Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-27
To Lose Money on Sheep.

There are several ways of losing
money on sheep. One of the most
common is for an inexperienced man
to lay in lot CT feeding sheep or
lambs at good figure and then ship
them to market before they are fat,
where they may go to a real feeder
and eventually make money. No
where in all the sheep industry is
there place where judgment counts
more than in knowing when to mar
ket and have the sheep or lambs at
their hest. They cannot remain on full
iced long after reaching good mark
etable stage without loss either by
feed wasted or by death of stock Nei-
Their can they be marketed half fat
and realize good price. Every man
who undertakes to feed sheep or lambs
should study this point knowing when
they are or will be ready TO sell.
Another common way of losing
money on sheep is to invest in lot of
good ewes at stiff price and then
neglect them, have some pelts, some
milkless ewes, and some ewes THAT
look all right dying at lambing time.
An all corn-fodder, all timothy ration
is likely to bring this result, es-
pecially II the supply of these is none
too liberal.
Another way is to get a good flock
of ewes and kill them and their UNI
born lambs by mistaken kindness.
Shut them up in tight barn, let them
get colds every time they go out. and
deprive them of exercise and they will
lose money nine times out of ten.
Ewes must have exercise, they must
have fresh air, not hot air and then
cold but open air, the kind that comes
through the wide open door--on one
side of the barn only SO as to avoid
drafts. Kindness TO sheep pays, but
it must be the sleeps kind of kind
ness, not somebody's ideal of it who
does not understand sheep nature.
Ruptured Pigs.
Every farmer is familiar with this
trouble, though comparatively few
know the best way to handle it. AS a
general rule no pains are taken to
cure the animal, and finally death re-
lieves ii of it's suffering. The trouble
is easily recognized by the inflated
scrotum which is soft and doughty to
the touch. This candition is more or
less common in young pigs, as at that
age the passage from the abdomen
to the scrotum is large and the intes-
tines sometimes slip through into the
pounch. When treating this disease
some farmers first castrate the ami
mails, push back the intestines and
sew up the opening. But this is a
serious operation and is generally
followed by a loss of the pig. A safer
and easier way is to use clamps. Turn
the hog on its back and gently press
the intestines back into place. Then
draw up the scrotum with the tesla
of them. BY the time the testacles
slough off, the opening into the abdo-
men will have closed. OF course.
hogs that are treated this way must
be confined by themselves during the
operation and should be given the
personal attention of their owner. If
swelling takes place, which is very
probable, the parts should be fire.
quently bathed in hot water and af-
forwards with the following solution:
Sulphate OF zinc IL ounce; acetate
Of lead IL ounce; water, / quart.
To Prevent Cribbing.
J. H. Brownlee, Tulsa, Ohio, sends
us the following with regard to pre-
venting horses from cribbing: IF a
colt begins to crib, look at his mouth
and you will at once see that the
points or corners of the front teeth
are crowding or pressing against each
other. This causes dull, hard pain
or toothache, and to relieve this the
colt shuts his teeth hard on some
thing in order to deaden the pain.
Now in order to relieve this perma-
nently, take a very fine saw like a
hack saw. and draw the blade up
from the root or gum between the
teeth. This will give them room to
push up and will stop the colt from
cribbing. If the offender is an old
horse, take a strap one inch wide
and put half dozen lacks in a row
about one-half or three-quarters OF
an inch apart, and buckle tightly
around the throat upon the throat
latch Of the bride. Let the horse
wear this constantly until he stops
cribbing. 1t may be a week, or even