The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21

WHAT FIVE SHEEP WILL DO.-flVe
sheep will enrich an acre Of old worm
out moving land In three years, so that
IL will produce one and a half tons OF
hay per year, for several years, by a
light sprinkle Of seed each year, sOwn
In the early spring.
Five sheep will produce manure In
winter to the value Of ten dollars. by
giving them suitable bedding.
Five sheep will get their living
through the summer on one acre of
ground; the ~pasturing Of same would
be three dollars.
Five sheep will raise five lambs worth
fifteen dollars.
Five sheep will shear twenty-five
pounds Of wool, worth six dollars.
Now, let us see how the account
stands:
Ground improved by the sheep running on
IL TOT one year tlo
Value OF manure In winter ,............... 10
live 10
sheep getting their living on the land. ...,. 3
$40
The above being credited to the sheep,
let us see what ii costs TO keep five sheep
through the winter.
Five sheep Will eat one and and one-halftons
OF hay, which costs SIS
interest anu %
Care OF ~
SIS
Deducting this from the first mem
toned figures we have a profit OF SIG on
five sheep for one year.
NOW make It three years, and we have a
credit
Ana debt Ot,........... ,....s.........''' w
Leaving as the three years proht.."...... SIS
Now, If the above is correct, we have
a profit of $4S and a grass field that will
cut from one to two tons of hay for
several years, and without the usual
cost of ploughing and the application
of manure of some kind, which is no
small item. 1t may be found best, in
some instances, TO pillow and seed; that
''epends somewhat upon the condition
o. the sod-but ] am now speaking of
land with a firm sod, but bound out and
run out as we term 1t, and producing
out a small quantity of hay.
How TO FEED MILCH Cows.-Prob-
ably there is no better way 10 feed
milch cows, from December to May,
than that adopted by all good farmers
everywhere, which is to feed on hay,
with some cornstalks daily; and alse
roots such as beets, carrots, and a few
quarts of meal of some kind. If a cow
will not produce a good mess of milk
daily on such feed she should be fat
tened and sold to the butcher. A far.
mer says: "We use corn fodder almost
exclusively in place of hay, and | find
an acre of corn fodder, If it is cut up
at the ground so as to save all of It,
will carry a COW through the winter.
| can hire an acre of corn cut up,
husked, bound and hauled to the barn
or stack for four dollars" In regard
to fattening cows in milk, that one is
DESTROYS of selling for beef, the same
writer says: "Iet any n try feeding
a COW one hundred days, three quarts
of cornmeal, and nine quarts of ship
stuff, costing nine dollars for this time,
and | am much mistaken If he does not
find that his cow is worth one and a
half cents per pound more in the mar
ket, than when he began feeding her,
and this will more than pay for the hay
or fodder. In my practice with a few
COWS for many years past, l have fed
nearly double this amount, and MIXED
all winter, and then have fattened IN
the spring with four or six weeks
feeding" His cost of nine dollars is
based on shipstuff at thirteen dollars a
ton, bought Of millers in September,
when they have alarge supply on hand.
In regard to regular feeding, he adds:
81 think there is no domestic animal
that suffers so much from irregular
feeding as the cow, and the man who
feeds sometimes late, and who feeds one
day literally and the next day ~scantily
will neither have cows in good order,
nor yielding a profitable amount of