The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06

aandIIne Ewes and Lanahs-
At Ocononowoc last week r. e. Rob-
erts talked on the raising OF early
lambs for market. He said he was
raising lambs by the methods ern-
ployed or that could be employed by
every other farmer. He has no ex-
pensive methods-nO elegant barns
and appliances He advised any
farmer in choosing breed to remsn-
Der that the preference must be given
to the mutton type. A fuil-bred flock
shoAld not be thought OF by the be-
91nner with small amount Of capital.
The flock should be bred up By using
a full-blooded ram. AS to shelter. II
had been his practice to give sixteen
square feet OF room to every eve and
lamb. The barn in which they arc
Kept should be dry under foot an ven
as overhead. Sheep do not like wet
quarters, nor are such quarters health
ful for them. Good ventilation Is neo-
essary, as the sheep suffer Al much
from bad ventilation as do other farm
animals. In feeding the eve in win
ter, do not use timothy hay. The
awns are likely to gather in the stem-
ach and make trouble. Clover hay 10
good for sheep up to lambing time.
Then feed more oats and bran. Feed
regularly and what they will consume
without waste. Take care that weeds
do not get into the wool Of the ewes.
for that sometimes depreciates the
wool as much as four cents par pound.
No hogs or other stock should be al
lowed to run with the sheep. No stock
respond better to kind treatment than
sheep. At lambing time close atten-
ton is necessary. See that the lambs
get up and take food at once. Tho
wool around the udder should be clip
ped off to prevent the lamb from swai-
lowing the wool. This sometimes
causes death. the wool forming a ball
in the intestines of the lamb.
Our Meats In Germany.
1t is reported that American meats
will be excluded from Germany after
October LIST next. Dispatches from
Berlin say that the exclusion is to ap
ply only to meats upon which preserv-
atives have been used. However this
may be. it is a matter that the Agn-
cultural Department will find 1t ad-
visable to look after. 1t is a fact that
American export meats are quite gen
orally preserved with borax and other
chemicals. If the Germans refuse to
permit these meats to go into their
country, the only thing to do will be
to send them meats not so preserved.
With the sold storage facilities now in
existence our meats can be sent to
Germany without the use Of borax.
1t will indeed cost some money to do
this, as perhaps special arrangements
would have to be made for keeping In
cold storage the same meats after they
reached Germany. Doubtless that win
be the final outcome no matter how
the present incident may be settled.
The European governm ents show q de-
cided inclination to give their people
pure foods. Up to the present time IL
! has been found easier to send them
meats preserved with borax than to
send meats in refrigerator carriers. In
this connection it will be interesting
to learn what action if any has been
taken in reference to the frozen meats
from South America. There is q
strong indication that the action OF
Germany is due to pressure brought to
bear on the government by the Ger
man farmers. The farmers are a very
important factor in German politics,
and they have been for years demand
ing that American competition be les
sened by the increase OF tariffs or tho
exclusion altogether Of American prod
ucts.
Canfornia and Kansas Buffers
e. G. Lewellen, speaking to Kansas
dairymen, said that the drouth this
year had taught dairymen to maks
more extensive preparations for win
ter feeding. Those that are short OF
feed this winter have resolved that
1t shall not occur again. Had there
not been a bare winter, with bttfs
snow 1t would have gone hard with
the farmers with much stock The
coming year more Of the farmers In
Kansas will plant alfalfa. But no ono
should expect to find only roses along
his pathway. Kansas dairymen have
in the past shipped great deal OF but
ter to California. but now the Califor-
mans are not only making all of their
own butter but are contesting the
ground with Kansas butter shippers IN
the New Mexico market. More than