. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. ALL ABOUT COUNTRY LIFE. 267 Shepherd. small quantities of animal matter and phosplioric acid. SHEPHEED. A labourer whose business it is to look after sheep. SHEPHERD'S HOUSE. A very useful article on large fiirms, where the fold is frequently at a great distance from any residence. In the lambing season it is peculiarly service- able, and when not required for its
. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. ALL ABOUT COUNTRY LIFE. 267 Shepherd. small quantities of animal matter and phosplioric acid. SHEPHEED. A labourer whose business it is to look after sheep. SHEPHERD'S HOUSE. A very useful article on large fiirms, where the fold is frequently at a great distance from any residence. In the lambing season it is peculiarly service- able, and when not required for its original purpose will serve excellently as a granarj-. A house of galvanized iron 10 feet by 5 feet, costs^30. Some are fitted with a fireplace and chimney. 'S NEEDLE (Scandix pecten veneris.) A weed very common to arable crops. It is also called Venus's Comb. SHEPHEBD'S PURSE (Capsella bursa pastoris.) A weed found in all situations and extremely common. SHETLAND SHEEP. A singular variety, both in appear- ance and Iialjits, as the}' feed largely on sea-weed in the winter months, and run to the shore to obtain it on the first ebb of ihe tide, and will not even refuse to Shorthorns. the former serving to throw off wet while the latter protects from cold. In summer the under-coat gets detached from the sliin and is gradually wasted, unless pulled off by human hands, M'hich is what is actually done; for, instead of shearing these animals, Uie wool is plucked from their bodies. SHODDY. The sweepings of cloth factories, used often for manure. It contains about 5 per cent, of nitrogen, and fron:* 26 to 30 per cent, of oil. SHORTHORNS. One of the breeds of cattle held in highest repute, and more sought after perhaps than any other. The short- horns derive their descent from the Teeswater family, and the brothers Charles and Robert Colling laid the foundation of their now aristocratic pedi- grees. Their bull "Ilubbcck" calved in 1777, and, bought out of a bye-lane fo
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