Observations in Husbandry (2)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1757 Excerpt: ...some earlier, others later: but besides, the ewes going but twenty weeks with lamb, they contrived they should not be with lamb, because they would be too forward with lamb before they could be fat. I then afked him, if he ever knew a ewe bring a lamb twice in the same year. He said, never; but an ewe that had warped her lamb very early might sometimes have anptherwithin the year, though very rarely. He fays, the graziers contrive their cows should be bulled at such a time, as that they might be fat for the market by the time they are half gone with calf, for then they tallow best, and their meat is a great deal the firmer for it. of fatting 1Oo-j;he farmers in the Isle of Wight reckon a cv/t that J J (c) warps. ! &n ewe that warps any time by or before the.middle of February, so that she may make early mutton, while it yields a good price, is as good as An ewe COUples. and lamb. . 104. It was the 25th of December (anno Weather 1707) when I had at autumn fatted twenty weathers, J11; which I designed to kill alter Christmafs: at this ter on haytime my shepherd came to me, and said, he could onlynot hold up the sheep in their sat, unless I could find them some grafs to go with their hay: he told me they would waste the best hay he could give them, . and eat but little of it.--.I ill now I thought one might have fatted sheep with hay alone, if it, vere very good: but on enquiring 1 have found, that such sheep as abovesaid, must have a little grafs with their hay.-;--Therefore, it you would have fat sheep to kill from Christmafs till spring, you ought to contrive to keep a reserve of grafs for that purpose, or to sow turnips in autumn for the seed of their leaves. . 1o5. Mr. Slade of Tilshade, and Mr. Bissy of of fatting Holt in Wilts, m.