Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-06-30
FARMER AND PLANTER
HoTHousE LANES.


- 'nc eastern states, New York. Penn.
ssylvania, Ohio and Michigan Consume.
'ion OF this product which was. INIT,
recently, confined principally TO RIOS.
.on' New York city and Philadelnb;o
mas reached out to many inland cities
ana towns. Every year there is an in.
cfcasing number of well-to-do people
VINO are bound to have all the luxuries
,he market affords, and AMONG them
nothcuse lambs are one of the n,.;nc;.
pal. Production of these SCARCELY l,ear
pace with the demand, Last season the
ca.i Tor these was persistent, and the
prices obtained as good as ever. There
m money in growing these lambs. for
'he rich will have them. There is NO
use infarmcrs catering so much for 400,
people Raise the best, put it before
rich people in the best condition and
get all you can.
ihese lambs are marketed Mt from
'hirty to forty days of age, and are
made to weigh about as MANY pounds
as they are days old, and are sold at
IRON twenty-five to fifty cents a pound.
according to seasonableness and con.
dition. They are considered dclicacv.
equal or superior to the broiler chickens
snipe or woodcock in their season and
certainly this is not large price Lamb
mas an advantage over these, because
they are constipating, and lamb is not.
PEOPLE are learning this fact, and con-
sequently their rapidly-increasinp use.
Lamb is a palliative to indigestion and
dyspepsia. As regards the time when
.hey bring the highest prices, it is after
monday poultry has been consumed.
and before broiler chickens come
IN season, say from January IL
TO April 10. A few lambs find
ready market about christmas time. y
ana the season for them this year ex-
tended to the first of May; but the great
puik OF them are disposed of between
the first two dates named. These lambs
are grown at less expense than in the
usual way, where they are kept until
SIX or eight months old. As to the
prohtableness of the business, | will
cite the representative case of a neiph-
Dor who has, for several years. annual
~ devoted 100 ewes to the purpose. His
annual sales of the lambs and wool of
the ewes average $1,000. The most of
the business is done in winter when
there is little else 10 do, and the sheen
increase the fertility of the soil con-
tinually.
Such lambs can be grown with equal
success in Kentucky, Tennessee, West
virginia, Virginia, and the billy sec
lions of North Carolina, South Caro-.
lima, Georgia and Alabama; and on
any high and dry land within one or
two days of New York or Philadelphia
by rail or by boat, as these are the best
markets for this stock. Lambs are
shipped "heg dressed, land at a sea-
son when refrigeration is unnecessary.
1T may be thought by some that express
charges would eat up the profits. To
this can only answer that expressage
Is but forty-five cents lamb, from
central Ohio to New York city. and
much of the territory named above is
not farther away from market. With
this long preliminary, am prepared
to tell the novice how these lambs are
grown, giving all necessary information
to date.
Large grade Merino ewes and Down
rams give an excellent mixture of blood
for this purpose, as the offspsring
of such possess the desired qualities of
size and carly maturity. The Merino
ewes give the richest milk. As
some markets prefer lambs with black
legs and faces, and these are not OBJ
jectional anywhere, it may be advisable
to use rams that will produce such.
Dorset horned ewes have been sup-
gested; but their long harms are an OBJ
lection in necessarily close winter
quarters. The use of Dorset rams,
however, may be advisable; but in this
case lambs with black faces and legs
would not be secured. Ewes from two
to fire or six years of age should be Sc
lected; those possessing good udders
and mammary glands and known to be
excellent mixers and mothers If they
are in the habit of producing twins, all
the better. They grow two lambs better
than a majority of ewes will one, and
this is great gain. The best time
to select ewes is at the spring shear
ing, for then they can be exam
ined and considered closely. Dry ewes,
or those whose lambs can be weaned
soon, are the ones to select, for they
should be served as soon as possible
after the middle of June.
The serving of the ewes in warm
weather is accomplished by giving them
the range of a shady, well-watered
pasture and feeding them a light grain
ration of corn once day for two weeks
before turning in the ram, and continu-
ing it until all are served The ram
also should be served in the same way
1t is advisable to paint the ram on the
brisllet once week. The paint marks
on the ewes show which have been
served land when the flock is yarded to
paint the ram, the served ewes should
be placed in separate field and
their grain ration cease. The ami
mails should have access to
salt constantly. While this process
involves some care, yet it is best to do
it. and then when the ewes are housed |
for winter it will be quite certain that
they are all in lamb. 1t is one of the |
greatest leaks in the business to house |
md feed ewes for producing and then
not have them come at all, or out of |
season; yet many proceed on the hit or
Mss plan and do well; but they would
10 better if this point was conducted on
better business principles As the pc
'iod of CESSATION in ewes is about five
months, and lambs bring most from
January Is to April Is, and as they arc
equired to be under eight weeks of age
or best prices, and many are sold at
our to six weeks, each can figure out
or himself at what date it is best to
nate the animals, bearing in mind at the
anne time that it will require several
vealss tn oet all the ewes served De-