Middletown transcript., 1909-06-05
Farm NEWS AND VIEWS

the danger Of every animal OF the horst
kind.
| When lambs are about four months
old, if intended for early market, they
should be pushed strongly on feed.
No class of live stock requires good
fresh air and ventilated houses more than
sheep to keep them perfectly healthy.
| Sheep will damage orchards when The
trees are small both by rubbing against
them and by eating the tender bark.
| AS a rule most live stock do better
when the grain fed to them lie ground.
but sheep will do as WelLWhen fed whole
grain.
It is just as important TO water the colts
regularly every day as to feed regularly in
order to keep them in thrifty condition.
Corn silage in limited quantity may be
feed to sheep, but not in large quantity.
Yearling lambs when shedding their first
teeth will not fattsn rapidly ON that &C.
count.
Have the feet of unshod colts leyeled
at least once a month with rasp, unless
the animals get exercise on bare ground;
also see that the feet are kept well
rounded and the toes are not too long.
A silo l6 feet in diameter and thirty
two feet high is large enough to supply
silage for twenty COWS two hundred and
twenty days allowing an average feed Of
thirty.fiye pounds per COW per day.
System is very valuable substance to
mix with dairy feeds. The best results
are obtained by knowing what you want
and by following your own prescription
carefully until you see a chance 70 i'm.
prove it.
More high.priced dairy COWS suffer
from oyerfeeding than from any other
cause. Liberality is commendable up to
certain point, but overfeedipg is not a
kindness, it is damsge, and it will not
pay in the long run.
An occasional feed Of sliced raw potatoes
substituted for the grain ration of colts
will prove beneficial to such colts as will
eat them. Those that are not inclined to
eat them can soon be taught TO do SO by
cutting them very fine and mixing with
the grain ration.
Select one good breed Of fowls and then
stop. The greatest nuisance in the farm
poultry department lie the attempt tc
keep more than one kind of poultry,
Stick to one breed, and let the stock be
pure bred in order to secure fancy prices
for those birds which come up to breed.
ing or exhibition requirements.
Pigs may be pastured on rape with 9
certainty of their rapid growth, if FED
some protein food at the same time it il
still better.
Hogs finished for market at to
months old and weighing $50 to S0t
pounds are more profitable to the grower
than at an older age.
Wise poultry keepers do not feed milk,
sweet or sour, in troughs or open vessels
They get the whole good in milk products
into crumbly mash. Slop the hogs, bul
not the chickens and turkeys.
Agood dairyman who makes aIsuccess o.
bis business says that his first green spriDf
feed is fall-sown rye. Then be follows
with oats, and peas, alfalfa corn and sorg'
hum. His method is soiling feed.
Beautify the farm home. it pays il
many ways. It pays in money ii you
ever want to sell. In the meantime you
are respected in the community because
/ you have farm, house and grounds that
people like to look at.
/ 1t may be more trouble at first, but
it is better to teach baby orphan lambs
to drink out Of basin than from bottle,
as it will be less trouble as they grow
older. The milk should be blood warm
and fresh from the COW for the first few
days. If any is spilled on their wool il
should be wiped of, as the odor of stale
milk is unwhoIesome and disagreeable.
| Plan a succession of crops from the
earliest TO the latest Of all the varieties
that are best liked in the household and
then there can be something on the table
from this we'll cared for plot during the
many weeks Of the season besides furnish.
ing an abundant supply Of the standard
sorts of vegetable for winter. Do not for
| get the garden, but make it the most pro.
ductive, profitable and attractive part Of
the farm.
The sheep growing industry of this
country is yet in les infancy. We have
not even entered the field Of possibilities
in sheep husbandry. The few sheep in
relative proportion to the acres acquired
| is conclusive evidence that their worth as
farm live stock has not been appreciated.
At the present time there is in round
numbers about 60,OoO,000 sheep in this
county on farms and western ranges.
Thousands upon thousands Of farms to-
day have not a single hoof These farms
are well adapted to sheep husbandry and
could profilably main.aiu a few sheep as
a side issue il II were not the desire Of the
owner to make this adjunct a prominent
feature OF bis farming operations. There
is abundance Of room ia this country for
10 less than l25.OOO.OOO head of shepl
in the least without impaFing the present
market value Of Hock products. Under
skilled management this increased number
81 sheep could be IHaintained on ope-lialI
Ofthe total area now devoted to sheep rails
ing.