The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-03-06

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AZ to the kind Of sheep, 60 among your
neighbors and, eco Whist they have and
/ like best. / would get the coarse.wool
sheep rs they give more wool and mutt
/ ton. Breed your sheep and have your
lambs come early, if you are prepared to
take care Of them. Little lambs will
stand lot Of cold. II you leave this
matter late you will neglect it with the
spring work. l admit I am little sheep
crazy but 1 anne making money out Of it.
Mr.. Foster told how his sheep had clear
ed place of SOW thistles and said that
sheep would eat enough weeds to pay
for their keep and then one gets the
lambs and wool. When the lambs are
born care must be taken to keep them
dry and warm. He told of saving ~
lambs by mixture of a tablespoonful
of brandy in a cup of milk: The wolves
were killing his sheep SO he sent and got
60 COW bells and tied them onto the
sheep and true enough the wolves came
but when they heard the noise they
went away.
Mr.. Hoverstad spoke of a farmer
near Devils Lake. He had been farm
ing long time and his fields were get
ting poorer all the time. The weeds
we're thick and he had to do something.
His boys were growing up and they
would probably go in the path of their
father. He got 70 sheep and from that
little flock he now had 700 and his fields
were almost clean of weeds. Labor is
so expensive that it is time we were
watching out and seeing what can re-
duce the expenses and sheep will solve
this problem. However if man does
not like sheep it is not good plan to
raise them.
Mr.. Shaw said the lack of fences in N.
D. is difficult problem, The farms
are not fenced and until portion of the
land is fenced it is idle to: think the
farmer can introduce live stock on their
farms.
With sheep you are turning weeds
and everything else into money. I
don't care about breeding as long as the
foundation of the eve
is good. would be very particular
about the choice of the sire. TIA farm
er could manage 20 have his sheep
Craze on one part of his farm part of
the time it would help to fertilize. The
tramp of the sheep impacts the ground
the very thing we want, as it keeps the
humidity from drying away with the hot
windt. I do not know of any kind of
livestock that shelter can be provided
for cheaper than sheep. They need be
only kept dry and where the wind can
not disturb them seriously. You can
not take more direct method of dis
troying sheep than by keeping them
confined in shut up place which is too
warm. Sheep must have exercise if
they are to de we'll at the lambing time
Exercise is necessary. I question the
method Of feeding entirely on straw,
though changing the straw from one
kind0to another in day would be bet.
ter. AS the season advances it is neces-
sary to have some other kind of fodder.
The fodder should be fine and not allow
ed to became woody. Pea straw, millet
under ripe oats and corn fodder are all
good for sheep. AS the season advances
it is a good plan TO feed grain. Oats and
bran would be good in small amounts
in the Landing time. It is the best plan
to have the lambs come on the early
grass. We don't want the lambs too
big at the wholesale market.
About the summering of sheep. You
can: get good crop of rape in 60 days
and it is good pasture for the sheep to
fatten on. Every acre is good to put
from 10 to Is sheep ready for the market
though not as good as grain. Another
way is to fatten them is on corn stalks
I don't know of quicker way to make
money or a quicker way of fertilizing
a farm than by growing sheep, but the
difficulty is the fences.
Mr.. Foster was asked how to cure foot
rot. He spoke of buying some sheep in
Minnesota and driving them a distance
before loading them for shipment to
Bathgate. The sheep had beome infect.
ed with foot rot. He made trough
and in it placed mixture of lime and
vitriol. He made the sheep walk through
this trough. First time through cured
many of the $50 sheep and only one OF
two were affected when he reached
home with them the remainder