The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-21
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
Topics OF Interest Relating to
Farm and Household
Management
Information for the PlOwman, Stock.
man, Ponlterer, Nurseryman,
and Housewife,
THE FARMER.

! he percentage OF farmers who kee,
| hooks OF sheep, as compared by th
| rafmeF hette9, is given IN the following.
Many OF the reports doubtless refer 10
| FARMERS who merely keep a few coarle
| sheep hs brush trimmers, or for an Of
easional carcass for mutton:
lllinois-l0l counties, l55 per cent Of
the farmers keep sheep. The percentage
ranges from | in n number of counties to
20 per cent. i'll Clark, Jefferson, and
Williamson Counties.
lndiana--ln forty one counties, 3D. per
cent. OF the farmers keep sheep. The per
cent. runs from u i'll Benton County to 80
per cent in Noble County.
Michigan-ln twenty-sN counties 81 per
cent. of the farmers keep sheep. ranging
from 10 per cent. in Benzie County. to 80
per cent IN Calhoun, Livingston, and Ing
ham Counties.
Wisconsin In thirty one counties u per
cent. OF the farmers keep sheep, ranging
from per cent in Lafayette County to 81
per cent. in kenosha, and 81 per cent in
Ozaukee County.
Ohio I'm forty seven counties 30 per
cent. of the farmers keep sheep, ranging
from per cent. in Hard County to over 80
Counties.
Missouri-In forty-nine Counties 224
per cent. OF the farmers keep sheep, rang
ing from l per cent. in some COUNTIES to 50
per cent. in Galloway and 90 per cent. in
Benton Counties.
kentucky--1n fifteen counties IS per
cent. OF the farmers keep sheep, nging
from 0 in Bracken County to 50 per cent
in Anderson County.
lowa-In seventy-two counties 6 per
cent. of the farmers keep sheep, ranging
from small per cents. III the majority of
counties to 80 per cent. in Davis County.
Minnesota-ln forty-three counties ~
per cent. OF the farmers keep sheep, rang
ing from per cent. in q number of coun-
ties to so per cent. in Scott County.
Nebraska-ln twenty hire counties )
per cent. of the farmers keep sheep, rang
ing from small per cents. III the majority OF
the counties to 10 per cent in Harlan
County.
Kansas-In fifty-five counties 81 per
cent. of the farmers keep sheep, ranging
from small per cents. in the majority of
counties TO 20 per cent. in Woodson
County.
Daketa-in twenty counties 80 of the
farmers keep sheep. The per cent. IN
Trail County is placed at 40, and in all the
others it is small.
Hoe 10 10 H.
A farmer with 100 acres, says the Reg
tsfet, of Des Moines, Iowa, can easily and
economically keep twenty cows and have
yearly twenty highs grade short horn
calves. For baby beef the heifers are
about as good as steer calves. TO make
good pile of money, and make it soon,
these calves should be so fed that at wear
old they will weigh from 500 to l,000
pounds each, and be worth at least $50
each, or $1,000. The following is good
way to do it: Wean the calves when they
are days old, but feed warm, fresh milk
for two weeks. Then feed half new milk.
with the same amount OF skim milk until
) weeks old. Then commence putting in
boiled oil-meal OF flaxseed, about n tea
spoonful a day. The OIL meal or tiaxseed
should be boiled in the morning and
cooled to feed Mt the evening meal, when it
IS, or should be, like jelly, and should be
thoroughly stirred up with the milk Once
day this amount for week, then the
faxseed or oil meal can be fed twice n day,
gradually but carefully increasing the
amount of oil meal, so that by the time
the calves are months old il will be safe
10 give them pint each per day. BY this
time they can begin to eat corn and oats
ground together into meal, giving at first a
handful per day, gradually increasing to a
pint. With the aid OF good, sweet clover
hay, as much as they will eat at all times,
they can be fed in this way until six
months old. If they are fall calves, which
they should be, with good pasture just
starting in the spring, the oil meal can be
dropped, feeding for the last Six months
on grass, and feed dry meal, supplying the
season OF short, dry pasture, with green
corn fodder. Thus at II months Just at
the time commencing with the next lot of
young calves, they will be ready for mar
ket at the highest prices. They will bring
$1,000 cash, while the milk from the twenty
cows should yield an equal income. This
would be what we would consider devoting
the farm to the diary and beef.