Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-26
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Tor. tattiemen ~ Denver


Denver. Jan. g6.-Tho National Live
stock Convention was called 10 order
THIS morning 80 10 o'clock
The Hon. Peter Jansen. 81 Nebraska.
road paper on sheep Feeding M the
West which was In part ~ follows:
From very small beginning some
twenty years ngo. the business ~ fat
tcning sheep FOR tho butchers has be-
come a gigantic enterprise. until today
nearly two millions uf the woody tribe
are IN the feed lots ~ the middle and
western states alone.
The most important point in start
Ing 10 feed sheep n to buy the right
Kind, ana nt the right price.
THE thfcv important things In feed.
INK sheep arc n dry fccd lots NJ pure
water aud plenty OF good fcci. and as a
fourth essential would add regularity
ana good common sense with these
anybody can make good fat sheep.
Whether he can make money In feed
Ing them ~ not pa sure.
After getting the sheep from the
West thcy should be- Thoroughly dipped
for ncah. aud where a long feed iH ron-
tcmplntrd they should hy all means be-
dipped twice, from ten 10 twelve days
apart. ~ To- the dip to be- used. opin-
ions dincr ! have used the nicotine
preparations with good results. but
thoy are more expensive than the old
fashioned lime and sulphur dip. which
h dead sure thing on rcab, although
not ~ easily prepared. aud harder on
tho sheen.
u am careful To start my sheep very
slowly On grain. giving them about a
quarter ~ a pound az trst. with all the
rourhneHH they want 10 M up On.
gradually incrcarinH the grain and
diminishing the rough food. II takes
about thirty days 30 get them on full
feed. and | believe u ~ good plan
never tD oVcfcruwd their nppctitcH. es-
pcclAlly who're they nrv Ia be led four
or i've months. When ON fun feed,
grown WothcrH VIII eat from one and
one hnif 10 two and one half pounds Of
grain per day. lambs somewhat less
n II ~ possible a mixture OF oats
nhelled corn. bran or Oh cake makes a
splendid ration. hut this IN often not
practicable on account 81 the high
price OF some of these ingredients
4 have made very fat sheep ON Moth
lng but clear SHIELDED corn and wheat
straw. II takes from three to four
bushels OF grain 30 fnttcn a sheep. and
We figure on ten tons ~ ruughntHH per
one hundred sheep during the average
feeding season. l feed them grain three
times day. ana fuughners twice,
morning ana evening, of course they
must have plenty 81 good. clear water.
l Keep salt before them always.
"'fhe feeding of sheep in very
pleasant occupation whenever there N
any money IN a. ana there VIII be-
money IN II aH long ~ We produce ilrHt
class mutton and do not Try o. nNerdo
the thing, We are apt 10 think that
because We have led 5000 sheep profit
ably. i0.o00 will make Just ten times as
much money, A. "a mathematical prop.
osition this seems 10 be- correct, but II
does not hold good IN practice,
u believe our government should
provide more mutton for the use ~ our
soldier boys. For sanitary reasons
mutton must be- vastly preferable Ia
tat pork or bacon, especially In the
tropical climnt" where the majority NJ
our soldiers are apt TO be- In the future,
I understand very fuYurnhle results
have been obtained By preserving roast
mutton In cans.
~ believe the prospect for sheep,
wool and mutton VIII remain good uH
long M We protect American Industries
and American labor"