Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-12-22

NfNN" NV I"fNNN WV NftAN ~ h''H
next years lamh prviuctsr'
"ics, under c-rtsin circumstances
that will H. promulgated Later through
the pres, anl by circular. direct to the
farmer"
coon rmcvs.
"lIov does the price ~ lamb. coin.
pare thI. year with l,Ir' "By NIX
Ing .o large puprha.- aud getting COO
troll ~ the bulk ~ Maine lsmh., ". vii
be- able a. pay higher thi. ,cir than la.t.
". think our personal Efforts have sold
the lambs Ia Maine for at least fliiy
cent. pr hrsd more than last ye'f'
ptlcs."
"IIow al.out the profit. on such high
cost gooi.Y' "Well. ". xill admit that
th. dfoyrr. anil broker. have net saved
much sugar, II being c.ilm tir'i that they
have Sustained = lo.. of s6,on east of
lortltnd. bat ac gather some crunh. ~
comfort In knowing Ne have rut smile
on ti1usinl. 81 farmers 'accs ani have
awakened d,-p snd lasting lnirrc.t Ia
sh.cp growing Ia Ntine, out of sh!ch
Ne rNIs,t to coin money la the future.
Anticlp ,iion !. jusi as gooi, 80 rcalita-
ton as long as on,'. credit !. gooi you
know"
"wh,t ai.out the iioulton .laughiery
csiahli.hm.utf
"Thst I. osuci by the Nes kngland
Drrs..I Meat 4 Wool 60. 10 BOSTON,
Who oIrfii- ". hi. s.tsou about si,-
urD lambs, u.utlly double that numb.f,
ssr. kill.,i. anil over ln0n heiii I"r
wcrk of .hcrp anl lambs, or some ''o''
90 p-r l-,r."
II. II Understood that thi. company
control. the lIasion market as fr as
mutton snd l.mb GOV "N~., ptrti,lly
u islng very c,.y for them to rats" uf
lower lhc M ,rkri two cent. pcr pouni.
r,Hii L,Nn-.
"IIoV slrout earl, lambs. you have AL.
h.c,l Mslu- farmers io ril.cF' ''ih"."
ptolucli"n. pay veil. but az. very dlfli-
cult io ohi,ln unlr.. finmfr. have every
facility ani sap,hilliy. The effort sill
not - rrosur,l sith .ucc~.., ~ Ne
knos Maine fsrmrt. Nho have ablllt,
enough e. actu,lly r'i.. ,ni cell
zach year ihr.e ten dollar 'rXoiirs.'
Hut. to b. .urr, th- .h"ep mus, oyNupy
the '.pirr b-lr'nm' ani eat al the table
Nth the family"
"wbcrv do the EARLY lambs come from
that supply the lIr.tnn m,r1't In Nav
aud Junsf' "rhey come from kcn,uvky
aud other southern sections, Nh'rc
lamb. naturally ar- lropI'~i two mouth.
earlier than Ia Maine"
"why .hanli ltmb. b. 80 much loser
In August. september aud October, than
other season. 81 the weary "lou have
a.kci pertinent and Important ques-
tlou which I will try and an.srr. Ia
the .tst. of Maine abi ia. all ,ccnt
rro,lncc.. the farmer. prictiCr q culpa-
bic plec- ~ negligence Ia letting the
IN lie part of the Lamb. run Ia buck.
which, by law, have Ia bc TAKEN az on
or bcfor, >~p,smber lsi, each year.
These buck lamb. have io - ihrosn
uIon the mirk., in such numbers q. Ia
annually brrsk prlcr. Which are hard io
rallv."
"you think " M. whole product ~
lamr. in Maine anI ~. Province. serr
wrih-f. ani .a's price. could bc SUE
t,ln-,ly' Mo.t certainly ] do. Every
lsmb .o ch,ngr'l !. worth Que dollar
mor-, and the co.t aud rick I. nothing
NpN tb NA>Atts
"Now II you slll give me q brief
m.,hoi - hoN you think fsrm~r. .hould
msnsg.a q fock ~ .h--p to make th.m
prohtshle. I Will be obliged"
"Wsll, frat. no man sh"uld attempt
io k-cp mprr sheep than be h'. capacity
for fr-,iing winter aDi summer. lie
.huuli select large, strong .lS--p, non"
o,cr i've years oil; al sheep Older than
thl. sg- .hould not bc sllosel Ia bred
but run over barrvn aud ct lat. The
rock should d. kept az by selecting
each ,e.rs f-s ~ th. bc.t eve lambs.
Thc.. sheep .hould alvay. have
dry. airy plsc-; chamber or second
story, With q uln az, !. preferable To
barn cellar. They .houli - fci on
early cut hiy, clover !. best, and have
onc quart of turnlp. each day during the
Winter.
In .umm.ring sheep should never be-
.hut away from cattle a. the sheep sill
eat grss.-. sni w--i. not sought after
nv th. cattle. Each pasture sbouli con-
tain burnt spots to keep the sheep
healthy which can bc accomplished by
cutting the always .ncroachlng bu.h"-
aud burnlng od spot aud seeding to
clover.
In the autumn small fock of sheep
will 10 the fields very llitl", some good
farmer. say no damage. but " turned
inio second crop ,h. lamb. will be- lat
and heavy snd their mother. Will come
to the barn In gooi heart Ia winter we'll
". can assure the farmers "f Maine
from the observation of thirty YEAR,, Ne
never knew q flock 10 sheep Ia con.ume
hay that DID not net to its owner more
than ten dollar. per ton anil by actual
figure. on NV own farm, ha,. sold hay
Ia good fiock ~ sheep at thirty dollars
per ton.-lewi.tonJ Journal.