Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10


NJ. TkNzaa saw. % the Mlunesosa
skate ArsrUltzE4l College. Is the bSxt
Recognized asshS-tfy o. aksep br.sd-
snx ~ ths West Ia an Interesting
sFtAss II TIE Northwestern Agrseuir-
@fA1 ~ answers so@@ gGeagloaM that
eEr1F Z Ea1F farmers as % breeds.
1ee9l1G feeding ac6 Eanagernen..
Ia hreea O. craze a sheep shouId
- E2Asea ~ re oogecs % the grower.
" - wishes 70 raise pure breas. the
nat EoEsy. a. fa&kbon runs row.
sozl1 probably b@ made from some of
ne Doga krs~eS "A. for Instance. the
s~AroFa4lrs. Oxfor4 Dowr o. soufh-
DIVA Bat taking x for grated that
srEfs aae~p are @eAES. ] wcul6 tn
sesiEarsKiy seco@zez1 What may Be
called os=Eo1 sSe % god torm BY
sE11 form I @ean compact. round.
S4HE2 bodies. god. fzII, wide breasts.
hAx Aad teey HID CHARTERS. ara legs
aaor rather tkas toax I would rot
care zsrA what The bresting was pro-
ssees there wHs Sss too ngeh Merino
baod Bat ErAfs MeIsos will answer
q teEis VIA. Tor they are yeFy hardy
" these pgre-bTsd rzzzs o1iy should
- Used. ard preferably those q the
tara faoss hsce6H Bat Il Is not al
says hersaAAfy % Use szeh rnns. a
cFuas q The l0eg woois. as f0- in
ssanre the Lecsatsr. the LInoOsn or
BE- otswoid Eads Eow ard then ray
AEsSsT very we'll Bat try and get
Esd pzr~brea rzEs. This 10 aiI-Im-
pog1ant On 30 acres % god rich
lad so aheep and lambs eoaId b
grown Or pear. But 90 Do tkst would
require skiIifuI nlaEaEe1snL Proba-
by kalf that nurnber could ordinarily
u kepG AZ one Esation farm Nc have
p&xtured sixtssa ewes and lambs all
sHsrRDsr for two successive SWIMMERS.
bat that wAs b. ukAf may be termed
q forced system q production The
nurbsr. % cOarse. wiII largely be reg
uisted By the sklll Of the Hock master.
the tgr Of the soiI and thu sire Of
The sheep The ret Income viii vary
s1th the sirs ans quality Of the sheep.
and with the wooI product But a good
w~eii-Erown IAnb AZ one year should
weish I7s pounds on an average That
weight 10 far above the average here.
bat that u ts 70 is not the faux Of the
sheep. A well finished lamb OF the
3 Of ten 20 twelve months should
bring ordinarily Al home from four 10
ave and . half cents per pounS live
weiEht Ordinarily they don't bring
Eeariy that mach. but that 10 no< the
fault Of the lambs. but rather Of the
growerx- Such q lamb should shear
from. say seven 10 twelve pounds Of
sool. according TO the grade. The
fleece Of older sheep would be n couple
Of pounds iess. The best pasture f. .
big question. Winter rape sown late
in Angus; viii provide excellent fall
and spring pasture. After the rye Ia
eaten on In the spring. II may b1 fol-
lowed By the Dwarf Essex rape - By
sorghum. All these make excellent
come tfiI the grass is plentiful. ewes
mas be wintsred very well In q shed
made Of poles and covered 70 deeply
pith straw as 10 prevent rain from
dripping through. but II the lambs are
TO come early IL is Imperative TO have
warm lambing pens. while sheep
husbandry IL more easily learned than
managing Of other kinds Of live stock.
let me drop a word Of caution 10 those
who have never kept sheep. They
should begin gradually where they are
unable 20 command the services OF an
experienced shepherd. Everywhere
unless on marshy land. ! would like
to sec people going into sheep. They
cannot do better. But again I say be-
gin gradually.