Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-29
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lambs and matured s 81 as til
s sell for re, enough to pay y +, s Z
flock will consume e., ,n ,0f The q
CURED to take care Of t', !, TIE b tn
peatediy been demons,,s-.,.Il Ah
sylvania, where shssn rate. h
on 2 high-priced land. "a rave bee
l iiocks aim to have manv ne :. s'a
drop lambs early in ths .. oitasil
they will be ready to ALI ' 7
OF July, as up to thai ' y, selors
certain to bring q hirh ans u
~, lambs sell for more than e p''ss,
10, .;'' keeping their dams d dnvasa
1lre year. Not unfreou rar'as
,amo brings enough to uay a \.
keeping several sheep tb Pny as !. \
son. Spring lamb ran ,Dusa y
. auxur'es Of the table, and lus sm9a
mand high prices even NJ Aurs7
called IL, the necessities Of I ill., v 70
low 10 The earlier lambs a nc a. az
.ne market the higher is tb H. n asaa
can be realized for them, t h. pt'
can e',, ordinarily be Sold at sssa
till-quite late in the season :. s'0a
II a lamb is not sold It viii i.
TO = the owner Of the flock : s,, @
% the e cost Of keeping its n oa'l
eve that raises lamb ever vV rae
Jay for herkeeping as LONG :. , ~
tlnues to breed. II fatteneed I any sas
before she begins to exhibit "r ~.
'gc her carcass and relt will =, :
,nongh to pay the cost Of he, &C. :
turing the last year Of ber j., l.
own butchers do not want n. a
dispose OF to customers It cam Il, u
'o's aI u lalr price, Or be
'umed at home. Apparently fsx !,
lie in this country know tiat +. N
mutton is in all respects thu ~,
'orned beef, and that for some on,]
superior to it. For boiling r rg1
len vegetables it is better than u
beef, and it has a superior a,v !!
'heep's ham. properly cured and N
furnishes as fine food as a boiled !
ham, while it looks quite as wall /
table. Corned mutton is not \ !,
'f commerce in this country, but /
serves to become one. Put nm /,
barrels, it would command 200 i,
us soon as consumers were made !,
of its value.
To derive the most profit
wethers they should not be kent +,
beyond the period when thew
their full size. They should Be
SANITY kept in good growing
ton. The testimony of English,
OF the large breeds Of sheep is that
ton is more chiefly produced
either beef or pork. If killed
three years old their flesh has ca,
producer no more per pound than
or pork, and he has had two shea
Of wool to dispose Of He does not
to wait, as in the case of a steer 0,
till the animal is slaughtered Def,
lerives any benefit from it 4
have several fleeces in advance
money he receives for the flesh
animal. With the right breed Of
and proper feeding the wool will
clear gain, as the mutton whip,
cost of raising the animal. For S
to farm neighbors, or to peoI
small villages that do not 81
butchcr-shops, mutton is better
beef. or pork. Mutton will keep
than beef, and as nearly all pers
the country keep pigs there is lit
for either fresh or salt pork.
AS respects feed, sheep are k
less expense than any farm an
They can be turned out to pastur
lier in the spring and kept there
in the fall than can cattle and bre
horses. Sheep will eat greater
of food than any farm animals
pigs. In the pasture they wi
grasses that cattle and horses W
ject. and will also deyour many
of weeds and the leaves and
branches of bushes. They vii
every thing from a cornstalk TIL
any value as food. With a It'll
liminary training thy will eat all
of roots without putting the lar
the trouble of cutting them or re-
them to mass of pulp. As cons
of the straw of small grains the.
no equals. In England and Fra
well as in some parts OF tins ca
sheep eat hardly any hay IN
kept through the winter cnlt
straw and roots, to which are
some oil-cake. cotton-seed me'
grain. In preparing them for i
grass and turnips, instead OF MT ,
pensive kinds of food, are relied
laying on fl Ssh and fat :.
In respect to shelter, sheep ar
cheaply provided for than .' g
hogs. Buildings for protec'ln,
need not be high. In Scotland
the economy of sheep h ~ 4.
been most carefully studied D'
for protecting sheep are Glow low
insure greater warmth. sneeI I
we'll protected by their na'", :"
ing. will stand a very , 10" ,0 w.
temperature. fla building ip bs
ing sheep during the w'n'e, .O NJ
dry and tolerably high sso"aa
need no floor. 1t VIII requ' ,
roof and walls through WYNN s'a =
and rain can not flow ou au. '
be constructed OF stone. ~" :.
mon boards, For keeping W
tility of Il farm sheep are l,u' 10
than any animals ordinary I, AN INN
A sheep pasture ordinarily ,hs ', on'
productiveness and luz on y.
| - ,>,nluppS even tuu"c'