Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-13
Saint MARI $ BEACON.
MIR. HUTCHINs' VIEWS.
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lnGSe TWO geutlctucn uafc a utk s1Shs
as the dishonesty Of some dealers
gives them any amount Of trouble.
Some of them viii kin and sell for
food anything that has breath in il.
Maryland Is trying to help the stock
growers, but she needs at least six
inspectors instead Of two
As look at our system Of farm
ing, can see only one thing neces-
sary TO make itpay successfully, and |
that is the addition of stock-raising |
for market, particularly cattle and
sheep, and this conviction was very
much strengthened by what we saw
at two well managed farms 10 Penn
sylvania, a description Of which ]
will now give:
We first visited the farm of Mr..
Palmar, near Ayondale. He is a
pioneer baby lamb grower, and
successful one. He found there was
a demand for acertain classof lambs,
and he decided to cater 70 that mark
ct, and one thing that struck my at
tention was the economical, business
like way things were managed. His
sheep house was long, low build
ing, probably one hundred feet long
by twenty-five feet wide, with south
ern exposure. This was thorough
ly weatherboarded, so that no cur
rent of wind could rush through, yet
the south side was SO arranged that
il could be hoisted. somewhat like
door hung horizontally, giving the
means to let the sheep in the yards
attached to the pens, the latter be-
ing sections of the above mentioned
house, about 20 by 20 feet, and car
rying about thirty sheep TO the pen.
The south roof of this building has
few windows set in il so as TO give
plenty of light at all times, and down
the whole length of the house was a
passage way, say OF five feet. the
racks and troughs forming the par
tition, 80 that the attendant does not
have 10 get in the pen to do the feed
ing, this being both economical and
sensible.
Mr.. Palmer.s rule is to put bis
sheep up in October or the first of
November, and they are not turned
out until the following May. They
are fed what hay and roots they W II
eat, bat none are wasted. You will
perceive that the food given is a
good substitute for grass, and, with
free access to water and salt, his
sheep were all fat and contented.
OF course, by management his lambs
are born early, that is, in November,
December aud January, and the
lambs have some ground food placed
where the old sheep cannot reach IL
and they soon learn TO eat il. The
consequence is they grow to the de-
sired weight of AZ pounds very
quickly. To show what thorough
business methods were in use. every
eve is numbered, and when lamb
is born, a number is put on il TO
correspond to that on the mother,
also day of month, and each record
ed; and, to show us the working of
that plan, he had one caught, aud
referring TO his slate he found it
was 46 days old; he weighed il and
il weighed 53 pounds which was
over a pound day. Now, this
should demonstrate beyond doubt,
that there is money in early lambs.
even if we did not already know it,
needing only the proper attention,
which any one can give in the place
of the careless way which we have
been doing. OF course, sheep rails
ing was only branch of Mr.. Pal
mer $ farming, his crops of wheat.
corn and hay beinglarge. Besides,
he conducted large dairy, conduct
ing everything on business methods
for with separator, he simply sold
the cream, keeping the skim milk to
feed to his beautiful Tamworth hogs.
of which he had great many.
Our trip was to note everything
that could benefit Southern Mary
land farmers-especially relative to
stock and noted that Mr.. Palmer
was feeding his cattle on ensilage.
and apparently with gratifying re- !
suits, for his cows indicated that |
they did not know il was no longer
summer. We were accorded a most |
hospitable welcome by Mr.. Pflmer |
and his wife, who are surrounded |
by every evidence of refinement and !
comfort, the results of intelligence
and love of home
Our next stop was ut the home of i
Mr.. Mark Hughes, who with his
family, made us feel the genuiness
of Pennsylvania hospitality. | am
sorry that cannot stop here and
describe his home and surroundings
but time forbids. Mr. Hughes farm
of 225 acres is divided intofive fields
with a standing pasture. His
system of rotation is somewhat like
ours. except that he never breaks n