The Red Cloud chief., 1896-05-22

StOCH NOtes.
At the Iowa experiment station the,
have been making some tests in com
parative feeding Of cattle and sheep
The tests are not yet completed, but
to date show very f%avorably for the
sheep. The cost OF one pound Of gain
In the month of January was for the
sheep 1892 and for the cattle 1862 cents
This is. Of course, not exactly a fair
comparison, as sheep and cattle are
very different In their methods OF
growth, the sheep growing more rapid
ly comparatively. but ceasing In their
growth sooner.
English farmers use n great deal OF
oil meal In fattening their stock. One
OF the chief advantages In using 1t Is,
they claim, that they save much time
and complete the fattening process
much quicker then they otherwise
would.
The market for heavy horses is de-
handing an animal that weighs In the
neighborhood Of LOO or 1900 pounds.
1t IL useless to think of using q small
mare to get such animals. II you are
about to breed, start right and use
mares heavy enough SO that the foal
may develop to the weight desired.
The Kansas experiment station has
been experimenting with hogs sheltered
and without shelter. The sheltered
hogs made a gain Of n pound Of flesh
for every five pounds OF corn fed, but
the unsheltered hogs made no gain at
all. The station also refers to the
necessity Of having shelter in summer,
as the animals suffer as we'll from too
much heat as from too much cold.
The English cavalry has Just had a
and $4,000 horses were mus
tered. This was supposed to be a
good showing, but Sir Charles Dixie
criticises them as being in many in
too young for military service.
ut least in a hard campaign. He said
hat no other army in the world would
horses that were less than six
years Of age. while many of these were
,nly three and four years old.
The Sheep in the South.-Talking
with n Montana stockman recently we
that some OF the great sheep
owners of that state are looking to
he more southern Of the United States
or q future feeding ground. One great
NIu Ulpln hnysAtnr pnAp,a 80 ,A,,V.~,k
hem, and that is that the rainfall in
south Is 50 considerable that the
sheep cannot be left out all winter
without shelter. This Is one of the
Kings that makes the business lucra-
I've in the far west. The fall of moist
Ire is small, and because of this the
now seldom comes to such q depth that
he sheep cannot make a living. But
10 the settlers are coming In there the
'heep men are finding themselves re-
and want to get out. They
igure that or a small range in Mon
ana they cannot keep enough sheep to
make a good profit. and II they have
be restricted In territory they had
,etter 20 to some state where the. per
lcre production Of food Is great enough
make fencing the fields an object.
may expect in the future to see
something Of a movement to the south.
Too Much Corn Fed.-People more
md more are demanding bacon and
lams that have not too much fat on
hem. They want meat that has q good
proportion Of lean. We have noticed
n the great butcher shops of Chicago
hat the dealers have the hardest work
get rid Of the fat pork. This exces.
i've fairness comes from feeding too
much corn. People think that It makes
10 difference in selling hogs, but the
generally Is affected. What
makes Irish bacon the best In the
world II 1t be not the food upon which
he hogs are gr0wnH Not having ac-
,ess to Indian corn, the Irish do not
eel themselves obliged to feed 1t al