The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-12
SHEEP H~USBANDRY.
Some Reasons Why til" Keeping Of sheep
is so Often iuprJtitahlr.

is so tfteh nnrJtltahl".
Just now when wool j. bringing low
prices the remark is frequently maIn
that excepting sheep don't pas" |, is
believed, however, that sheep property
managed will pay as we'll As any yarlrr,
Of live stock of amy branch IF farming.
We may, therefore. properly cnu~ Irr
the question, how can they be mae, to
pay and why they do not pay row.
One reason why >htrp do not ilr i
that they are not kept we'll ruutgh
There is greater tendency to over
stock with sheep than with any other
stock, and in consequence thrN iu nui
have enough or the right X nd # feed.
Our common Mcriuo.. witch III,
greatly the majority in nuu'trs. myrrl
pasture on dry soil. They d. not like
rank heritage OF wet soils. The latter
are absolutely unhealthy for them. Hud
while they may run on them in Vie
early part of the season. Thea >h'u.I
not be confined to ttrmt0rn. and later
in the fall should be- absolutely ,x-
cludcd from them. Some Of the Brit
iSh breeds will endure wet soils better
than the Mrrino. Second, although
McrinO sheep will run in largr ilorA>
and do well they will do murn better
in smaller hoch>, and unless the nork>
are small and the rang abundant they
will do better for frequent rhauyr Of
pasture. We think ii field div deed and
the sheep turned in each half alter
nately for ont or two weeks, never al
lowing the grass to get very rank. will
keep more sheep and keep them better
than if they were kept in the one large
field the whole time As they frequently
are, and yet with frequent change ard
close attention the land can he well
stocked with sheep and have them do
well.
Another great point is better sheep.
At this time, instead of selling Otf the
whole flock for | tile or nothing aHd
going out of the business in Il >Gu>l,
select a portion Of the best Of the mock
and dispose of the rest. 1t may ru>>,-
bly, be found that those kept will pay
as much profit as Il the whole flock
and pay well for Keeping. On many
cheap lands sheep can not he expected
to do their best, but n such eases they
are generally the most profitable stock
that can be kept.
In England, on their high-priced
.andS, sheep have been considered as
profitable as any class of live stock;
md why should they not be? 1t has
'ecn demonstrated that 4 good class
If mutton sheep will grow as much
neat on the same food as will cattle. .
md although snutton does not rule
ute as high in price as beef, the wool,
ven at present low prices, will more
hrn make the difference in favor of
he sheep. This refers to mutton
'rccds grown exclusively for meat.
hey can be turned of at an early age
nd are suited to small farms of rich
oil and good care. In such places we
ellv them profitable. But they need
little better feeding and more care
han many farmers are accustomed to
to sheep. Of the great mass OF
hecp on Michigan farms that are of
lerino blood and are kept for wool
in the end mutton, they should be
with reference to size and feeding
lality as well as wool, and turned of
be replaced by younger sheepa as soon
they begin to decl ne or very O q .
ter they reach their best. There is
profit in keeping an old eve that .
Is lost her teeth. unless she be a we'll 4
Ell one ] n a stud flock. But they can
found everywhere and are a source '
loss in the flock. What the tlockS f.
ed is not cNtcrminaton. but better \
eedlng, more care to growth and L
alth aud adaptation of breeds to *
cation and use. In such WAYS Gus -
eer be made to pay.-DetroN Post n