Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-08
srAerno IN THE SHEEP BUSINESS.
Good Advice for Those Going Into sheet
Raising in the Northwtst.

Good Advice for Those Going Into sheep
Baising IN thc Northwest.
Try 10 got from some place west near
the Rockies q car or two OF yuung owes,
graded Shrop or Mcrino, making sure
that tho skins arc clean, for scab is %
bad thing 10 Introduce on now ground.
Two aud thrcc.yoar-old owes are best,
aud IL you muli take any inferior ones
in tho lot, Gull gl fast IS you can, sell
the culls and not doing tho reverse, us is
sometime she case. Culling uud keep.
inc the best. selling tho rcst for what
they win bring, Is the strongest point of
sheep management here.
ono advantage possessed by western
sheep Is that thcy are very n0uud inside
aud DO not need so much care nt lamb
ing time rs biz, we'll bru.l sheep, and
mako good nurses aftcrward, They
raise ono good lamb worth, az u rule, nc
months old, what was paid for its
mother The fleece 40 Tipping time IS
worth from sixty cents 10 ono dollar.
but u 10 were not 80 lwfully dirty It
would bring moro. II You hear Of any
other sheep nearer home, sls'h as grade
Cotswolds, do not bo afraid 10 buy II
they arc an right. You AFRO safest with
q 2-yclf-old ram TO breed from, aud
whether your cwcF ARE small wcstorncrs
or big ones, such aa Hrc In small lots as
pets, your ram will leave good stock
either way. a iiocl; that keep two males
Is better than with only one.
II the sheep are bought in winter, caro-
should be taken that they are kept cool,
but mover In q draft. a shed facing
south, yard in front. swing doors -
foot from tho floor and biz cnough for u
sheep 10 go In aud ont at pleasure. tho
lower foot being cross board. aud In
this way the door will always swing
clear oil the bedding. Tloy will. II all
right lie ont Ia the yard nearly ak the
day and ON fine nights. Constant Eccss
10 water and n block OF rock san, with
all the iino hay aud sheaf oats they can
eat from racks will keep them In good
health. No snow eating on any ac-
count
They should so on their pasture Al
early Ia spring q. possible, 80 ~ 20 mEko
sure that they will nibblo out all tho
shoots Of spear grass, which only docs
harm when sheep arc turned ON II after
the seed Is formed. No shcop will cat a
bite Of long grass IL it can help il, and
one advantage OF loltng them out early
IS that they lccp tho grass short. II
fenced In, the lot should bo In two diyis-
ions. und the iocl; shifted cvory week or
fortnight. Thisi Is nm important point
that beginners never think Of. Foul
grass "a an abCmination 10 sheep, and
they will nibblo any other 10 the bare
earth before they will touch what they
have gone long upon. The grasses com
mon 10 fiat land are as n rule too coarse
and bushy for sheep, which arc tho
incest OF all feeders, and II tho grassoi
are allowed to get rough in spring, tho
sheep will hardly ever bite them.
II cattle were put in tho same inclo.
surc they would holpto keep tho grasses
in such u shape that tho sheep would eat
them, but II tho grass gets long aud
coarse tho game Is up for the season. A
field with access TO puro water Is great
thing always, and It Is folly to try with.
out Irro water In some form. With
constant vigilance and long talks with
born shcepmen new man may IN time
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