The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-03-18
sheep Hssbandry.
MEcHANlcsvIlLE, Iowa,
February 20, 1875. !

| Editors Eureka Thinking
might be Of interest to some Of you
numerous readers to discuss brief
questions pertaining to the farm an,
give practical results, is our excus,
for trespassing on your valuahl,
space with Z short article on sheer
husbandry, hoping that others maj
favor us with their views and expert
ence in the various branches of hus
bandry.
From the earliest times of whicl
we have record in history, the call
ing Of the shepherd has been . promi
nent and important one.
We do not advocate the keeping
Of large aocks Of sheep here at III,
present time 40 that can be don.
more pro6tably in other places, bu
We do believe that few good sheer
kept on every farm will pay better
for the outlay than any other stocI
that can be kept.
For large Aocks there is no doub,
that the fue- wooled sheep do tn.
best, but for our use | am perfectl,
satisfied that the long woods are
preferable. We not only get more
wool but it is better for common
wear, and when we come to the
carcass there is no comparison. The
mutton is of much better quality and
from three TO four times greater in
quantity. We find no trouble in
making a high-grade Cotswold
we,her weigh, at two years old
from 200 to $50 lbs. which, at the
prices usually paid at this season oI
the year, would bring from $40 tc
SIS each; and one clip Of wool
from IL to Is fbs.-will go far to.
wards paying keep. The mutton Of
the Cotswolds is now acknowledged
in England-where mutton is very
much used-to be about equal to that
of the Southdown and very much
superior to that Of the
smaller ine- wooled breeds; and
the Cotswold being SO much larger
and producing so much more wool,
must he more profitable than those
breeds, not excepting the Southdown
Another item in favor of the large
breeds is their being less likely to be
destroyed by the ''cussed c,rs" and
other '.varmints," their wool being
SO long and they SO heavy and strong
il is hard for even \ wolf to hold
them. have lost but one in that
way and that a small lamb, in nearly
FIVE years. Another great considera.
ton in the raising Of sheep is the
small amount of grain they require
and the great help they are in clip
ping noxious weeds and renewing
and enriching our worn lands. We
are confident that more mutton fol
our tables, at least in the heat OF
summer, would be much more con-
ducive to health than the eating OF
so much pork. We will now give
the results Of our last years expert
ence in sheep-raising.
Commenced the year 1874 with l!
head-two bucks Zone fuil-blood ant
one high grade Cotswold), one full
blood Leicester and l6 high grade
Cotswold ewes.
Raised 20 lamts; sold for .........,..... $92. u
1872 bs. wool. being a fraction over 10
ms. average to the head, sold at the
lowest market for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81 4
Received in cash for premium at Me-
chanicsville and Upton Fairs ......... M. q
Received for hire OF bucks ................ Is O
Making receipts average over SIC
per head, and flock increased to &c
in number January lst, 1875. Oul
motto is, Small flocks, more Of them
and fewer "dorgs."
WM. NJ. RUGGLEs.
Cor. .1namosa Eureka.