Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24
SHEEP AND WOOL NOTES

The scarcity of both hay and |
grain in many sections of the state |
will cause sheep raisers to try to |
economize by feeding inferior ra-
tions. That this is likely to prove |
false economy is indicated by l.. A. |
Kaufman, fieldman for the Ohio |
Wool Growers Cooperative associa-
ton, who states: ''The opinion held |
by many sheep men that any kind |
1 of feed will produce good results is |
erroneous" At this time of year |
numerous reports are received OF
ewes that become paralyzed in their
rear quarters shortly before lamb
ing. Often such ewes lose their |
lambs Sometimes they recover af-
ter aborting, but often do not. In
vestigation almost always shows |
that such ewes have been given the
run of stalk fields winter pastures
or received low quality roughages
such as oats, straw, corn stover or
coarse timothy hay as their only
feed. Such feeds are low in both
protein and mineral matter, partic-
uIarly lime or calcium, and should
be supplemented with about one
fourth pound daily of cottonseed or
1ingeed cake or meal and about half
ounce Of fine ground limestone per
eve. Ewes that are healthy and in
good flesh at breeding time can us
ually be carried to within a month
or two of lambing time without any
grain in their rations, provided they
receive at least one feed daily of a
high quality legume hay. The le-
gume hay will normally provide
enough protein and minerals to off
set the last of these constituents in
coarse, carbonaceous roughages. AS
1ambing time approaches, grain
should be added to stimulate milk
production and to take care of the |
rapid development of the lamb
which occurs in the last month or
two before it is born. A splendid
ration for this period is three parts
by weight of corn, three of oats, one
of linseed or cotton seed cake and |
Iegume hay. One feed daily of le-
gume hay is all that is necessary if
other feeds such as corn silage,
corn stover or winter pastures are
available to make up the rest Of the
roughage requirements. The amount
of grain or other concentrates to be
fed depends upon condition of the
ewes. For the mutton breeds. one
to one and a half pounds daily is
sufficient For the Merinos one
pound is usually enough.
The annual meeting Of the Ohio
Wool Growers Cooperative associa-
ton will be held JAM 29-3O at Ohio
State University. 1t will be held in
connection with Farmers Week,
and will be in the Animal Husband
ry building. A program of especial
interest to sheep men has been pre-
pared, and they are cordially invit-
ed to attend. At p. M, Jan. 20,
George Mckerrow Of Pewaukee,
Wis, will tell Of his so years exper-
ience in the sheep business. He
has one of the foremost Shropshire
breeding establishments in the
United States. He has judged at
many of the largest fairs and expo
sitions in this country, and his nu-
merous trips to England and Scot
land for the purpose of importing
sheep has given him broad exper-
ience in the sheep industry. A. w.
Zelomek of New York City, editor
of the International Textile Apparel
Analysis, and an outstanding auth
ority on conditions in the textile in
d,Istry, will discuss the outlook for
wool and wool products and the bat
tie of the textile fibers. at p. m.
Following this talk a comparison of
Ohio woods with those of other
countries will be made by r. A.
Hammond, treasurer of Ohio Wool
Growers He has secured several
bales of foreign wools, which will
be on display. These are skirted
and prepared for market quite diff
ferently from our domestic f1eeces,
and because of this often provide
serious competition even with
high protective tariff.
The annual banquet will be held
in the evening at Pomerene hall. DR..
Felix Held, secretary of the 0. S. U.
college of commerce, will speak.
The business meeting of the asso-
citation will be from a. m. until
IL M, jan 80. The afternoon pro-
gram consists of talk by D. S.
Bell of Ohio agricultural experiment
station, on factors that influence the
growth and quality of wool. He
has done outstanding work in this
field.
Dwight Teegardin of the Colum-
bus Producers Livestock Commits
sion association has sold 100000
lambs during the past year. He will
speak at the o'clock hour, on
Ohio's trade in fat lambs.
Morgan county is sending as del
egates to this convention, G. 0.
Thomas Chesterhill; Leroy Olney,
Beverly; Homer Buchanan, McCon-
nelsville; Emil Newsom. Penns-
Vile, and Fl. w. Patterson, Stock
port-George Everhart, County |
Club Agent.
COrn-HOg Program Simplified
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