Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-04-13
Raising spring Limb, fer MnrL.,

In answer TO your correspondent f. p.
Dickinson, under the date of March $, |
will just say in regard to our moduS oper-
audi in raising early lambs % That the
ewes must be of good healthy stock, and of
good size, say 1875 pounds, well made and
two-thirds fat to start with after shearing
1t is not material about the particular breed
of the ewes, so they are good mutton stock
from three to seven years old, and dry
then turn in a full-blood, black faced ram,
that comes as near u Poland China hog as
you can get him. the LIST of July. You
will catch about % per cent of your ewes
in july 30 per cent in August, and the re
mainder in September
Now we provide for 200 ewes 30 tons of
hay, clover and timothy mixed, the more
clover the better, 400 bushels of corn, 400
bushels of oats, 400 bushels of bran. one
ton of oil meal, 80 bushels of rye, % bush
els of wheat, and all the little potatoes we
can raise. As soon as the pasture begins to
fail we commence feeding the ewes little
once day, say one-half hushel of corn,
oats and bran mixed, with a little salt /:
then gradually increase the amount to two
bushels "A day by the lst of December
when the lambs will commence to drop
Then turn the ewes and lambs in a depart
ment to themselves as the lambs drop.
Now increase their feed gradually until
you reach four bushels per day to 100 ewes
two bushels morning and evening, besides
good ration of cut potatoes at noon, with
"A little bran over them to absorb the Juice
The potato ration may be increased to what
ever quantity they will eat clean two or
three bushels of potatoes will keep the 100
ewes in fair shape. This, with proper ar
engagements for water and salt, and all the
water they will take, will keep the ewes all
right
Now have your eve and lamb depart
ment arranged with an apartment in which
to place your troughs for your lamb feed
Construct a screen for the lambs to pass
through by means of palings placed eight
inches apart and a stringer placed II inches
above the lower rail, making the holes Sx14
inches for the lambs TO pass through to their
feed. Keep feed in the troughs for them
from the time they drop. Fix guards on
the troughs seven inches high to prevent
the lambs getting their feet in the troughs
Give them mixture of one part oil meal
two parts corn meal, two parts bran and
one part oats. When the oldest lambs are
three or four weeks old add corn, wheat
and rye, and increase or diminish as they
seem to demand more or less of any one
thing Put partition in one or more of
the lamb troughs six inches from the end
to form a salt box, and keep it filled with
salt As the ewes and lambs are passed
through to the lamb department have some
paint and brush to number each pair CORE
spondingly. See that each lamb has sucked
before passing it through Should a lami
die or not be doing right, or should you
ship some lambs out of the flock, the eve OF
ewes can be selected by referring to the
number on the lamb
As soon as the lamb is taken from tn,
eve drop the feed to / J or two bushels pei
day to the hundred, and milk about one
half of the milk from the eve the third day
after shipping. Ship in crates by expires,
if 100 miles or over, putting two in each
crate. Make arrangements with "a respon
sible butcher and ship direct to him, or shiI
to a commission house.
Take pains to provide proper means t.
get an equal distribution of the feed to eacl
eve; otherwise in feeding heavily you will
stall your best feeders while the others will
not get enough Keep two or three pair
OF twins ON hand, so that you can use then
IN supplying vacancies in case you lose {
lamb. After you commence shipping coup
lie the extra twin lambs with the best suck
lers from which you have shipped lambs
and they will raise another. Keep them il
close pen until they own the lambs. VI
to the time of shipping either kill or Civ,
away all the twins except two or tire,
pairs that you reserve for supplies. w,
will on receipt of stamp mail to those VIII,
50 desire printed folder giving foot-ro
recipe, dimensions of hay racks, troughs
etc also some information on the potat,
business.-Cor. National Stoct,mdn.