Page:Willich, A. F. M. - The Domestic Encyclopædia (Vol. 4, 1802).djvu/78

58&#93; stt sMe aiid fed'" in- pf>!»t^rcs7 H'-btcotnes timid, and reports • in the iiikj of ddHg^f/ to the shejJlierA and' his dog, for proteAion. ' -Ewes generally breed at the age of- 18 months ; though the 'tnoft ej^rieneed breeders nwer suffcir tbttti to increase th^ir species, till thfty &r^ at' ledst t^^ 'years old ; anlli -^as'these iantmalsi^re of con- sidft^blcA'alue, great' attention > is be$iowcicf ori thHr Management at tiife"»eriod. ' " ; The fi«t objcft therefore is, whether the-breeder has sufficient grass to maintain the ewes and their lambs in tlje spring; or,' •whether he has a stock of turnips adeqtiale to thtk' support, till the pasture aifords them food. The next consideration is the thoice of cvfes, in which case the same cha- raftcristic marks shoi'.ld be ob- served, as have already been slated wrider the article Ram: — -another circamstance of great importance, i^ -that of attending to Uie Irced"; because no certain degree of ^- cdlency can be attained in any species of catde, "unless the fe- male possess an equal degree of ^/Aorf'^ilh'th'e ma^e. Ewes briiig forth one, two, and sometimes three lambs, after a ges- tation of twenty weeks' ; so that the most -advantageous period may, in- general, be easily ascertained. The best time of yeaning' is the monthof April • unless the owner have very forward- turnipsr Or grassj or llic animr>]s bc^e/f/-5ftpfy).-^Af-' t^if^ the Irmbs are' dropped, thc^ must-be 'ttianaged in the rnahr.er alr^idy'htated in vol', iii. pp.^(>'€0. ■ — Jt", howen'ei'i -thehialhr are de- signed for wethtrs, the^ rirtesfsarj-" operation sl;ohld " be peifofmed carfy, exc^t'wiietj'i^i^'ire un- ustialV .^f^t:V ifr WhJcll^cas^'TF-" wrll ■ 'ctb defer it, tiil ihoy aoqt:;: ....lent strength: on weaning the laiiibs, .their daiu^ mSybe'^-!'^' '■■"' "/•'■'"-'♦i<'—- ♦"-, in-order' t The muj. jji fff^sfaeep_, ifi'tc '^Hy, or at' I'le .-annesr, ::v,i MM.sumtT'/cr : th oifeh some 1^ ;■( e d- tii-nailiai: tidcce mn creased per.ipiralior Aff early pIifnTiVi';^', ' ■ ferable ; f thus not bii^ _ but the' animals ar 'from the attacks of th by delaying the '( tlity beccJiiife'a tnbre easy ^. ,^ -•J^j^.P, maggot 5 in'conseque'n'Ce'"6f sf^^i"^ they pifle^-iwaV; and Jos'^'^all 'th^S , flc'sh; ' Biit. pi-Evioos'f^'"to sheaiv!^ ing, the si)'eep*8ugh(^& Wyi'M'$'^'} and kept for a few days iii'a clean* ,^ rirk-j/(irtl,or iu a^dry pasiiire;; ' *■ whence they should fee taken' out separately: after the)* are shorr, it has bee'n recbmmencJLd' to vash them 'with sea- water j' orj' here this cannot 'he piocui'ed, wi'ith a. brine made' of com in o; "^sajf 'and soft afer'; as such pradice Ts c^al- cular v( ftt ihc Viifiuus dis- eases, _t to thcbc Useful creatures, ' "Failhcr.Mt Ji Ustf.^T ^rV fi iSrt; 'iTieep ' when divfsted of ll. • :!i "some colohrii'ignir.'.;. ., t o •diNtinguish'thosi^ btl'dn^ili^ to . r- • ferent prcpjittbrs. '! '"^ '■ ' 'krfowti under the r or rudelle,' i grnfianj, (uij-iiM'tl for thi,s "purpose. ■ Dr. L^<' i s, with the"|sarhc intnjtioii, dirMs' finely levjgtiiCj'irliarfcoal (or ):reref;;b};'