The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-02
HOLLY COLORADO FRIDAY DECEMBER q 1898

For dairying purposes. good Alfalfa has
no equal. A good warm stable, warm
water and plenty Of good hay will In
variably Weld good returns. Two GAL
Ions per day Of bran and meal mixed,
in addition to above, will give very aat-
isfsctory returns. Ifnot. the fault Is in
the COW and she viii be better subject
for the butcher.
We have pastrred sheep on alfalfa
during the entire growing season and
wintered on alfalfa hay for three years
past. In this enterprise we have been
very successful. after finding ont the
proper mode Of 90 doing. Nv first ex-
pefience in sheep on alfalfa was sad
one. I lost 45 sheep, ! am satisfied I
could not Of counted 45 in the time they
died. II was horrible sight 10 beholl.
and a very costly experience. Turn
hungry sheep on green alfalfa and it is
sure death to large per cont of them.
I then made q fence around ten acfes Of
alfalfa that would keep the sheep in and
the dogs and wolves out. nine barbed
wires with posts ten feef apart, with
fence A feet high, will do this satisfac-
tory. Woven wire is much better and
cheaper. This done. be sure YOU have
your sheep full Of prairie grass. green
wheat or oats. or anything that they are
fond OF. just be sure they are not hungry.
Then turn them in vour alfalfa pasture
and there keep them dav and night and
your loss. If any. will be very light. In
three years we have not lost sheep
from bloat, and we put in new sheep off
the ran ge every year. Now Mr.. New
Conner have reached my bobby on al
falfa. When everv farmer in this val
ley will fence off as above stated. one
acre TO every fifteen sheep, then anoth-
er acre to NOW hay from for the fifteen
sheep. you have crop on your farm
that will support Yourself and family
and wipe out mortgage. 1t will do it
under protection or free trade. Do
your own figuring and If the sheep on
the range has been shearinR pounds of
wool, put her down for eight on alfalfa.
If she has been raising 90 per cent Of
lambs on range, put her down for 12O
on alfalfa. II her lamb has been weigh
ing SO pounds on range at months old.
put her down at SO pounds on alfalfa
K eep the bucks with your herd all the
time and Young lambs will be coming
all the time. Lambs have been born
every month. on our ranch. for the last
three years, and this being the case,
money is coming all the time. You
will make no mistake in handling sheep
on alfalfa. b9 following the above in
structions. You want COED shade in
summer and good shelter in winter.
Have salt and water convenient and
plenty. and take my word for II and yol
will assiys. pipaf and pIsawsre. never
before eq,slsd In any farnents,priss.
As farmer. never advocated buy
ing anything the farm wonld raise. We
must have our poultry and bacon, but
ter. vegetables. fruits, berryx and bread
l hav. been told by farmers that they
could buy such things cheaper than
they could raise them. II isa mistake.
but let us admit Won can, and if yon are
determined 10 buy il. alfalfa and sheep
will carry you longer on that argument
than any other two products of this
valley.
Now Mr.. Editor aud New Conner. for
fear weary vou with further remarks
on the agricultural resources Of irriga-
tiop, will bid ypu sdiep. I might, II
you so des,rs some time in the future.
give you an srticlS on many things,
such as "How to make fafm home he
most dssirabe place on earth, and the
Ingredients for 80 doinE. why so
many farmers children tife Of the
fsrm;" "Enjovmsut on the farm We.
city life;" "Ars farmev's institutes be-
nefcial7 II SO, shall We hold one at
the cities Of HOLLY, Lamar. Las Animss
La Junts and Rocky Ford this winter?''
"Are the ci,isans OF these above PAM
ed towns anvthing else but brothers to
all farmers Adjacent"