Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-18
SHEEP ON EVERY FARM.
Few Section of Any Country Can
Equal South for This Industry.

On the ldlm does well, and where TIL
land is susceptible TO a very higl
state Of cultivation, But the par ex
cellence of all its products are its fin,
sheep and geese. The latter. which
are grown by the thousands, when fat
tened, viii weigh all the way from
twenty to twenty-five pounds each
selling for $3.50 to $500 a piece. be
sides yielding one pound of feathers
TO the goose. There are nine coun
ties in this section in Maryland be.
sides two counties in Virginia. and
with the state of Delaware form a
pennsular, with the Chesapeake Bay
on one side and the Atlantic Ocean
on the other.
Few sections of any country can
equal this for sheep growing. where
good pastures prevail. and the way the
farmers take advantage of their op.
portunity is an object lesson for other
sections of the South where conditions
are just as good
1t is not an unusual thing for
farmer to own a flock of TWENTY-FIVE
to fifty ewes that will average $50 to
200 pounds in carcass. and ten to fiji.
teen pounds wool TO the fleece, with
crop Of lambs from 100 to $50 Der
cent to the eve worth from 81 to Sc
each.
This was brought about thirty years
or more ago by the Introduction of I'm,
ported Cotswold and Southdown rams
which were crossed on native ewes
until the present high standard has
been attained. Ii is true that high
grades are often used as sires but
there is always some one who keeps
up the standard by furnishing his
neighbors with pure-bred rams.
The present high standard of sheen
raising was introduced BY some lead. |
ing spirits many years ago, and hence
We grow these fine focks. which thrive
only in small focks Of TWENTY-FIVE TO
fifty head,
Our farmers are getting educated
to look to their best interest. and in.
stead Of allowing rams to run with
the flock all the time and have their
lambs drop any time from Jan to
April and lose Is per cent of them
they breed late. so the lambs drop
about April ] and save nearly all of
them. In the latter case We castrata
the ram lambs which sell in the early
tall for as much as eve lambs which
usually bring from S. to Sc each. They
are a valuable perquisite to the ten.
ant and an income 10 the owner when
he runs the farm himself
The use Of clover and other grasses
md proper cultivation will put almost
my section of the South in a position
o grow sheep that can not be sur.
'assed by any country in the world
Md everybody should have them too
Help to furnish the market with lambs
WOOL and mutton.
Sheep raising, while an invaluable 4
dIunct, can not be made a speciality 1
oWeyer as is done in the West. on A
ccount of diseases that result from u
eeping large fiocks together
There have been thousands of com.
ION Western ewes brought with rs
nd crossed with one improved ran, Va
18th the result in two or three wears ~, ~
attaining the same high standard ~
the flock III
When the ram lambs are made weth. ar
s and kept until eighteen months th
d, they can be made to weigh 25o "
FUNDS, with the flavor and succulence So,
'-e Southdown and the size Of the wv ",
'tswold which the world can NOT w, ="
at lc'
IN travelling over the different sec. ba
IN OF this country the writer a few on
sekS was more than agreeabIv If
rprised at the improvement attained
nat Is now an accomplished fact II,
a general way far exceeds his ideal H..
what might have been possible 70
'Ilze 20 years ago Every farmer 90,
cps Hooks to correspond with his ert
res, but one seldom sees more than p
y together, as they generate dis. The
Sc from grazing on the same mas. nro
e continuously and unless moved kin
m one field to another, they seem ont
get sick, and many die. ap(
TOO much fat one might SUPPOSE rea
I'D De lessened by keeping larger car
ks but such is not the case be. ma
Use when crowded they generate n
ease from inhaIing impurities from opi
If own weddings. This can be rem. tod
ed only by removing them to fresh will,
lures once every two weeks which the
TVS the grass to become more etie
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