The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-14
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Wool and Mutton.

Field and Farm. II is expected that
the sheep travel into the state this
coming fall will be heavier than ever
before, as the feeding business has
proven so profitable that many more
farmers are going into it and will cut
their alfalfa this summer with a view
of feeding it to sheep in the winter
Sheep are being imported from Mex
leo in large NUMBERS. Last week w. A
Godair of Texas brought over 1900
sheep, entering at FL Paso and they
were taken to ranges in southwest
Texas. They had been dipped twice.
Mr.. Godair will bring in about 5000
head more very shortly.
The few wool buyers who are now in
the west are quietly pulling in their
horns and say they are completely
stocked up and do not need any more
fleece. If the whole truth were told it
would develop that eastern warehouses
are full of speculative wool brought in
from foreign lands under free trade
entry.
For feeding sheep experience has
proven that alfalfa cut when the first
bloom appears is from 10 to 30 per cent
better than when cut at any other
time. The reason is obvious. At this
time the plant contains its greatest
amount of albuminoids; cut after this
time it contains more crude fiber and
less albuminoids. Alfalfa hay cut
when in full bloom viii yield more ton
mage, but the same field will not yield
as much profit for feeding sheep as
when cut as stated. Glover hay is
very cheep feed, but is not as desirable,
as the yield is much less than alfalfa
and the plant is more than likely to
winterkill in the high attitudes.
Peter Jansen, the Nebraska sheep
feeder. tells how he cared for a bunch
OF wethers that recently sold for $3.50
as follows: They were a part of a
string of 1880 head of improved New
Mexican 2 and 3-year-old Wethers,
bought last fall about 100 miles south
of Las Vegas, y. NJ. They were
shipped from the latter place Nov. 10
and weighed into my feed lots aver
aging 81 pounds. l have not shipped
out all of them, but l am satisfied the
lot will average lis pounds orsmore on
the market, making a net gain of %
pounds head. They were herded at
first in an unhusked corn field about
an hour each day and the remainder
of the time in the stalk fields | dipped
them Nov. %. although they showed
no scab, and divided them up into lots
of 300 each Dec. 10 Being used to
corn pretty well by that time. ! soon
had them on full feed, and by Jan.
they were each eating two pounds of
shelled corn and bran a day. The pro-
portion of bran was about one-quarter
in bulk. They kept up well on feed
except on stormy or wet days Mex
lean sheep are much more susceptible
to cola and damp weather than those
from the northwest. ! fed sorghum,
millet and prairie hay for roughness.
changing quite frequently and giving
as much twice d day as they would
eat W. clean. / feed grain three times
a day to all of my sheep while fatten-
ing, being very particular to have them
eat un their rations clean each time
until the last month. when l let them
run to the grain troughs at Will"
To protect sheep against grub in the
head mary flockmasters advise smear
ing he salt through with tar, bat this is
seldom thorough enough. a practice
to be recommended, where the flock is
not too large, is to smear the noses of
the sheep periodically, at least once
week. during the season of greatest
activity Of the fly, with a mixture of
equal parts of tar and grease. or of tar
and fish oil, or of tar and whale oil.
Some have used whale oil alone with
good results A brush will be found
convenient to apply these mixtures. An
ointment made as follows is said to be
very reliable: BeeswaX. one pound:
linseed oil. one pint: carbolic acid, four
ounces. Melt the wax and oil together,
adding Two ounces of resin to give
body. then, as it is cooking. stir in the
carbolic acid. Some breeders of choice
stock go so far as TO use canvas face
cover smeared with the mixture. or
with one of asafoetida and tallow,
which may be adjusted in such a fash
ion as not to interfere with the sight
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lamb against the fly that lays the egg
from which the grub matches.