Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-27

10 Prepare spring Lambs Tor NInrEtt
Nelf Winter.

Tho sheep / marketed were -lfou.
shilc, nearly Hll fuIi blHuiutl. but n0t
many registered lhny v.guall ui my
own hr.rl.al anil lrdd'uE Urt up 10
feed 900 tHu Hiu az December Ht ne
aic,p wHig. then Igr pounds avnr-
age, hl U which HUHs yHlriiug W.thUu
and % n'd r. and lO Young oU,. 1
n''HunI iNn odd owe, g account u, Hrc,
sUm" hmn. 20 tr.r e.d L,Il them
thus luHgt.r t.o.. .uai individual uunl.
itiOg u. swell nH or good breeding Tho
young owes / rui.cd cut 10 hottcr my
breeding l.a.. Co.. 7 hid not ligo tho
fhuHa % some aul the wool ~ others I
mover weighed each lot separately All
the owes Wi.Ud lamb, llst year uud suuir
two lamb hDnun hoy were thin iu hcah
whom I commenced Goo feed them. ON
Feb % weighed Thorn again uad they
averaged l'H pounds. gln uT Is
pound, iu 80 dny.. On March 49,. tho
,lAy ! shipped, ! weighed them. and
tiuy averaged JOS pound. % gain ~ 30
pounds moro boo so dlys. and when sold
iu Chicago the following day the 81
wr'hors weighed llgaU pounds. an
| average ut ~ l.1 pounds. and were
sold tp Armour for cents. thr highest
price paid since April last The 80 owes
alspflld To Armour Tor a. 5onnd weigh
ed 400, nn average ~ o li,tlc over ljg
pounds, and they also brought the top
price Of the day except my wothcrs.
ON Dec 90. when | commenced Co
feed them, | took them from blue grass
pasture sorting thOm from my fluck II
ESQ. Tho pnstutu had been rather short.
put them ina dry lot 90 By 20 feet, "a.
elusive Of shed ~, by - feet built
against hay barn filled with clover
hay aud racks along tho side Of barn ia
shed to feed has iu To Hhecp first fcl
Thorn all tho clover hay thcy would eat
and then gave them two hp.kcts " cut
car corn. The next morning 1 gave
them one hIflct ~ corn aud ono ut
night, with hushrl ui wheat. and every
day increased tho corn little tin they
had six baskets uf corn and one bushol
II wheat per day, with all the good clio.
Yer hny and water they wanted
Then / stopped Increasing the corn for
q few days so ~ 10 hu sure not 10 over.
feed them, ~ | thought tho ration was
near enough Then gradually began
10 drop cut the wheat md replace IL
with corn, and about the end NJ tho
third week / quit wheat and fed all
corn, seven baskets per day, yet kept un
increasing Il slowly. but SOON found
that seven baskets was their limit
Sheep, ~ other stock, feed better 70
cl"an up their feed than to have 10 he
by them from meal 60 meal, and there
would also bc moro waste 1T feed
Being anxious tu have them cat moro
and iattrn faster I Thought / would try
uu experiment by changing from three
| baskets IN the morning aud fuut No night
TO three basket. morning aud night and
two ut noon. making it eight per day
] I found they ate 10 mp clean from meal
/ 90 meal and wyrc ready for tho next
This was tho first timo ever tried food
ing thr,n time day, aud mover hud
better results, md Wa, mach surprised
90 REQ my old eve, lay n fat that I
thought would hardly uucn 40 all
The CON f"dwaa our cut from one.
! half foo uuv inch long with corn cutter
gHd tHd Zoe trough uot iu yard. and DC
Ngighodwltl cuhs 35Uuuudsryr basket
ur @ 4, bushels ui u", uUm Iur day wa.
| "hgt they utu from shuu, trn goth ut
January, wuon put uu foil feed, tll
hppul them.
did NOT lnt th.m rat wct ug muddy
from iho tlmr lnmmurrl tulal ON
stormy days / lut taD. Ul long enough
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