{January 21, 1860, 
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called “condiments,” and that of Mr. Lawes, | the wool is carried on at the sacrifice of the less; of neglect are as equally productive of bad 
compare them with what has been | important portions of the “bod ; and thus we have | as atom tion and good management are 
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if we except “ Dr. Brown’s cow,” the only appeal, | condition h ] ant ane bs ho wool, | a f h are as nla 
ut that sett Dr, one, appears to be to a "| but th ey have neers de woe 8 for it than others | observable by oe at of won of the wool eae 
wilder or more outrageous harangue on the in higher condition, and thus labour under a = = oa frag ee o _ a = — i aly 
state of our plants, our animals, and our fellow P, ain 
countrymen kane never written. Let no tare think} To favour the production of wool, we must in attributed to rile ans Te of the yolk, which isa 
see Mr. Burness, Mr. THORLEY, or eaa other | the first place take care that we have present in oily matter that has a power -e influence Upon it 
person has the secret of oe feeding or per- | the system of the animal the materials necessary | growth, as pn as come Se so peer Wool grom 
Betual peun wrapped up in a 3d. pill, o a daily for its formation. We may take wo ool as repre- when me k is deficient is always more or Jeg 
do condiment at 6d. per Ib. Tha at a condensed fi f the | harsh an ) : ifene 
on pÉ aden: ordinary food being administered pony body. It rpc 'phosptates RES, growth. For bee pae, piaig essential fip 
along with clean water and clean air in comfort- | and se ides—salts forming the skeleton of the | encouraging the growth of wool that 
able circumstances o Ta the ‘oak pon analysis presents a| should be present in sipanas Even i- er 
ur “rotten Mangels,” and the miserable cake / great sim ilarity in composition to that of bone. | has made its growth, if by'any means t e 
we have gotten ‘‘since the Crimean war,” our | We have also in the wool, Pe ina a state of che- | of yolk be checked, it at once soon anali | 
“ ergotte pastures,” and the myriad Tur nip fly, | mical ee and partly in a condition of) we see in some diseases when the cause cannot he 
black jack, mecha mixture, fatty bodies which correspond speedily removed so that the yolk shall agalnretum, | 
soe ae ing with which our “arti wont ere with othe eesti fats, ` Besides this we have in| the f the dy, 
wee oF our crops, 0 our diseased po an siira wool, after it has been divested . of _ the former | yolk m ay be looked npo is s nourishmentefiy 
unhealthy animals, —of all of whic TR “BUR S | bodies, substances showing a a almost | wool, without which it e eal se 
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—are no more likely to be recited and mea $ curious facts, but they have a value attached to 
Mr. THORLEY’ S condiment than n they are by Mr. | them far beyond this, for they show in the most | s 
Morxtson’s pills or Mr, peenar s ointment decisive manner what is necessary for the forma- 
tion m wool; so that in their absence we .cannot 
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dom. This absence of the energetic action which is vario require ich bof fatty matter the healthy notion ar kale 
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not confined to re for it affects animal | food to favour the production of and when | will keep up the supply aoe a e he wo w 
life, but in a less grs egree. It may in some/we consider the e analogous composition already |it is clear sab its 
he SSI emita of cold, which is | referred to, we shall be justified i in stating that a| pendent upon the e of the blood, 
known to cause tm uid circulation in plants, | liberal system of fieding which is paces Sar to;can only gain it 
in som ‘cheek it entirel A e | produce a growth of the body i to be fayour- | the animal consumes 
animal syst he action of ¢ for various | able production of wool. The nutritious | close indeed between the food m al 
s calculated to cause a decrease “em han | ingredients of food are taken up into the blood,|and the wool producec Í 
an increase of weight in the body. e a|and when there the use to which they are applied | the fi may be inferi F] | 
matter with some whether or Ér “this is|must be regtlated by the ~~ of the| may have been previously accustomed to, the 
entirely to be traced to the action of cold. We know | system. Thus, at one time of the year the same is equally indicated, and the Se T 
that the paus mds upon the system bad the main- | matter which is capable of gods. te converted into | irregularity in the size of the wool w ) 
are productiv f a loss of | wool may be wis y% ai a ejan unsoundness of staple which is ene 
weight ABa the ab aaa lied is a Aa hee | of the Ys increase « reach tional d which detracts from its mark 
the demand, This u curs at a period of| whilst at auotlier timo A energies of the system | because it is apt to break at these weaker 
the year when the consumption of food is in the | being chiefly directed to the formation of wool, this | tio This shows the importance of the 
least degree productive of beneficial results, I nutritive matter in the bloo b d to|only being good in quality but regular in| 
consequence of this additional ep pen the food | this use in preference to the general development | s pply of nourishment.. 
the adoption of a liberal system of winter feeding) of the animal frame. The influence of cold u upon | fault in much of our wool, and although 
has in some be og been. discountena’ ma | the general growth of animada $ - ene of keep wi the 
This. has often involved serious losses by the | able than otherwise, but this ageney gives a ten- | times unavoidab! ly arise, still in 
k getting into a low condition; but whilst we | dency tow e formation of Lea ool as a itaat | effect upon the wool, this should be met! 
prepared to admit that it is a time of | the year | protection Serine the of the win — It) addition of some other food to ma 
hen all stock- a dis-|1s true the natural disposition for the formation of | de ciency. Its influence upon th body 
advantag. n the least degree | wool is very much under our control by the kind | tive of the we aa not now no i 
justify the results too often observable from want! of minien adopted and the system of duction of ome of wool is of itsl 
of a proper and sufficient su ply of food of good | ing followed out, but it does not submit to our | sufficient cause a sane the doficlanties ai 
ty. To sacrifice the con nal tion of the stock is | rule without indication: — ~ the n periods of ly of nourishme: A 
in the highest degree bi, sawi c, and me cost of| growth which A esas ver-rule with safety to No 
ing it is much greater than the e pense of | the ene of the an me 
preventing its loss, a very one etalon held cee = and heat almost as great l 
einen ot i up may aihen aei if we trace wien ti dead time of the year = fet w | becomes cold there is a natural tendenc 
hose pes t hee Seven spe life seems to animate the flock, and it is itis ao pores to. hiss: ak 
the means s withant Le reason that this has been held, | nourishment for the woo 1 
in glancing at a fatal “which for we are all a of the energy which is infused | a smaller-sized fibre is produced of less 
od'e the growth of wool, for alth ough by the return of sprin g when vigour and animation | Then, again, i 
this is a marketable commodity 2 teste of body succeed to the torpor of the early winter ie te more 
growth, but as = fon have a thicker 
i yf one “ase. which rigs months. It is believed by many that the first 
the s Mgt Sy Pres oq f thi is | wool this phe te subdued, These consi 
= — ion of this return of vigorous growth i 
given by the wool, and that for some pr iai s 
we motigo any marked. i i for an in 
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to first d directed to meet the influence of with 
_our i Wwhinlf hoindryte sole mencat The old proverb— 
oo will sho As the day lengthens 
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ational e d strengthens, 
they stand in thah osition of cause and effect. ngam panied: ane m Seats 
“The com sition of wool shows it to be s bak — = natural en Sas tion ka sheep to pro- 
ing a large prop 
eni y containi tion of Desnan y 
sulphur m phorghorus t were ossible to checked, but by Bas shou y jetes ste War's pee tae a, D 
+ : and | the experiénee of sheep masters is very clear u obvi erecta 
consequently in getting the necessary lies fi Sep neve Digis everyt 
the formation of the wool the 5 elie sg Gin ed Erp point S ee wee in iiy i- ie Ada 
whilst st liberal | Sodin ie uetive of a ea i 
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Sms Pea animal body have a special dis-"| an d how very different the fe 
mot} Posi n for the oe of any product whieh | it: ie ede dy ea 
may pur we may. alae rely upon it Ses, we are 
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. | We observe to be far more powerful during tireda intent fla in othe 
months than at any other time, and the effects. | ander tate A 
er complain’ 
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