The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-12
Ave10n kanb Notes,

Tho most profit IL made from tho
quickest sale Of any product. and espe-
cially Of such - must be fed expensive
ly. And there Is NO quicker product and
mono other that is SO profitable as tho
early lamb. One sells for as much in
Nay as two in November, and the farmer
not only gets the better price, but he
saves twice or even four LINES the feed
ing. Any large town oitGity furnishes
the market for them. and the early sale
makes it possible to fatten the ewes after
the lambs ore sold and market them out
Of tho way for another flock in the fall. !.
The kind Of lamb, however, is to be
thought of. The best of ell is cross of
Shropshire ram on tho native ewes
that Is, considering the profit, for the
pure lamb is to be preferred before tho
cross were it not that the pure ewes are
too costly to be made into mutton, 20
with, the common ones. And the dig
posal; Of the ewes and the less 6rst cbsf
mako the larger profit. The ewes should
re purchased early inSeptember, SO that
the lambs may not come later than
February, and if the flock is gathered in
August so much the better, for the
earlier they are in the market the more
they bring. In this business one has
three dividends and the first cost re-
turned within year-the lambs, the
fleece, the profit on the ewes and the first
cost returned. This is profitable bust
ness.-American Agriculturist.
The latest lambs are a cross Of Me.
rino and Southdown. They are not the
largest, but the plumpest and heaviest
for their size Of all early lambs, and the
black faces and legs Of the sire render
them dear to the heart of a butcher, who
will readily give more for such lambs
than for larger white faced ones. He
points to these black marks with pride
and calls the special attention of his Gus
toner to them as proofs of their South
down lineage, 1.-THE finest mutton sheepin
the world" as he tells his exacting pur-
chaser. The Merino, however, has some
thing to do with the fairness and tender
ness of these lambs, and its early fleece
gives the appearance of fullness and
roundness to the plump little carcass.
The Dorset must have the most skill
full attention, and the shepherd who
thinks sheep are able to take care of
themselves through winter as we'll as
summer will be very much disappointed
if he tries the Dorset to experiment with
in this direction. The Christmas lamb
is like the Christmas strawberry, hot
house creation, and those breeders who
do not understand this method Of fore
ing lambs will do well to get lambs later
and at less cost and yet make quite as
much profit out of them. It is quite pos
sible to average IS to $40 for lamb in
March and April, or even in May, and
this with the Merino-Southdown cross.
When a lamb is 2 weeks old, it may
be taught to eat a little dry food by
means of the hand. A mixture Of clean,
heavy oats, corn and linseed in equal
parts, finely ground together and slightly
sailed and sweetened with sugar, will be
taken eagerly and will help the growth
very much. At the same time it is adj
visable to nourish the lambs through the
ewes, by liberal feeding of grain, of
which mixture Of rye and buckwheat
cOarSely CuOppeu tOSetueI VIII w AOuuu
better than corn, and if anything else is
added it should be bran. This will in
crease the milk in quantity and quality
and so help the lambs. BY and by the
lambs will take their meal themselves if
the proper facilities are afforded by means
of a small pen with creeps attached to
it and set in the fence.
The creeps consist of openings in the
fence just large enough for the lambs to
creep through, and to prevent tearing of
the wool the sides of the openings are
guarded by rollers fitted into a sliding
bar placed in the fence. by which the
rollers may be drawn nearer to each 9th.
er or widened, as may be necessary to fit
the lambs. The food is placed in these
pens, and the lambs soon learn to creep
through to get the meal. These hints
are especially useful for the feeding of
market lambs, which need to be forced
% much a. possible to make . rapid
growth and lay on fst.-Henry Stewart.