, 1908-01-02
MUCH OF
INTEREST
DELEGATES TO WOOL GROWERS
CONVENTION WILL BE THE
GUESTS OF EXPERIMENT
STATION OFFICIALS.
viii See Ore of the Model Experiment
Stations of the West and viii Be
Able to Note Progress Being
Made in F%urthering interests of
State in That Institution-Loss of
One of Pair of Peculiar Sheep.

One of Pair of Peculiar Sheep.
The visit of the delegates to the
fourth annual convention of the Wyo-
ming Wool Growers association to the
University of wyoming experiment
station farm on Friday, January 10,
the first day of the convention, will
find that institution in excellent shape
and the display one of the most inter
esting yer made. Prof. Towar, the
director; Mr.. Mcconnell, the animal
husbandman, and John Hill, the wool
expert, are at work making the needed
improvement to place the buildings
and surroundings in applepie order,
expecting some of the leading stock
men in the state and visitors of more
than statewide reputation a week
from tomorrow. The visitors will find
the wool securing plant in operation,
with fleeces in process of washing.
The dairy department will be in op-
GRAFTON as far as the cattle stables are
concerned, n the sheep department
is in the pink of condition ever now.
with the state and cooperative expert.
ments in full swing.
Lambs Little Too Early.
Unless death comes to the lambs.
sheepmen will find lambs dropped the
last week in December, although this
is a thing the station is not altogether
proud of. Among a bunch of sixty
ewes purchased in California for the
cooperative tests, and bred to drop
their lambs about this time of year
in that climate, several lambs have
arrived and the station is put to some
anxiety and care in saving the lambs
thus brought into existence in the
proper way-for them, but an improp-
er way for Wyoming.
Breeding With Grade Ewes.
The state experiments are going for
ward at the station to a large extent,
the imported bucks being bred to a
number of grade ewes selected from
the Millbrook fiocks with a view to
bringing forth a good range sheep.
All the imported breeds are in service
at the station, the bucks including the
different breeds of animals secured
for this purpose. The thoroughbred
pairs are kept separately for record
purposes.
Lambs Fit for Slaughter.
Prof. Towar has two pens of lambs
on digestive tests at the station, some
of them in excellent condition, and it
is probable that animals for the block
tests will be selected from one of
these pens. They are thoroughbreds
and good grades, showing the adapt
ability of each to range conditions
here.
New pens for breeding tests have
been erected, with a mechanical con-
trivance for exposing the feed to the
sheep, and Mr.. Mcconnell says it is
remarkable how quickly the sheep
gather about the feeding throughs and
await the raising of the gate that they
may come into the full enjoyment of
the feast.
Dairy Barn in Use.
The dairy barn, which occupies the
north wing of the old prison building,
already has n side fitted up with the
Kent self-operating stanchions. This
when open permits the cow to place
her head therein and a simple move
ment closes the bar and keeps her
there, permitting the animal to turn
her head to " any portion of the
feeding trough, but not allowing her
to leave the position. The floor is
concrete n suitable drains are made.
There are sixteen stanchions on this
! side and room for sixteen more when
they are needed.
Machinery for Butter Room.
The old prison kitchen is being fit
ted up for the butter room, a couple
of s%eparators having already been re-
CelNeu from the manulhclurerS. Here
the experiments in butter and cheese
making will be carried on under the
most sanitary conditions. The butter
room is separate entirely from the COW
stables. A very large hay loft occu-
pies the upper portion of the old north
wing, capable of holding several hun
dred tons of hay of the different sorts
used for fodder.
Couple of Likely Youngsters.
Speaking of dairy COWS, Prof. Nc,
Connell is im~measurably proud of a
couple of Jersey youngsters which are
proving veritable pets. They are both
blue-blooded of the most ~aristocratic
lines. tracing their lineage back to the
dark ages" of Jersey cowdom. One