New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23
GROWING SPRING LAMB.
THE FATTENING PENS OF COLORADO
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lamb One Of the trade secrets Is that IN many ~
Sted, cooked and eaten early n the second his
S issst Is a nj the Ten month; Ss
s as' sols sa" @ sIs
which Chicago viii send out this year were
Il these meek little fellows is full Of incident and
HE He probably was born In New;Mexico or Arizona
and had TO oe taught to know his mother from
melon cactus or a sheep dog Nature had leit MIN
s as and 9 the bs Which
had b broken . ~ ae ac sas With hsS
ard their massrs se wn ns%
n wnsn ans w s he
herd and spent very hot summer earning ,nr inc
things to Ss sa H psi picked nose ana
sometimes carried away the eo Inc ssned To-
H at mothers these thorns rritated MS
parent Obliged her to DISCIPLINE =, nm a ANA anser
he learned hat D wsf neary ss BAD aos
coyotes and bob cats
SHIPPED INTO COLORADO coRRALs
Having survived the heat and the dangers %. g.
range fe and having learned ere 70 peady for another
experience At six months old ne " s9a 10, ~,
and with his fellows Is driven % barkins and With
terrifying noises from the engines they are huddied
into led palace STOCK ,s ksockyards
when it seems though nothing 6us dog s n
Ma into 5hsn the es space Behind but
don't bite says the master OF the aos sen accus
tomed to run aWay from the little fellows plunge
forward as fast as their four rather sun legs eau
They travel by special train 22s to the car an ,,
sometimes twenty cars to thu the RAN viii not bo
side tracked to let them go by with9u, ibrough
clouds S Of aIka dust from the land e the
giant too the hot an s Of 9ar stops By
tank and hose IS turned on them Win most re e.
resn ne,n ndS Fort Collins in Northern colorado
There this business OF fattenng exotic an.Ds a na
dy d e 9HFns the as{ Tos
country into hay and stock-feedins district
MAY FATTEN 5000 IN FLOCK.
The lambs on being unloaded from \, the .ralhs;
10 feed Ensef individual ran{her Will ~ sons I.
the Size of the average flock The 1920 bead ssas
were fed this winter In Northern COi0fa''
On being driven home ne amps ur aIe
6 6rppeg for the animals IS again repeated fopr
weeks later. SO sohcous Is TIE S'a,s St ~ the
health of migrating sheep that an agent VI a!,raH
state Veterinarian inspects them all ana .rai
sheep" not allowed 10 come m hin, the lamb
is regarded merely ms6h bSy f9 9 t6is secto
racontiv been II is cheaply produced on irrigated
a bal as Tafe ar times Of the year when water
s relatively plentiful and when other crops 10 oreen
Clover hay and Is highly fattenlng In It's proper n,
ties Hogs can be kept and IN wa a tbe best Ths
hay if sold for cash. has not usually Q, dsrJa
than 81 ton Of late. and at TINS rate II 10 oe'~
eddy Improbable crop.
WHAT LAMB WILL EAT.
The lamb lends himself TO the ra1Gheris oeH
with enthusiasm, eating alfalfa assduou s vntsrS
making sheds The hermom IMe. p 81,
chance to go Is degrees below zero AZ a 70 ne
his f fr fhe gToGnd Is dry under f.t
the ty vbsn snow is K sf kind
stuff that disappears without mems .S salor,ois eli.
1h mains of Te coorado are the TWO things that sy3
| this section It's great advantage IN 'ho "oiA !"
During the six months that he stays With y:
feeders the fypound lamb eats aoout I'm fv Some
S of SaIh ana has been shipped ns commonly
SAVED by se end he 81 Ss "
the lamb fat and happy young bss sheen he pcHeased
Ing 50 to R pqS% bun every yG poG Hy bis s
increased by a har his has done Wen
Sm eating from s. to $40 for the hay which
has thus been converted into mutton
SHIPPING LAMBS TO CHICAGO.
From early spring p pn the tn c saF going
trainioads as they came Freight ageh, Is, OF n
rqad res !St not {S being ordinarily PSa
M by trainloads can here be done 80
cars fast time and all modern cohVernds aSs o~se
o1ercd almost as profusey 10 get the IaHlos o.es
given road secure tourist travel ater IN whin5
aeson The trip TO Chicago takes four DAYS w"isn
11noiudes leisurely ay-offs for rest and iced 70
We'll are they treated that sometimes ,nsfe CHI
hardly any "shrinkage"; that is, they reach ~
caro weighing as much when they lex the heeo-
ing-pens. ~. ..,-. ,o,na, ~ the lamb
and he energies from his experiences there nlesry
"drsssod" i'm the technical sense OF the TERM.
rhenSoefortb no travels in a refriserator-car long
hut speedy journey TO some well-proyided tao.e.
sked hack Denver ana eaten lSN.
tbo comes Of his fatteninG. He may DE WnlItSu
TO the Southwest and eaten BY the people s VINO
roised the corn or which he fed. More nheI!,
Tor he Is high priced-he speeds on East ana - Su
IN by the meat dealers Of the Atlantic coast o0ne
tipoes he even crosses the ocean, ana at LNeIpoo
enteTs into competition with the frozen c3tcassee.
OF his cousins from Australia; or ne may poss'Prs
tata his chances with the inhospltaDle sanitary ~
spectors of Germany. Wherever he gosS ana so 80
idrc as ne Is properly treated, the hcaltn OF tno
arost nlains Is in his limbs, and the Wholesome
food he has eaten makes him, in turn, most sA'
cellent as food for man