i вса! 
а 
| nient, enabling them 
iii fthe | 
ne ere haff a 
ce; 3i ing | necessary fo: digestion of sheep as for that of ui 
th 
for the 
at the animal Dod = ой; phi not with nutri- 
food ; because tomach w 
жазы success, 
manured, would be TES ao 
trodden "olely | into manure, and a 
xe of sheep could be "kept upon а гаа са ур of | 
Nith regard vá the feeding value of straw, there was | 
w 
n|pen; and where a. convenient washpool exis if they 
farm, it would be found desira ble to swim the shed [ne Do duy от 
ume me thougi of course, unless great care ma | manner. and do the Deu a deal more good. 
by Sir W. 
зб Mr. рахт, М.Р.; еа «nd Me. РЕ 
а general concurrence 
abundant evidence to show that when cut green and n they resulted from E Bu bi swimming | expressed i 
carefully Резе many kinds of straw were exceedingly | would prove most advan ы From eight|anda naded by МЕ тзн м ры T 
nutritious ; and from personal experience he was con- to ten days should m. pawa between wash- | ргороп -— that in course of his 
vinced that straw might economically | ing and sh order that the yoke might re Mr. Coleman had alluded to the dressing of 
substituted for hay in the winter rs of breeding | rise. The ewes at bing continued on Turnips or lecture s^ understood in Lincolnshire there 
sheep, even without any artificial The reduction | Swe Good of the former might be obtained | been a great mortality amongst sheep, owing to 
of one: the supply of roots, and tbe pod on early Vetches. At this time the. proportion of M EM са Ьгеп made to cure the scab, in 
tution of straw, &c., would be com ted for e | food m erp anda fi fangels intr rm Y of m ial preparations, which 
аена of the eni in eating во Jorge а - | аен ан po y t lamb па Led n the ки of anointment, That 
РЁ dry food, less fuel would be required to | mighh he bein poH vith а E posean Ea bei. {ье e efus of shutting up the pores of the 
maintain the heat of the less w: ir would | queni of йам, food, / consisting of pounded Linsesd ntm until its T properties had had ай 
have to be heated, Bcouring, which in bad weather ! 
coombs in equal | skin, bot поб 
