St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-07-05
COTSWOLD SHEEP AND LAMB
RAISING.

American Farmer.l
] have been breeding sheep now
for tel years, and have made them
pay me IN some cases one hundred
per cent. on the Investment. l
Prefer the Cotswold ram to cross
with the native ewes. | then get a
sheep of good size ana heavy fleece.
[ have had haii-blool Cotswoid
ewes rear ialnb and clip from
eight 10 twelve and rs high us thir-
teen pounds OF good, clean wool Il
mean uuwashed.) Some claim that
the SoutldoSn ram crossed with
our native ewes are more prohta-
bic, AS the lambs mature earlier and
iatten young. 10 sLcn i vii say
ported CotsM void rain. The lambs
We're dropped i'll january, 1878; l
sold them on the 2lst OF March,
and they brought twelve cents per
pound; one OF them was sixty days
old and weighed sixty five pounds.
Gross sales, 81 50; expenses. 59c.-
leaving u net balance of 81 Il for
the lamb. Can tue grade of even
pure Southdowns beat that? The
lambs We're sold i'll tile Washington
market. My Cotswold lambs are
fat enough ior the butcher from two
weeks old until grown.
The Cotswold sheep has another
advantage over the medium or fine
wool sheep, VIZ: difference in the
price vi the wool of from five to ten |
cents per pound. 'Combins wool is
In greater demand than the other
woods. But | have found but little
difference Ill the Baltimore and
Washington markets, hence | ship
my coniblnS WOOL. to Philadelphia.
Now. the SsutAdowns have this
advantage over the combing wool
breeds: They will live and thrive on
very thin, hiily lands, where the
large sheep would grow poor, aud,
where men allow their
sheep to ruu Wild. as it were, aud /
get only what they can pick up for
Oh poor, Worn out land. /
| do not think they Gould do better
tunn To get tie Soutndown, as the !
conblng wool slecp would not pay
under such treatment. But the /
sooner men lea.h to keep their
sheep dry, war.n iiit fat, the sooner
they VIII icaru now nuch they have |
lost by following the ruts of their |
forctathers IA ceLairy or two old. |
This IS IL word Of progress, gentle !
men; We must keep up with the
times. Ii You want urisnt, lustrous
wool, fat sheep and early, strong
lambs, keep your Aucks on good
pasturage during the spring, sum- /
lncr and autumn. and provide good, .
warm, roomy shelters for winter:
have them ftontlnS southeast, open F.
III front; put Your Steep i'll them
every meht ltitty Iii u flock daring /
the wln,er; keep them out Of I'LL /
cold lalns, even III summer; have !
plenty OF root aud c.over hay: give /
roots Ill the morning and corn or
oats III the evening; keep the rack !
filled with clover hay all the time;
Il gill oil corn or two of oats per
head, with roots and clover hay, !
will Keep them ut; and should YOU /
WISH TO push tte iaIni.s, give them /
more gram, and rs soon as the !
lambs s.re two weeks old commence
feeding on cracked com or oats.
Build II small pen under your shell
ter, leaving space at the bottom
to admit the lambs, but not the old
sheep. Keep some cracked corn
MAR them at all times; they Will
not eat much at u time, and you
Will be surprised to see how fast
they viii grow. Keep salt where
the sheep Can have free access TO 1t
At All tliues, an,i See that they have
good fresh waller at least once
day. 1t is not only profitable to
raise lambs, but there is good profit
il iatteniny sheep for winter and
early spr ny market. Suppose We
BUY in September fifty mead OF