Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
rARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

FArrENING SHEEP in WINTER.-Com-
paratively few farmers succeed In rat
tening sheep in winter. A neighoor
told me yesterday that last fall he
bought one hundred and fifty sheep, fed
them straw, hay, corn-stalks, and grain,
all winter, and sold them for forty-five
dollars more than he paid for them. Il
got lot of good manure,"h said, "and
that and the forty-five dollars is all L
have to show for the feed and labor.
1t does not pay"
If you can buy sheep in the fall Tor
three cents a pound, and sell them in
the spring for six cents pound, 1t VIII
pay. 1t will pay still better to buy
them for four cents, and sell them for
eight cents per pound. We can some
times do even better than this. One
thing is certain: it does not pay to try
to ia tten poor sheep in winter. If sheep
are not In good growing condition in the
fall, get rid of them.
If you are going to buy sheep to fat
ten, select the very best that can be
found. You do not want old sheep, and
You do not want lambs. If the sheep
are long-wool, or Southdown grades, Sc
lect those that are yearlings, or two
year-olds; ifmerino grades, then year
old wethers are best. Buy more than you
want, if need be. and select out the best
to keep over winter, and sell the poor
now for what you can get. Careful Sc
lection is the main point.
With good sheep, liberal and regular
feeding, dry comfortable quarters, fresh
water every day, and salt once week,
fattening sheep in winter is decidedly
profitable to the farmer and beneficial
to the farm. In other words, it will
provide both money and MANURE
american Agricultmist.
TAKE CARE OF Your Administrative
stock are to be our special watch and
care for the coming four months at
least. We Feed to winter them as eco
nomically as possible, yet have them all
the time gaining. No animal is profit
able at standStill. Stock wntered
on the warmest side Of corn-stack,
and coming out "spring-poor," are in
no condition to make good returns dur
ing the summer. At this season, look
especially to the comfortableness of
their quarters, that they may be easily
cleaned, warmed, and well-aired when
needed. Alterations that will facilitate
foddering, littering, and clearing out,
should be planned and carried out at
once. Tight board walls, or any others,
are much cheaper source of warmth
than much feeding, so far as neat cattle,
horses in use, pigs, and poultry are con-
cerned. Horses and sheep with COM
Portable shelter, out of the rain, and
well rooted, will bear any degree of
cold they are likely to be subject to, if
they have enough to eat, and the ques-
ton of economy depends on the price
of hay and corn, and of hemlock boards.
Food consumed merely to maintain ami
mai heat, deducting the value of the re-
sulting manure, is dead loss. Beeves,
sheep, and pigs gain very rapidly if well
fed this month. The bracing air sharp
ems appetites, and the variety of rich
-
time of the year. They should be
crowded, but not over-fcd.-American
Agricukurist.
How HORSE FEEDs.-Something
may be learned by observing how a
horse picks up his feed, either in graz
ing or when fed in the stable. One will
have very good idea of the sensitive
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