The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-24

Mrs. 6, W. F~isherdick, OF Ia Plata,
san Juan county, has pointed the wal
70 y source Of revenue on the farm
which might be followed with profii
~ many farmers aud farmers wives
Throughout New Mexico. Mrs. Flsh-
eriicN a. specializing In hand raisei
sneep and BY her own o and
those OF her nelghbors, she has PROS
pered amazingly as a result Of her
experiment. The experiment had lis
beginning In W. little stray lambs
which came the way OF Mrs. Fisher
dick and were taken In BY her purely
through a Discrimination TO see them
starve. The lambs were fed by hand
and cared for By hand and she result
today Is the FiAherdick herd Of hand
raised oxford Downs. Mrs. Fisher
dick IL writing the stOry OF her exper-
iment with sheep for the Farmingloa
Enterprise the last installment OF
which appears in the issue OF that
paper OF last Friday. II follows.
Our lambs from two and a half TO
three n "a half months old have al
ways brought from ~ to 20 cents per
pound dressed weight. Our mutton
ircm IL TO 10 cents. dressed.
OF course Landing In very cold
weather requj"es very close attention.
But with a very warm. dry place
there Is no trouble. From 80 ewes
Just LANDED, from December i5 10
January IL. we had SO lambs. i47
per cent.
"oii, yes, but you are nxed for Il. You
have "A big warn Darn Which Is
true. but not 30 two years ago last
December. We had nothing but pole
sheds covered with straw. We made
Their as warm as We could by iining
them with with old buriap sacks and
plenty OF dry straw for bedding. Ever
SO many nights the Thermometer was
from 4 to 10 below zero. l was
watching Il pretty closely those
nights | assure you. Yet under those
conditions from 60 ewes. half OF
which were yearlings, we LANDED and
saved 72 lambs. i20 per cent.
We do not advise lambing yearlins
ewes. as Il stunts them and the per-
centage Of twins Is very light.
To be successful with sheep as well
as anything else you undertake. you
Nus, nut. yepr heart into your work
md enjoy every part OF II. Treat your
sheep kindly. he gentle with them
and you viii o gain their conf
dence and affection, then you can DO
anything with them. IL II much
easier for me 20 lead our sheep from
one field TO another than TO drive
them.
Last May I sent IS OF my ewes TO
the mountains to be pastured. They
were put into a nock Of some l.20O
head. The hrst Of September I visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Heather In Hes
perus and they suggested we go up
and see the sheep. We reached camp
after noon and the first thing we
thought OF was something to eat.
While we were getting dinner the
herder drove the sheep within sight
OF the camp. and before we had nm
lhsed eating seven OF my ewes had
left tho flock and were standing close
around us. waiting 10 he noticed. They
had recognized my voice. When we
had finished lunch. I took a few
crackers and went TO them. They
seemed TO be as glad To see me as |
was to see them. As talked TO the
little group about me we could hear
responses from all parts OF the fock
and. one by one. they left their COM
panions and came to me, until so
were crowded about me; yet ONE
men tell us sheep nave no intelligence.
l know OF no animal that responds
more quickly to Kind treatment than