The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-07-16
SHEEP RAISING AND BEARD
LESS WHEAT GROWING URG-
ED BY AGENT
IMPROV EMENT OF FARMS
WOULD RESULT IF PROGRAM
OUTLINED is FOLLOWED
(By County AGENT

Notice carefully in another part of
the paper under the head Orders for
Sheep" the letter which Assistant
Specialist in Animal Husbandry, L. A.
Richardson has sent out. There
have been several men in Blount
county who have stated that they
wanted some registered sheep. Send
in list of the sheep you want, Civ
ing age, breed, sex and number you
will take, either to Mr.. C. C. Proffitt
Chairman of sheep committee or to
your County Agent, S. G. Alternately.
If you want grade yews, state that
fact, and let US know whether you
want grade southdowns, grade shrop-
shires or grades of other breeds, so
that we will be able to know how to
have them selected for you. Breed
ing sheep are getting hard to find on
the market, and registered yews or
bucks are even more difficult to To-
cate. If you want sheep, let COM
mittee know at once just how many
and what kind you want.
Why not grow few sheep on your
farm? The wool will about pay for
the keep, and the lambs will be al
most clear profit. Quite number of
men claim that few sheep will pay
themselves out the first year. That
means that you can buy them on
time and let the flock pay off the
debt with its wool and increase the
first year. Blount county has ideal
conditions for sheep raising. The
1919 Census gave the county over
5000 head, but in riding over the
county we find that the number does
not now near reach that mark. The
question of dogs is always raised.
when sheep are mentioned. Increase
your fiocks of sheep in community
the dogs will increase in almost like
proportion. They do not thrive well
in the same environment. Then too,
it seems that we have Dog Law
that should give US some protection.
This county could grow 10000 sheep
without ovef-stocking, and would be
all the richer for it. A few sheep
help to clean out weeds, really can
nick up and live on what would other
wise be not only waste, but an
actual pest and detriment to the
farm.
There is grown more beardless
Barley in Blount county than in any
other East Tennessee county. Yet
we do not grow enough of this crop.
Each breeder of beef or dairy cattle
should grow small grain to feed the
young breeding stock. Barley yields
we'll and meets that grain need. The
Beardless Barley has proven its
merits. 1t is true, most of it was
damaged by frost in the spring, but
wheat was damaged nearly as bad.
That was an exceptionally late freeze.
We cannot condemn barley on ac-
count of this unfavorable season.
Barley is just as good for colts,
lambs, and when crushed for pigs. 1t
is rich in frame making material,
hence especially good feed for young
growing animals.
Beardless Barley seed is rather
scarce in the State. A Middle Tenn
essee concern wants to buy all the
Beardless Barley to spare in the
county. We need all we have sown
back in the county. If you want
seed get in touch with those who
grew Beardless Barley this year, or
with your County Agent.
All barley should be put on good
land, and the Beardless Barley plots,
owing to scarcity of seed should be
we'll selected, lined and well pre-
pared at least a month before seed
ing, so as to secure good growth
this fall and a good yield in the
Spring. Subsoiling and disking is
better than breaking; hut # the
weeds are too rank. breaking will be
necessary. In either case, work
should begin in this month and be
followed up each ten days with light
disking or narrowing to keep dowr
grass and weeds, and to catch and
hold rains which come. Seeding
should be made Sept Is to 25th if
possible. Some seed in October, but
September seeding gives better yields
If you lime clover and grass can be
successfully put in at time of seed
ing barley.