| Show at eo e O I 1 a lefe 1 4 L A 3 0 R ift iff T A 4 t toll I 1 s swings wt n gs th the s a axe aze x e the forests bow low i ITne yme ime eeb eed s break out in bloom i res mch harvests harvests emila behind the plow ani and ana cities dwer ewer duster round the tha loom SW chere here tott tottering tottered eriD erld domes and tapering pires alres V I 1 i adorn the vales aid and crown the hill 1 I 1 stott stout labor lights Its beacon firest fires and plumes plumea with smoke the forge and mill the ghe monarch oaka the woodland pride shosei trunk la is seamed witt li ii shen ing scars toll launches on the restless ret rest lebs lets idt aidt idi i 1 and there enrolls the flag of 0 stars the engine with its lungs of flame and ana riba ribs of 0 brass ani and joints of steel irom erom labors labora s elastic fingers came elih sobbing valve and aed whirling wheel this labor works the prees and urns turns ho thu crank in hives tf oll toll oil i and beckons kneels angels down to tie tle bless biess s judic duduc arious han hands hinds da on sea and soil lier iier ellei sun Bun browned toil toll with shining eps el anka lake late to inke lale with silver sliver silver ties tits strung thick hick with palaces of trade trader and temples towering to the kies kieb kles skies t och onh MCF sheep hus HuB husbandry bandry landry I 1 IV V xvi AVI WINTER TREATMENT the tle fa favorite method with the careless farmer is to feed them at the stack with his young cattle and colts or let them take their chance in the open yard with the cows cowa and 1 oxen here they are hooked about scared seared 1 from their food anel and not maimed 1 or killed it is thought that sheep can live on the refuse refuge of the yard but the man who means meads to fo mahe make sheepy profitable must have a place for them theil and attend to their feeding the winter ia is the most critical time with the them m and many a flock is more than decimated by neglect egle egie t the crows have rich pickings of MU mutton tto a and rid the boys hard pickings picking s of 0 pulled palled woo wooi wool along 0 ia the warin days daya of the opening C spring prin after the snow begins to fly and the winter has fairly set in we are decidedly in favor of keeping sheep in the thel yards provided tor for them it is is true there u will ill iii be open spells when they might pick something from the pastures but the feeding at this season is bad tor the roots of the grasses and not favorable to the thrift of the flock the selection of a location for the sheep yards and sheds is a matter of very great great importance whether you feed them for stock or for the butcher you must have a dry location if riot not naturally so made such by drainage if the ground is wet your flock will soonbo in trouble much aluch of the prejudice against agans fc confining sheep to narrow quarters arises from the neglect of this pre precaution cautin the sheep have the foot ail all and contract diseases in wet yards and sheds and the evil is charged to close confinement the facts fact is the sheep is naturally agre with a drybred and d plenty of fresh air wiit wilt thrive in small enclosures quite as well weli as other domestic animals one oe of 0 our most moat successful farmers who wio sometimes sometime some Bome times es feeds diye riye hundred at tit a tim time for the market conf confines flies iries them thim to co sheds either elther with a small yard in front frob tor or no yard at all sometimes seve seventy i nty five fai e are shut up in a shed twenty one by by thirty six feet with a yard about ei eight ht fee twide on the southern front but in t this j Is case the shed is well furnished with ab eilts for the manure and is kept littered wag straw and at the back side a board a foot wide swings upon hinges so as to keep up a ventilation with this his care cara the flack thrives and lays on flesh as 1 lindly ind ly as M fj in larger quarters without it they would do to poorly orly with any amount of room sheep must be kept clean and free of foul air they love the dry atmosphere and the free breeze breezes of therill the hill tops if It yards are arg allowed some provision should be imade for confining them to the sheds I 1 in stormy weather it t takes bes kes k es a great greal deal of food to dry a thoroughly soaked fleece in winter to say nathin nothing o of its bearing upon the health of the animal it is 13 much better that this food sho ul 0 to form muscle and fat the seq in an cases where it is practicable open toward the south so that the winter sun may cocie cocce in upon them as much as pot byar byer the lun sun has a wonderful influx ene cne upon athe the animal economy 1 in mail small sheds an ana 1 yards ards aras a I 1 lesa I 1 amount of straw is needed forger for litzler ani and n the manule manul e is more easl easi ly managed inan ged ah ih important consideration the B sheds eds mu must st be furnished with racks and troug troughs hsi so that they can be fed with hay rain grain or roots at the option of the owner there should be room enough for all the sheep at once 1 I A rack off oi feeding box of convenient size for ise tse ani and udy bay be male made as follows forma forme posts take uke pieces of any good hard wood bool 2 bayz by 2 12 12 inches six in number one for e each h corner and for the middle of tile ille sides ifor or siding and ends take boards twelve af fet et in length twelve inches wide for the bott bottom om and eight inches for the top this will give you tian an opening of ten inches for the it 24 d of th sheep if th are thir thia thirty 1 in length lenth len th but therean can readily be ra a die dif e itter itten longer or shor shorter 1 according to lio the tho P 8 Z 0 of wish to 1 keep r tor or 1 t the bottom tae take three narrow strips of board onet ones one at each end elid and one in the middle upon these fasten a a board twelve inches wide running lengthwise through the thie middle this is for the bottom of the trough upon lacfi side bide ot 0 this put in a board upon a bevel extending tf tj the sides of 0 the box this will make the dishing at the sides and tight for holding grain meal roots or an any thing else you wish to give ahem hem this box ox may be made with wood wooden en pins or nails but the tha best fastening is stout screws about two and a half inches in length in the moving about the boxes are subjected ta a considerable strain and screws will be found the cheapest in theand the end such a box as this will accommodate about twenty large sheep it is easily turned over and cleaned without sweeping sweep ipg and for the summer this kind of feeding apparatus has been in use in this country forat least forty yea years yearb to and is on the whole the han ban handiest diest contrivance we have ever met with it will pay any man who keeps sheep to have enough enough of these thase made to accommodate commo date aate his whole flock in the common slovenly way of feeding upon the ground more fod derwill be wasted than would pay for the boxes the sheep is a clearly animal and its tastes should be consulted J r SELECTION OF SHEEP FOR FATTENING few fa farmers r mers raise the sheep they feed for the market the best districts for raisin raising cr sheep ar are 1 e not always the best for prepare preparing i dg them for the butcher the mountainous regions that yield abundance of grass ras cassare sare are not so god good goi generally for grain and roots the farmers who live near good markets or whose farms are arcs well adapted to grain and roots can fatten sheep co to better advantage than those who live livi in a more broken country but much of the them success of bf feeding depends upon skillful buying the refuse cheap sheep of light weight are not the 04 ones to be fed with most profit rog it aa As a rule it takes no more food to nish finish off for the butcher batcher a shep weigh hinga ilig a hundred and fifty pounds than one of a hundred pounds or less leea they will gaiu gain much f aster taster and give you yon more money for the food consumed the same constitutional habit that has bag made them thrifty jn in the light hill pastures will make them gain faster in the feeding ceding yards therefore purchase se the larger sheep even if you haye have to give more for them in n proportion to their size than for small ones FEEDING the practice of skillful farmers differs considerably sider ably here both is as to time tiffie and the articles of food consumed some feed thrice dally daily oth others ers era four times viz viz early in in the morning at 11 at au iad ind aad abd at evening Whit whatever even ever times are select selected edthe the feeder should be on the spot at the appointed bour hour regularity in feeding is a prime e lemerit of oc success in the fattening 0 of all domestic animals in the change of the flock from the pastures to the yards carb care should be taken taker not to over ovet feed them with grain at first the quantity of meal grain or oil cake calce may be gradually increased from a handful up to apon nd for each sheel daily beyond which quantity it is not ordinarily profitable or safe to go too high feeding with meal or oily food sometimes times lead leads to sudden death and the butcher loses his ha mutton and you lose iose your profits the sheep as any other domestic animal loves a variety of food and will do 40 much better upon three sorts daily than upon any anyone one whatever vei bill of farabe fare fara be madd made out for them thern felean elean sweet hay should d be b e the staff of life they are very fond 0 of f turnips and add these may for form m apart of the daily dally food both in the fall before they come to the yards and while they are in confinement chr Cir carrots rots beets and other roots are also highly relished some one ote ore of these will profitably bly bli form one of the daily meals for fattening they also need toed some kind of oily food as 0 oil 1 1 cake cotton seed cake or indian meal or corn they relish almost all alt the grainland grain grains sand and these maybe rhay be fed to advantage where the farmer raises them or man san can buy cheaply cheadl th the e straw of the grains oats wheat andrye and rye i if f run through e h a cutter and mixed with a little oats or meal can be profitably fed beans are an excellent feed and are more greedily eaten by sheep than by ottlee kinds of stock the need neither boiling nor grin erin grinding dirig indeed there seems to be no profit in grinding inTing gr any of the grains for this ani animal marso maTso so perfect is its mastication MANURE one great advantage of putting utting sheep under sheds in the winter ie is tre the large quantity of manure you are able to make by the process you can use all the muck that is desirable without vit hout any danger of miring the sheep shee as in the case in large open yards the wh whole 0 area of the shed and small yard vard attached maybe covered to the depth of a foot or more with I 1 muck and not an ounce of the manure liquid livid I or solid need be lost this Thi muck amuck should be kept hept covered with stra straw v or refuse hay of some kind so mat that the sheep may be dry at all tim tims in the books this manure stands standa i high among fertilizers and judging from what we have seen of its effect upon crop cropsie sit is s not at a all ail I 1 overestimated overestimated it is quite equal to the manure of the sty while mile in the yard and i trodden by the feet of the sheep it is in no danger of fermenting in the spring when he yards are are cleaned octif out if it be not immediately spread upon the soil and plowed in it should 1 be mixed with additional muck aa it ia IS very prone to fire fang PROFITS TS OF 01 SHEEP nus dandry isa tri q k it would perhaps be too much to sayida say bay thai thal no animal pays better upon the farm llan ilan lian filan 1 sheep of profit will depend i upon udon localton loc afton ani and up upon on the charac ter of the he f farm am where here th the cl circumstances r cum si ances are favorable we are confident it will pay well enough to keep keeps sheep and to feed them for the butcher thi this s busl busi business ness nebs is attra attracting cling mare more and mo more attention in the north and east every year and mutton enters more largely into the family marketing ma many of the farmers on the connecticut in bew new hampshire and vermont are f feeding all the grain they call can raise to sheep they buy wet hers bers and put them up about the t of december decerb er feeding on cob meal and oats for grain in march they shear them and d 6 end send to market wehen ivien they will weigh arn brn pu pounds ads and upward and will vrin brin bring from four to six cents a pound live weight |
