Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . s,it becomes an intolerable nuisance. Washing.—This is usually done here about the first of June. The cli-mate of the Southern States would admit of its being done earlier. TheIule should be to wait until the water has acquired sufficient warmth forbathing, and until cold rains and storms, and cold nights, are no longer expected. Sheep are usually washed by our best flock-masters in vats, A smallstream is dammed up, and the wat
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . s,it becomes an intolerable nuisance. Washing.—This is usually done here about the first of June. The cli-mate of the Southern States would admit of its being done earlier. TheIule should be to wait until the water has acquired sufficient warmth forbathing, and until cold rains and storms, and cold nights, are no longer expected. Sheep are usually washed by our best flock-masters in vats, A smallstream is dammed up, and the water taken from it in an aqueduct (formedby nailing boards together), and canied until sufficient fall is obtained tohave it pour down a couple of feet or more into the vat. The body ofwater, to do the work fast and well, should be considerable—say 24 incheswide, and five or six deep—and the swifter the current the better. Thevat should be say 3^ feet deep, and large enough for four sheep to swimin it. A yard is built near the vat, and a platfoi-m from the gate of theyard extends to and encircles the vat on three sides. This keeps the washer Fig. 20. *. WASHING APPARATUS. from Standing in the water, and makes it much easier to lift the sheep ii>and out. Ihe cut here given exhibits all the necessary appendages. The IS2 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. jar J is Imilt opposite the coinera oltwo fields (1 and 2), to take advantage oftiie angle oi one ot lliL-ni (1), to drive llie sheej) more readily into the ya*d(3). This yard should he large enough to liold lUe whole ilock, if it does netexceed 200 ; and the bottom of it, as well as of the smaller yard (5), un-less well sodded over, should be covered with coarse gravel, to avoid be»coming muddy. If the same establishment is used by a number of ilock*masters, graveling will be always necessary. As soon as the flock areconiined in yard 3, the lambs are all immediately caught out from amongthem, and set over the fence into yard
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