1848. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
337 
MANAGEMENT ©F SHEEP SET HUNGARV. 
In 1845, Mr. Chas. S. Fleischmann, formerly an' 
officer in the United States Patent Office, visited vari¬ 
ous countries of Europe, and made examinations of the 
agriculture, and other branches of industry. He par¬ 
ticularly noticed the mode of breeding and managing 
line wooled sheep as practiced in the best districts of 
Germany, Austria, Hungary, &e. The result of his 
inquiries and observations is given in the Report of the 
Commissioner of Patents for 1847. The article em¬ 
braces much information which cannot fail to be valu¬ 
able to farmers and wool-growers in this country. The 
production of fine wool has probably been carried on 
with greater success in the countries alluded to, than 
an any other part of the world, and a knowledge of the 
system there pursued, may enable us to imitate them 
advantageously. The following is Mr. F.’s account of 
the mode of feeding and breeding sheep at the estate 
of Alcsuth, in Hungary : 
Successful breeding of sheep is in a great measure 
dependent upon a sufficient supply of food of the first 
quality, its proper preservation, economical use, and 
its augmentation on scientific principles. Of compara¬ 
tively much greater moment, however, is the system 
followed in feeding them, and it is thought therefore in¬ 
teresting to give an account of the system as adopted 
at Alcsuth. 
January. —Breeding bucks, receive in the morning 
one pound of esparsette (sanfoin) each; at 9 o’clock, 
watering; at SO in the morning half a pound of hay of 
second .quality; at 2 o’clock, P. M. ditto.; at 3, wa¬ 
tering; and in the evening one pound of mixed hay. 
Bucks for sale receive in the morning one pound 
mixed hay; at 9 o’clock, watering; at 10 esparsette 
half pound; at 1 P. M. do.; at 3, watering; in the 
evening 0 sheaves of oats, half threshed, and twenty- 
six pounds of hay, to 100 rams. 
Sucking ewes receive in the morning one pound of 
esparsette; at 9, watering; at 10 ©“clock, to 100 ewes, 
one metzen* of potatoes in small pieces; and thereaf¬ 
ter straw at one P. M.; each ewe half a metzen of 
chaff mixed with oats and salt (say three-quarters of a 
metzen of oats and five ounces of salt to 100 ewes;) at 
3 watering; at half past three, to 100 ewes, one met¬ 
zen of potatoes cut to pieces; and in the evening, to 
100 ewes, five sheaves of oats half threshed; and thirty 
pounds of winter straw for picking. Ewes of weak 
constitution, as well as those having twins, receive in 
addition, twice a day, a pint of barley meal each. 
Barren ewes and such as are two years old, receive 
in the morning half a pound of chaff (mingled with 
ibree-eighths of a metzen of oats and four ounces of 
salt to 100 ewes,) at 9 o’clock watering; at 10, to 100 
ewes, one metzen of potatoes, thereafter straw; at 12 
M., three-quarters of a pound esparsette; at 3 P. M. 
watering; and in the evening, to 100 ewes, three 
sheaves of oats half threshed, and fifty pounds of win¬ 
ter straw for picking. 
Ewes and wethers two and a half years old, receive 
in the morning three-quarters of a pound of chaff 
(mixed with two-eighths of a metzen of oats and four 
ounces of salt to 100 head,) at 9 o’clock watering; at 
10 o’clock to .100 head three-quarters of a metzen of 
potatoes, and thereafter one quarter of a pound of bar¬ 
ley straw each; at 12 M., three-quarters of a pound of 
esparsette; at 3 P. M„, watering; and in the evening 
So 100 head, 3 sheaves of oats. 
Old wethers receive three-quarters of a pound of car¬ 
rots; at 9 o’clock watering; at 10 o’clock to 100 head, 
one and a half metzen of potatoes, and thereafter straw; 
at 12 M., three-quarters of a pound of hay, second 
quality; at 3 watering; and in the evening to 100 head 
four sheaves of oats. 
Old wethers and barren ewes receive in the morning 
three-quarters of a pound of steamed chaff; at 9 o’cl’k 
watering; at 10 o’clock, to 100 head, one and a half 
metzen of potatoes, thereafter straw in the ya»d; at 1 
o’clock three-quarters of a pound of esparsette; at 3 
watering; and in the evening again three-quarters of a 
pound of steamed chaff. 
Wethers two years old, receive in the morning half a 
pound of chaff, with three-eights metzen of oats and 
four ounces of salt to 100 head; at 9 watering; at 10 
o’clock, to 100 head, one metzen of potatoes, and there¬ 
after straw; at 1 o’clock, three-quarters of a pound of 
esparsette or hay of second quality; at 3 watering, and 
in the evening three sheaves of oats to 100 head. 
February. —Rams for coupling, receive in the morn¬ 
ing one pound of oats and vetches mingled; at 10 
o’clock half pound of hay second quality; at 1 P. M., 
half pound of esparsette; at 3 o’clock, watering; and 
in the evening, six sheaves of oats, half threshed, and 
twenty pounds of winter straw for picking, to 100 head. 
Rams for saie, of the first class, receive in the morn¬ 
ing one pound of esparsette; at 9 o’clock watering; at 
10 o’clock of hay of second quality half a pound; at 1 
P. M., ditto; at 4, watering; and in the evening to 100 
head, six sheaves of oats together with twenty pounds 
of winter straw. 
Rams for sale, of the second class, receive in the 
morning one pound of oats and vetches mingled to¬ 
gether; at 9, watering; at 10 o’clock of esparsette 
half a pound; at 1P.M., ditto; at 3 watering, and in 
the evening, to 100 head, five sheaves of oats half 
threshed, together with twenty pounds of winter straw. 
Sucking ewes of the first class, receive in the morn" 
ing one pound of esparsette; at 8 o’clock watering; at 
9 o’clock, to 100 head, 1 metzen of potatoes cut to 
pieces, thereafter straw; at 12 M., half pound of chaff 
with three-eighths metzen of oats and five ounces of 
salt; at 1 o’clock, watering; at 4 P. M., to 100 head, 
1 metzen of potatoes, and in the evening five sheaves 
of oats, together with thirty pounds of winter straw. 
Sucking ewes of second class, are treated on pre¬ 
cisely the same footing, there being only this, not very 
material distinction made with regard to them, viz. that 
they receive their chaff together with oats and salt, not 
until 1 (instead of 12) o’clock. 
Barren ewes and those two years old. They are fed 
precisely as in January, with only this difference that 
they get their esparsette, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, 
instead of 12 o’clock. 
Old wethers have, in this month, their early water¬ 
ing at 8 o’clock, their potatoes at 9, and their food in 
the afternoon at 1 o’clock. 
Two year old wethers. The hour of watering is 
fixed at 8 in the morning, that of potato-food at 9, and 
that of hay-fodder at 12 o’clock; in every other respect 
the order of January is observed. 
Two years and a half old wethers and ewes. The 
order of food remains as in January, except that in the 
morning the watering is at 8, and the potato feeding at 
9 o’clock in the morning. The straw given after the 
potatoes during this month is offered in the yard. 
* A m&tz&n is mjia.1 to on® and three Quarters of a bushel English. 
