The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-03-02

The Importance of Sheep and Poultry.
Prof. Patterson, director of the Maryland
Experimental Station, is taking deep interest
in the extention of the poultry and sheep rails
ing industry in this State. He has given the
subject much thought and is of the firm opin-
ion that these important branches will not ex
pand until aided by legislation which will eff
fectually put stop to the destruction wrought
by worthless dogs.
1.-THE sheep and poultry industry of Mary
land will never develop as it should until we
have some law which will put restraint upon
the dogs which are allowed to run promiscu-
ously over the country" said Director Patter-
son. again, this same class of dogs is rapidly
depicting the game in this State, and will soon
cause its entire destruction unless means of
control are adopted.
sMaryland's natural conditions and location
are peculiarly advantageous for the sheep in
dustry, and especially so for the raising of early
and dollhouse lambs. Even though the posi-
BILE profits are exceptionally large, farmers
hesitate to engage in sheepraising as long as
they are subject to such hazardous conditions
by being surrounded on every side by worth
less dogs running wild.
1.-The leaders in agriculture recognize these
facts and all agree that some relief is needed,
although some feel that it is impossible to get
a Legislature to pass an adequate measure.
The opposition to such law can be easily
overcome if every organization and every we'll
thinking farmer individually will support
good thorough law, and take extra pains to
allow their representatives in the Legislature
to know their sentiments. All the legislators
want to know is that their actions will be
backed by the best and leading people of the
State.
'All of the states where sheep and livestock
industries are prosperous have good, strong
laws protecting them from dogs. The people
of those states have given their legislators the
support and backing necessary to cause the
enactment of the proper measure. By the
proper cooperation and effort we can do the
same in Maryland, and it is hoped that the
right step will be taken to insure some such
results from the Maryland Legislature in 1905"
The Value of Corn Stover.-Under this
heading Mr. Samuel g. Croker, who con-
ducts a dairy on Charles street avenue at Cold
Spring lane, writes as follows to the Country
them is not the easiest job the farmer has in
winter, and be is not to blame for wanting
something for his work. have been keeping
a strict account of the milk from my cows
lately, and can give you an exact answer as to
the value of corn slower. feed the cows all
the grain they can stand, 3 to IL POUNDS daily,
according to size and milking.
II took for this figuring seven COWS that
were milking well, so as not to include any
that were drying of, and, except roughage,
the feed was the same right along. l have
claimed equal value for corn slower and clover
hay for some years, and never found any one
to agree with me but one man.
II had been feeding cut corn fodder for
roughage for about three months, but owing
to bad weather preventing me from getting IL
to the barn, had to change to clover hay, when.
according to the opinion of most persons, 1
should have got much more milk, as cows
were fed all of both kinds of roughage they
would clean up twice daily. But instead got
but twelve pounds more milk from the seven
COWS, recently fresh, than they had given in
the previous week when getting fodder alone
for roughage Computing the two at prevail
ing prices which were 81 for fodder and 81
for clover hay, the twelve pounds Of milk cost
me $3.50, and in addition the leavings from
the fodder furnished them sufficient bedding,
while the hay did not"
THE word ''stover," used above by Mr..
Croker, is one rarely seen in print, although
it is a perfectly proper word. According to
Webster's latest dictionary it means fodder
for cattle, especially straw or corse hay. EDS.