Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-03-07

4 instances BY hundreds. have been kee,4. :.
sheep for more than tweniy years None m
better the heat Of the battle than he who car,,.s
| the musket.
tits time we look this matter squarelv IN Il.
face. Ifby keeping sheep We draw more So vac
our soil than We can return, desoatiop viii "a
| only question of time. We should I,e W
possible effort TO save the droppings OF the ,bs. ~
| This can be done 10 some ex;e1i by fenclnv -
tons of ars.b!e land and yard them AT nigbt M
IL.
IL Is easier for me 10 point out the defec, ,h..
10 prescribe the remedy. Our farms should 10 :,
the present time In the prime Of life Bur n Iss
fact that many OF our fields and pastures ars
covered with June grass. This means old aes
Old age means that the journey of life Is Anon,
completed. | can point you 10 sheep farms N
Franz lin which have received an annual trbu,a
In the way ofbay and feed from the neighb.,rinS
farms vet these farms are white sith age. Iof
where Is the Spanish proyerb. thai "The hoo1o,
the sheep is gold ?
Mr.. Frank Butlerield, OF Fast Wilton Though,
N properly managed, sheep would NOT exbsns,
the SOIL but rather add 10 ". Sheep aressing
composted with muck makes the best dressiT
that can be produced on his farm. Il has greatly
increased the fertility OF his farm-trebled he
hay crop In ten years. Can raise % Lnshels ~
more wheat on condemned land with this dreS.
ing Formerly favored the old style Merino
grades ami thoroughbreds. Wintered last wear
loo sheep. one half OF them grades and the other
half thOroughbreds. Realized 800 from them
kept capital invested good, and improved on n
some. He gets more wool from the thorough
breds; but the bodies are not SO large As grade,
His flock averaged II lbs. OF wool per head nye
bucks sheared 100 lbs; thofoughbreds averaged
Is lbs. OF wool. Composts mannre and lets II
Law a wear, II possible uses one third heep dress,
ing 10 two thirds muck With II. aid be hss
raised considerable wheat i've years 10 sueoe,
sion, bat not on the same land.
Rufus Taylor OF Jay, favored muck and ma.
nure compost. Sbecp-dressing was throWn away
when used alone. or injured the soil but win
muck was a great benefit.
Mr. Hayes, who had raised sugar beets had
fed them 10 feeble sheep With Other iovd. securing
good results, the sheep raising good, healthy
lambs.
l.. b. BunnelI, OF Phillips. thought sheep were
better reaoyators Of land than were cattle.
MIR. Craig said his moving fields were beneaei
by letting his sheep run in them in the fall
n. II. Smith. OF North Pennington, said Il be
wanted to make money for the prime object be
would raise sheep, but for renoyaiing the farm
would keep cattle and sheep, bali and half
Mr.. Lane said the grass drew from the soil bu,
j.lOOths Of it, sustenance, while the 9j.lOOth,
came from the atmosphere. so sheep leave more
naturally than they take from the soil. Thought
IL difficult to thoroughly exhaust soil referred b.
tie fertile soils OF old countries. when partially
worn out with rotation OF crops, he SOuld renew
by seeding 10 clover tor tao YEAR and thus with
out adding anything the soil is renovated. he
would SOW plaster In the winter on the snow
liz ab,oTbs the ammonia In the snow. and retains
II for the plant food. Has tried IL repeatedly.
l.. +. Green had composted sheep manure, three
loads 10 seven of muck, harrosed into barley
and seeded To hcTdsgTass. Secured excellent crops
of the latter without any June grass. Would
put IL on no more land than though the sheep
dressing were 10 De put on alone. Thought IL
valuable dressing.
Mr.. Craig said last year was very poor year
for potatoes, but he had never secured better
Yields, on mucky land. with sheep dressing alone
The chairman thought this was carrying out the
combination theory Of Mr.. Green and other
muck and manure.
Mr. Leland had used muck for two wears past
found that when taken from hcmlOck swamp, i
was OF not much value but when Ohtainci from
near hard wood growths, IL was valuable. Tie
used it for mulching young apple trees, a. 80
absorbent in the hog yard. etc. When spread on
and third years showing marked increase ~
grass yield. Thought muck preferable TO fer,il.
iZers.
Elisha Coolidge, Of Jay. inquired for reason
for wool falling from sheep in winter. One mAn
had found lice the cause OF II, with his sheep
Washed sheep In tobacco, and killed the sheep
Another man, and more than one, had spunklei
insect powder (fiy powder) along the back OF his
lousy sheep. and IL had proved sffectual.
Mr.. Peasc Of Beans Corner, bad poor results
from feeding coarse Timothy. He was advised
10 cut IL earlier, and then feed the coarsef Ors %
his colts.