The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-12-16
Stock.

Stock
1t is much better to keep stations
where they can have free access to
open space, so they can take exercise
at will. Keeping them confined and
rubbing them frequently with brush
Oh cloth makes them irritable, and is
the prime cause of SO many of them
becoming dangerous.
Stockmen who are loudly proclaim
ing that there is no longer any money
to be made raising stock should sell
out, quit the business and give place
to men who will say the business,
properly followed, is as profitable as
1t ever was, and who will make their
words come true.
Under some conditions some kinds
of stock have advantages over others
which make it desirable to keep
them in preference to any other kind
of stock, not always to the extent of
making q speciality of them, but TO
keep them when under certain other
conditions it would not seem so
desirable. There is no class of stock
that will equal sheep for keeping th9
weeds and sprouts down in pasture.
They eat so much that other stock re
fuse that they are well worth keep
ing on many farms especially for
this purpose. They can on this ac-
count be kept on land that it would
be difficult for other classes of stock
to live aud thrive on. 1t requires but
a small amount of capital to get a
start with them, and ill opening up a
new farm will help materially to
commence the income, consuming
much that would otherwise go to
waste, both in the pasture and in the
stables. Just the Lumber OF rhetp
that can De kept properly can best be
determined by the size and nature of
the fam. A smaller numEeT, given
good care, will give larger profit Ill
proportion to their size than larger
number allowed largely to look out
fOl themselves, but on the average
Western farm it is only in eXceep-
tional cases that a small flock of
sheep can not be kept to advantage,
both as regards profit and the keep
ing up of the farm. While in the
pastuI es they distribute their manure
more evenly than with any other
class OF stock, while the manure they
make in the stable stands next to that
OF poultry for richness.
HOg-dressed Veals are again to be
seen. This is popular way OF
marketing calves during the winter.
They are thoroughly bled, drawn,
heads and feet removed and shipped
in their skins. All the commission
merchants, nearly, handle them.
If you have 500 to buy sheep, buy a
few good ones, rather than lot Ot
cuIls; do not let the butcher Gull your
flock do not keep your granary full
of grain and not feed it; keep your
sheep out OF cold storms do not ex-
pect heavy heeceS aud good lambs
from ewes wintered on straw. Pay q
good price for good ram, rather
than have a poor one as present.
The farmer Who takes good care OF
his sheep i generally satisfied with
the breed he mas, and the man who
starves his sheep and provides no
sheIter for them is always looking for
sOIue UeJJer breed.
Oil meal, corn meal and ground or
cut oats can aIWays be used 10 an au-
vantage with bran, especially with
the miIch COWS. The amount that
can be fed must be determined by the
conditions under which they are fed
aud what is given them in addition.
Too much bran is rather detrlment
than a benefit, especially when cream
is an Item rather than milk alone.
We have always found it a good plan
to feed the milch cows literally. In
order to do this it is nearly always
necessary to make more or less ar
rai gements ahead, both the quality
and the quantity OF the feed supplied
Horses of too light weight for
tFuckt, and not stylish enough for
carriage horses, are slow OF sale al
low prices, and the substitution Ol
cables and electricity as motive pow
er for street ears still further reduce
the market for this class OF stock.
A subscriber says he has never
found a remedy for heaves equal to d
compound OF egg, honey and vinegi II
He beats three eggs into one quart o!
pure fruit vinegar, and after about
three days, or when the mixture is
well together, he adds one pound OF
strained honey. In tablespoonful
doses it can be given with feed twice
day, or placed Oh the tongue of the
horse.