The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1892-02-19

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the annual wall regarding .sunowned'
lambs commences, and 7 wish to say to
any of your readers who may have
wrongminded sheep that disown their
offspring that there is a sure cure for it
and not patented.
The cure is to feed the eve plenty of
good hay and grain for at least two
months before she lambs.
Ii II eve has fat on her ribs and udders
full of milk shewill w her lambs nine.
ty-nine times out of a hundred, and this
remark will hold good ever with young
Merinos coming with lamb for the first
time.
Where many lambs come in the same
pen at the same time, young ewes fire.
quently get confused and lose their
lambs, but when Il system of marking
each lamb at birth and its mother with
the same mark is used, and a few stalls
are fitted up for hay, grain and water,
where the eve and lamb can be confined
apart from the others. this difficulty
will be overcome
When a eve disowns her lamb it is in
most every case because she has very
little milk. and nature teaches her to
look out for number one.
Many people do not realize when a
sheep is thin in the winter or spring,
simply because of the heavy covering of
wool that cover up sharp angles to
some degree, and think it doesn't need
much care and feed. but can get the prin-
cipal part of its living as a sort Of ali
around scavenger: but the fact is that
nj animal will so quickly and surely
repay the thoughtful owner in cash For
his careful attention and liberal allow
ance OF the best water, hay and grain,
and no animal will be a poorer invest
ment than a half starved sheep.
|, for one, never had any trouble in
lambing because my ewes were too fat.
once had the misfortune to fatten
for mutton fifty old Merino ewes that
had all taken the ram although I'M
known to me. raised forty-nine lambs,
and the ewes were about as fat as corn
and alfalfa hay could make them at the
time they dropped, and l kept them SO
until green grass came, the lambs grow
ing meantime full as fast as they would
have done upon grass.
Nature very seldom makes a mistake,
and a strong, healthy, fat eve will guard
her lamb as carefully as a mother will
her child. IF d man cant affor to feed
two sheep well, LET him keep but one
j. Fl. Rosenkrans in American Sheep
Breeder.
Some New YORK Stock.
At the Hornellsyille fair Mr.. Lyon
showed an ~8-year-old Jersey bull that
furnishes motive power for drawing
hay, helping the team up hill and TAX
ing either horses place in case of acct
dent. He has a horse collar fitted to
him and with iron names and chain tugs
drew 4,300 pounds on a pair Of trucks.
He weighs 1910 pounds. Some Cheshire
pigs shown by A. W. Crandall were ex-
ira. The old sow was a model for a
painter. She has given birth to sixty
pigs in four Filters and received five first
premiums. The Cheshire is in my opin-
ion the best hog for growth, disposition
and easy keeping that can be found
u. f q. in Rural New Yorker.
Why These Girls Study Agriculture.
Several girl students at Cornell are TAX
ing the course in agriculture, not exactly
with the purpose of starting cattle ranches
of their own, though the Cornell girl is
equal to it in skill and daring if she took
the fancy. But the method in their mad
ness is this: This course, despite its some.
what ominoIis name, includes modern Ian.
guages and sciences, and in order to make
it popular no tuition is demanded. Several
bright girls accordingly have registered il
this department, and are getting a good
education free of expense. One Cornell
girl has the distinguished honor of being
the only woman to study veterinary sur
gary.-New York Letter.