. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. THE LAMBING OF EWES. 171. THE MOUNTAIN SNOW-HARROW. safety of new-dropped lambs. In such a case, the driest part of the farm combined with shelter should be chosen for the lambmg ground, though it may be inconvenient in some other respects bat should the best lambing ground be covered with old snow, especially in sheltered spots and tlie temperature of the air be generally above the freezing point, could the snow be stined b'-v anv means, it wou
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. THE LAMBING OF EWES. 171. THE MOUNTAIN SNOW-HARROW. safety of new-dropped lambs. In such a case, the driest part of the farm combined with shelter should be chosen for the lambmg ground, though it may be inconvenient in some other respects bat should the best lambing ground be covered with old snow, especially in sheltered spots and tlie temperature of the air be generally above the freezing point, could the snow be stined b'-v anv means, it would melt •' ' much faster than it Fig. 333. would of itself A snoia-harrow or snow- plow will be found a useful implement for the purpose, and those recommended by Mr. Hepburn of Culquhalzie seem to possess every requi- site. The snowhar- row is represented by fig. 333. It con- sists of a single bull a b, i\ inches square, and 6 feet long; and in the middle of which, on the under Bide, a piece of 1^ inch plank c d,2 feet long, is sunk flush transversely, for the attachment of the draught-hook c, and the siilt e to steady the motion of the implement. In the bull are fixed by screw-nuts at intervals of 10 inches, 7 cutters//, & 9 inches long and If inches broad, sabre-shaped, with their points turned backward, so as to be less liable to be arrested by obstacles on the surface of the ground. Between these cutters are fixed 6 shorter ones g g, & 3 inches long, having their points turned forward. This implement, dragged by one horse ridden by a boy, and the stilt held by a man, cuts the frozen snow into strips of 5 or 6 inches broad, which are easily pulverized by the feet of the sheep, or divided by the suowplow. The severe snow storm of 1823 lay on the hills from February to May ; and the protracted snow-storms of 1837-8. with repeated falls and alternations of frost and thaw, caused the death of many a sheep before and at the lambing season. The snow became so comp
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