New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-30
AmONG THK LAMBS.
Necessity for Understanding ose's Busisess'-
Large Less Of Lambs-Extensive shesv
Farms-Lamb. and Their Methsrs-Lsnabs
sn q sterm-Rnrspean shepherds wanted
Wseien R.cteries-Pree Trade aad Prstee-
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f>0u Our special CoussoondenL
DosaoL. Union Co.. IN
The difference between knowing how and not knowing
how isyey great To succeed must learn his business
The reason why farmers with many losses b.
cause they as bosses when they are fit only TO -
apprentices Even when they get well-informed, they
must consider every variation in the seasons in the SOIL
and the effects of these crops and stock
went to large sheep farm where the master hss
been engaged in the business from his YOUTH he has every
thing convenient and should be- If any one is postee
i. is he Dunng the Winter and Spring he has lost -
out OF COO last years lambs and he told the scssss
why LAST very wet, the grass sbundaes
but il was watery and had little heart In December tAeg
began TO die He said if he had commenced feeding then
corn in september and October he would have saved he
went 10 another sheep farm equally large, where there
were about the same number Of lambs and which wsss
saved The fed corn early in the fall which e.
ways does He his lambs TO learn to eat com Do
sors Winter sets in know Of no other Western sheoD
man who places so much dependence corn. His rusn
10 feed all of his sheep while there yet grass and "
give them all they will eat during the Winter lie mas
also plenty of good timothy and for the ewes oats IN 'ss
bundle The always is fed IN the stalk, whco oos
and put into stocks made from fourteen hills wthosA
tvinq While has losses light his average Of wool v
very high and has increased for several years. He S
is well posted Perhaps no is careful And yet
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were blown of shed under which the wind swept ana
where there were no doors they wed across ~
acre prairie field smashed Of the lot and In
the morning only few hundred were alive.
Recently for week or So had been In Missouri VISIT
ing several towns the names Of which every ons ma
heard left by the St. Louis and Chicago Railroad, s,s
was surprised to see large the names Of which haA
scarcely heard and their suburbs were larger than Ao
whole Of the Missouri There is no doubt but ton
route is through the richest country in the woria.
parallel with the Illinois River IL nnltes Two o, me
main cities OF the West the farms are beautiful sha 80
improved; the towns rapidly are growing ahu ~ al OF
them they building preparing to build WOODEN nc
tories Every farmer is anxious to quit the growing w
grain he wants 10 raise stock and fruit and 10 have boms
market The number Of fruit trees SET out tno oplhs
through the West must exceed lUO,O0O, and YET tsT
! have only commenced to plant.
the state Agricultural Society, A. b. Mcdonnell IN"
lambs coming at the rate OF ~ or ~ esey -
All had 10 busy Mr. Mcconnell and his boys are tnef
own shephers they hire nobody who viii be a. fath
full az themselves. They have comfortable sheds sns
biz divided and, beside sheds and shelters for smsh
! aocks These arrangements for tho ewes only.
Sometimes the whole is called the lamb factory.
Among so many mothers aud onsPnngs Insfs ss's
some which did not make any connaton IL required
quick eve TO tell the mother for the lamb soon must es
fed or he dies the mother new at the business sns
NAV leave her lamb If she has good deal Of trouble
she IS willing TO quit even Under such circumstances
she will look around if she had OF saw LAMB
There nav be two equally innocent or ignorass
II would he fine thing one could ask question OF tnex
and get an Now, tell me, winch n your lama
All that be done is to catch her hold her between tns
knees and put the lambs mouth where thought 70 Dc
The shepherd will see first that there IL milk and that
car be got at ii she viii not own H. then II II put Win
her into pen small that she cannot turn around
NAV be that her own lamb is dead II So Il skinned
aud the skin put the she IL 10 own lhls - caneh
Jacket Mr.. Carlyle says the Scotch call II tuihsn
When she smells this Jacket she thinks everything gn
and after while she is turned out Some have 10 be kePs
In these pens or jas several days There IS anothes
trek the shepherds have, but no matter about H.
L. the rule 10 make every eve having lamp ass ns
The one which loses lamb has to take twin. eve -
not 10 raise both twins II il be avoided II ewes asd
lambs are left TO themselves many lambs viii die Ono
must be on hand 10 see that the Young fellow gets mhk
from quarter. hand should 20 out WIN lahern
late at night even In the middle OF the nht ana mes
AT tho break OF dgy Alanb is said to be half raised when
he gets his stomach filled In stormy weather theers
great times Imagine eight ten lambs brought into tbs
house at once wrapped IN coats vests pantaoons p-
coats shyerng with cold lying under and around sAe
stove beating. getting up ard trying 10 walk, ana Nd
more in the form OF sheep than carpenters sswhorso.
and have idea of the sheep business But unless
IL awful cold the place for lamb is with eve In
these large ocks i. II there was an undue pre-
portion Of ewes not willing do what expected Of them
To SEQ shepherd take lamb by the neck forelegs and
bring it which decidedly declines, looks Ike ds
regarding tender feelings. But he Is Getermined-itr~
necessary in his business that he not only should have
feelings but Judgment As far possible he must act the
part OF mother His skill lies in paying atsnt.onts
small things The life of the lamb depends on his Paenes
/ gentieness and perseverance.
While going around and watching the Proceedings
through the morning. reminded of the case OF nch
merchants wife who in the West great lady Hse
husband had gone 10 New York She had baby bus
She would not nurse H. because she had the novel Of
Carissa Harlowe hand, which 80 long that taxes
weeks read IT, The head clerk IN the store learn
ing how things Stood and made her take esre o.
/ it, Ancrward she liked it much any novel
record is kept Of every by means OF certain msks
sud If she does not DO wei she IL sent to the bucheT
But sometimes oil weaving her,amb in the Fall, the ms
terns fount swe and breaks, and hence she will get
bad name Good shepherds will look 10 such mattersI
| the remedy is 70 hathe and diminish.
Mr.. Mcconnell has & method OF marking ewes via
figures from | 9 IN red and black paint, yariocs
parts of each side of the BODY which indicate times To
come and the nature of the thing TO be- In this way
much loss and more guessing avoided He thinks
that goats kept with sheep do not breed but they marx
some OF the lambs. lie stated this reason for soma
black lambs should think this good reason Why the
goats should be separated from the sheep. With othee
Western sheepmen he is opposed To having shelter foe
sheep and ne calls himself an ant-shed man.
Mr. Boardman OF Logan Comfy IS fortunate IN having
a shepherd from scotland. whom he can depend. Has
name is John Fenon. He gets $500 year and board al
OF which money saved, and he Is likely TO become
flock master himself Good shepherds from Europe
fnd employment IN large hocks and they greatly
needed. We in every branch Of industry.
who really understand what they profess. Nj. Board
mans flock doing very well and he and all Others report
the season being uncommony favorable for lambs
Range for sheep Illinois east of the Mississippi.
has about come 10 an end and none is left except between
the two branches of the Illinois Central where theysrs
from % 10 20 miles apart Mr. Boardman having some
in grass independent OF range while On
the rest OF his land he raises corn, oats and some lev
other crops
Sheep men think the best feed is timothy mixed with
ons-eighth OF clover the last often being for tie
purpose of shading the young timothy in barren spots.
On close feeding few years both die out and blue grass
comes in which really is best feed; but ii is aot un
dersOod because il Il cut down much that II does uss
get time 10 form thick sod.
While the sheep men busy With their lambs, ana
deyotng all their energies safely TO get them out the
grass they anxious about the sale OF wool and the
profit of their focks. These important questions
They are paying particular attention to the scheme Of
the New gland manufacturers get cheap foreign wosl
and sell dear goods chiefly et the OF Western