The Somerset reporter., 1898-12-15

extent Small fncks pay best in pro-
portion should sa, that the fertility OF
the farm could not be maintained II
stocked with sheep solely, as they do not
stay at the barn so much as other stock,
and there is less liquid with their dress.
ing A ton of hay fed to sheep would
make only half the dressing that 1t W uld
fed to cows, or other horned stock Should
prefer the Oxford or Hampshire Down.
We consider them best for mutton, and
that is what we must depend on, at the
present price of wool | should shear
before the lambs are dropped, and that is
my way of controlling ticks. II there are
any left on the sheep after the lambs
come, they will leave the sheep and get
on the lambs, and my method of killing
them is with kerosene and lard, equal
arts applied with paint brush From
thirty to fifty is about he right size for
flock Would feed good June grass, or
other fine hay. GEO w. PATTEN.
ANsoN-I am believer in the animal
with the gold, hoof," as the sheep is
sometimes termed, not in the Merino. or
any of the coarse, thoroughbred sheep.
but in the medium sheep for both wool
and mutton think that a cross upon
any OF the common breeds with thorough
bred Shropshire or Oxford Down buck
would make a very desirable sheep for
our New England farmers. They seem
to be quite well adapted for both wool and
mutton and are hardy, standing our cold
winters very we'll which does not seem to
to be the case with thoroughbred sheep.
| do not think sheep of any kind should
be kept in large hocks, as they seem to
be much better in small hocks Fifty
seems to be about the right number to be
kept in one flock, yet no matter how
many a farmer keeps if he can give them
plenty of room. BY keeping them in
small flocks, and giving them all the good
early cut hay English hay) and pure
spring water they require, and some grain
or roots, they will do well in winter. All
kinds of grain are good for sheep, fed 10
moderate quantities, beginning with a
SIN Il amount and gradually increasing
until they consume perhaps pint of corn
or quart of oats per head; and they
should have it too. think lambs could
be raised in winter for mutton with profit
The sheep house must be very warm and
well ventilated, and the sheep must be
we'll cared for and got in good condition
before they drop their lambs. Turnips
are good succulent food for sheep.
have practiced giving about one bushel to
50 sheep per day. My experience with
beets has been that they Were not good
for sheep. One of the requisites of prof
table sheep husbandry is good pasture in
summer would advise clearing land
and making, new pastures, rather than
soiling. Do not think soiling would pay
upon our hard, rough, small farms. 1t
might be done on some of the large and
easily titled farms most certainly think
the fertility OF the farms can be main
tanned by keeping sheep upon it as well
and perhaps better than by keeping other
kind of stock, inasmuCh as the liquid
manure is mostly saved with the solids,
which is not the case upon most farms in
keeping other kinds of stock. | most
assuredly think that sheep raising should
be encouraged among our farmers. but
not to exclude other stock from the farm.
Neither the present wool nor mutton
prices would warrant man in doing this.
The best season tor shearing seems to be
the last part of the month of April and to
get rid of the ticks would not have the
lambs come till May. Then the ticks
will be well rid of for the season. BY
practicing this my sheep and lambs are
not troubled with ticks to any extent. |
think that by giving plenty of salt mixed
with sulphur scab, can be prevented.
The best way to avoid any evil is, | think,
to prevent II. {. M. PEASE.
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