Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-26

During the autumn of 1900 he was
champion lamb at the provincial fat
stock show at Guelph. The succeed
Ing winter he was given a ration OF
turnips twice a day. one pound of oats
and bran once day and all the clover
hay he would eat. He was allowed
plenty of exercise. About the middle
of Nav he was turned into a ryefield
and later rape and grass. He was fed
daily one pound of mixture of peas
and oats until Nov. 1. After that he
was housed and fed turnips, clover hay.
with about two pounds daily of oats
and peas and small quantity of oil
cake. He was first in all his classes
on foot at Chicago in December and
was first in the carcass testament
can Agriculturist.
Will Enrich Land With Sheep.
It is stated that party of farmers
from Ohio has been induced to settle
near Tullahoma. Tenn, and will estab-
fish sheep farms there. One of the par
ty has taken an option on fifty acres OF
"blackiack" land. He thinks that I'M
der the system he will inaugurate the
land can in few years be brought up
TO high degree of fertility. His idea
is to herd the sheep every night in
five acre pen, then, after the five acres
are made rich from the droppings OF
the flock, to remove the pen TO the
adjoining land and repeat the process
until he has enriched all the land he
may wish to put under cultivation. He
states that he has had much experience
in the raising of sheep and that he has
never failed to get the best results. He
also states that this bench of the noun
tain has all the indications of being
paradise for successfully raising sheep.
A number of the party have expressed
their intention of locating there.
Sheep In the Black Hills.
Sheepmen are focking TO the Black
Hills section Of South Dakota. 1t is
estimated that the wool clip for this
season will amount to nearly half
million pounds of wool for the south
ern Black Hills districts. Nearly as
many Angora goats are going in as
sheep. These animals have thrived bet
ter than expected on the buffalo grass
of the Hills ranges, and since AngOra
wool is worth twice as much as COM
mon wool there is much more money
In the Angora. 1t is said that Eugene.
Holcomb, one of the largest cattle
owners in that part of the hills, will
move most of his stock upon a range
in Montana. He intends to put about
5000 head of sheep on the old Black
Hills range.
A WooIgrOwers' Trust.
According to the Salt Lake Herald,
q wOolgrowers' trust is being organ
lied throughout the west Already, it
is stated, seventy OF the leading sheep
men of Utah have gone into the organ
izatiOn, while many OF the principal
woolgrowers in Nevada, Oregon and
Idaho have also joined forces with the
new organization. Abolition of the
middlemen's profit and the turning OF
the same to the woolgrowers are stated
to be the objects of the new Organiza-
ton. This would seem to be the most
difficult of all combines because of the
wide distribution and isolation of
growers.
DIR. Smead's Challenge.
Dr. Smead of New York challenges
Mr.. Todd of Ohio as follows: "YOu say
give young lamb all the cows milk
it will take every five hours. IT you
will put five lambs just born and that
have never tasted ewes milk into any
experiment stations hands The Stock
man and Farmer may name, with the
understanding that they be fed just as
you recommend-namely, every five
hours all the cows milk they will take
end three out of the five are not dead in
a week l will pay the pastor of your
church 500 If they are dead, you shall
pay my pastor 500"
Grazing Lands In Large Tracts.
Sheepmen in Wyoming are still TAX
ing up large tracts Of grazing lands.
One party bought $4,000 acres recently.
1t is stated that the price paid was the
highest ever obtained for similar lands.