The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10
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state N nature
#iift farming 10 me- only system
DfrIfflg adapted Nv iha reclamation N
tNftf lands Hnd ihe system adopted
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pfpt iipn fGr ite complete saving and
dl.IdhHNDn N ibe dfuppings N ihe ami
mals AZ 'tDfk hn.bandfy is hiili ptn
orally carried on, only fhd smaller pro
portion " ibo feftlllng matter Is sayed
md applied
sheep ore p%ernliafly adapted 10 keep
ING up tbo fertility N lhe soil they are
fed on The dairy cow carries On In
per Mill q much larger proportion Of
hr inftliliBg matter NJ huf food than
hr shrrp IN growing mutton and wool
= II haa boon proved by careful expert.
tcnt that the sheep may return 10 the
lul ninety five per cent n the f%ertiliz-
w matter of IT, food This render
We sheep ono 81 the best agencies iol
Improving the soil,
II VIZ take nm Impoverished soil In
and for improvement, W. must OK
sect 10 add something TO II to improy,
q Something does not come from
,DlhinR II We simply feed u anima
Dpon what grows on the land. W. d,
ut add any thing 10 the soil, but We
1kc something from IT, How, then
'lnll we improve the soil by feeding
weep upon 1t without mourning larg
SpcnseP This Is the question to b.
nswcrcd, aud it is easily answered.
4 the sheep will return ninely-fve PEI
rent. Of the fcrtilizing matter Of is fooG
the soil, carrying or only five pei
mt, then II We feed sheep one ton OF
nsecd-meal, ninety-liye per cent, Of IL
Iirogcn, potash, and phosphoric acid
III be left IN the soil. This would be-
~ lbs. Of nitrogen, 32 lbs. OF potash,
md 10 lbs. of phospboric acid which
'tmated at the price Of commercial
'rtilizcrs, would be worth S26: but we
MI deduct u little over 20 per cent, |
nd call the fertiliziting matter Of the
Pm Of linsccd meal worth $50. This
Teal should be purchased at S25 per ton
al when properly fed to sheep il will pay
u 1t costs in growing mutton and
COL, and the manure will lie all profit.
ihe manure from n ton of decorticated
rtt0n-seed meal is worth S25: of wheat
an, Slf; OF oats, 80; of corn, SO: Of
he best clover hay, SO; of timothy.
1905 Of peas, Sl4. Wheat bran Is
cry rich. In phosphoric acid. which
enders II n Of the best foods TO grow
he bones Of the young animal. For
'edlng sheep in summer, linseed meal
nd bran, and, when not too dear, oats
re most excellent. They are what nav
O called cooling foods, and will pro.
uee the best result, and the manure
'om the first two Is most valuable.
or winter feeding, corn is an economi.
food. 1t will be seen that on worn.
ut lands liberal feeding of sheep would
Don render them fertile.
The system should be to let the sheen
on the grasses and weeds pro-
iced upon the land, and then conccn-
ate the feeding Of rich foods upon n
nall space, using these MANFRED pieces
raise fodder for the sheep in winter.
aeh year would fertilize n few acres III
Dear almost any crop. The surface
these pieces, fed most upon, shonld
, worked mellow, and the n
Ilxed with the soil, TO prevent waste of
battle elements. II this system of
'novation were conducted in the best
anner, the sheep should be confined
7 hurdles; the ro ling hurdles would be
ST. moving them along each day as
st us the ground is MANFRED, giving
esh earth to the sheep. and iop-dress.
z a definite amount Of soil each day.
would be best accomplished IL the
ecc of land to be fed over had a green
upon il, having feeding troughs NJ
g advancing hurdles in which should be
aeed the linsced-meal and bran. the
eep eating the green crop rs fast as
ey moved over It, and making up n
u ration from the troughs. We have
ed this plan. with great satisfaction.
fertilizing land which would already
ar a good crop Of clover, millet or rye.
Mutton sheep are better adapted to
Is system. rs It is one of the most ex.
ditious ways TO fatten sheep in sum.
nr, and involves about rs little labor
any other plan we have ever tried.
lis plan works well in %tattcning ewes
'er bearing early lambs. We believe
poorest farms In New England conld
very chcaply rc-fertilized on this
and made more valuable than
~ have ever been in the past; and the
itton and wool produced, is wantedi in
, nearest town. Such a system. car.
d out, would soon work a complete
IN farming and It's profits-
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