The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-11

70 IL ewes, farmers in that section
can provide themselves with meat for
the table, sell few lambs for NUT
ton and secure additional revenues
through the sale of wool. For those
who have no sheep. let US consider
Just how to get started In the busi-
ness with q email outlay OF capital
and how to handle the flock after OBJ
tanning It.
Choosing and Buying.
Your first ewes can be native ewes,
purchased from nearby sheep owners.
Go into O flock and pick out vigorous
ewes with compact bodies. Get young
healthy ewes, II you must buy old
ones, do not take those having spread,
broken, or worn-off teeth. Such ewes
can not eat well and will make no
money as breeders for their purchas-
ers. ~ .s
Do not use anything but good rams
a Sourhdown, Shropshire, Hamp-
shire, or Dorset Horn ram will prove
most desirable. He. should be about
Q years OF age, healthy, and, carry
plenty Of mutton. Such ram wilt
cost, delivered, froci s15 to $25, and
can be bought by half dozen farm
ers clubbed together. He will breed
from 40 to go ewes.
Protection from Storms and Dogs.
Sheep do not require closed build
lngB for protection from cold, as their
ieeces afford protection il kept dry.
a low shed, built on dry ground and
opening to the south. is sufficient.
Such a shed need cost but very little.
as scraps of lumber about the farm
can be utilized in building Il.
Place your fiocks within q dog
proof fenced enclosure at night, nu
dogs often attack and destroy sheep.
A fence that will turn dog must be
at least 80 inches high, have barbed
wire stretched fat to the surface of
the ground at les bottom. and three
barbed wires z inces apart stretched
at the top. The space between the bar
bed wires can be filed In with old
boards, poles or any other fence
building material, provided 1t is SO
built as to keep the dog from crawl
Ing through.
General Care Of, tho Ewes.
Often ewes become tagg2 or. have
dupgy locks collect on the wool about
tine tail ana between the hind legs
Such locks should be cut off end the
ewes kept clean about this part OF
the body. ,,,I.s u
Ticks and lice frequently infect
sheep. Guard against this by dipping
once each year In dips for this pur-
pose. A rain barrel or tub can be used
TO hold the dip. Pick up bodily and
work II round gradually In the dip un-
til all parts are submerged and
drenched to the skin.
Keep salt before the nock at All
times. Sheep require great deal OF
salt and It Is essential for them.
Give the sneep access to ali harvest
ed and vacated fields, but do not de-
pend entirely upon such forages. The
ideal way is to provide lots OF forage
Of such size as will pasture the floclIs3
for only two week periods during
warm weather. BY changing the pas
turing ground of lambs every two
weeks there IL little danger OF loss
from ata.s, Oh " s1ts:,:::::e. Go sisaa Pas
tures do not inject sheep. Rape, sow
peas. oats, yetch, crimson clover, and
soy beant4 should constitute the pr4n-
cipai fofages used. During the falt
and winter permanent pastures can be
wheat and barley can be pastured
without injury TO them.
When pasture ib not available feed
hay or fodder to- the flock. Keep up
the appetltes Of the ewes by adding
small quant;t.eg OF rape, collardH.
chopped cal Jage, or rots along with
the hay Do not feed sugar beets and
mangle wufSels to your rRtas or
weatherg. t5s.s.as gFs +,
Begin feeding the owes. D little grain
abort two weeks before 1arnbing and
gradually increase the amount to one
half pound daily at that time. After
lambing, slowly increase the amount
TO / ia or, 2 pounds daily, and con-
-tinue this ration during the sucking
period Ewes need not be grained
when dry IL good pasture Is provided. 1
s5 Give the ram iust enough grain
To keep him In good nond son, The
amount fed sheaid be increased dur
Ing. the bree6ing season.
I Teach the lambs to eat grain as
soon GO possible after birth, and con.
tinueily feed them what they will eat
nE cleaniy until ready FOR the market.
Feed them twice daily. using creepa
The following grain ration. general
for sheep: Corn, s parts by weight;
cottonssed meal, 1 part by weight. !
EreSdisg and banabiiig Eeasons
y Prcbabiy August and September are
the best months for snatIng, @as this
will bring yorr. sasnhs iE january and
FebruaFy. Do not leave the ram with
8 ewes continually. but take the
ewes TO him for g few ninutas each
riorniytg ALLOW only one service TO d
eve during each period tcf heat, hut
be certain that tho eve gets 81 lamb
before dropping breeding cpasAitcn.
Wat6h the ewes chf6sElIy during