The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-08-11

at first, frightening the time until
there is no further danger.
A farmer having a small flock
stated last summer that his corn
fields that season were the wonder
Of passers-by. They could not under
stand how he had kept his corn so
clean in so wet year. His lambs
did the work. and they not only
kept the fields clean of grass and
weeds, but made some splendid
gains.
One should not get the idea that
sheep are never to be fed anything
but weeds. II they are considered
only as scavengers they probably will
not be as successfully kept as II they
are given a fair chance with other
farm animals. No other animals,
however, will eat so many different
kinds of weeds, and lambs are the
only animals that can be turned into
a corn field without doing damage
to the crop. Lambs can also be
used to harvest the waste in stubble
fields and along roadsides.
There is no more convenient source
of fresh meat on the farm in the sum-
mer season than the lamb. They
furnish two crops-both wool and
meat. Some think sheep are sub
ject to numerous diseases, but pack
ing houses statistics show that the
percentage of sheep condemned is
less than that of any other business.
Thirty or forty ewes can easily be
kept on the average farm without
having to reduce the other stock.
Hogs As Money Makers.
There are not nearly enough hogs
raised in the territory outside of
the corn belt. There is a mistaken
idea that hog raising cannot give
profitable return in the other sections
of the country, though IL has been
proven that pork can be made as
cheaply in the South as anywhere in
the world. In fact, corn, when used
as an exclusive grain feed, does not
give satisfaction in product and is
not generally profitable. In its wild
state the hog is omniverous, which
means simply all-devouring. He
feeds upon roots. nuts. fish, grass.
grain. fruit, snakes and most OF the
weeds. When we shut our hogs up
in a pen and give them but one feed,
we have cut them of from their nor
NAL tendency to select from varie-
ty OF substances suited to their
needs.
Any locality where clover can be
grown. or alfalfa, peas, beans; or
barley, or wheat, oats, rye. or corn,
will be favorable for successful pork
production. Add the dairy by-prod-
ucts and you can have the highest
grade of pork at the minimum cost.
In fact, we of the South, with our
leguminous pastures, our mild eli
mate and long outdoor life, should
grow the pork of the country. The
expense of shelter and winter feed
ing lessons here. and we have gener-
ally an abundance OF water.
In Denmark they know. as we do
not yet seem to know, the great value
of barley in making prime pork.
Danish bacon is greatly sought after
I'm the English markets. 1t is main
Iy a product of barley and dairy by
products. Wherever barley can be
cheaply grown in the United States
and fed with the legumes-cowpeas,
velvet beans. peanuts. etc.-then
should farmers supply the demand
for share in the pork export trade.
or course, it is we'll to feed corn or
other concentrated feed in addition
to this roughage.
When hogs are turned into stand
ing field of mature or nearly mature
grain, such as wheat, barley, peas,
or corn, and are allowed to feed there