Show CHILDREN USED TO HERD SHEEP when there are children in the fani lly they will often take delight in herding a flock of sheep in odd corner about the fields where weeds are prevalent children take to sheep like robins to a cherry tree and in most instances can do as well in curing for them na as grown persons in the fall fail when more time Is av available callable tile the flock may be grazed along the roadside under the watchful eye of some one working near or whal the lambs get old enough to wean or before that even tiley they may ba b safely trusted to graze in the road or in an adjoining field without straying far away then there Is nothing tiler to clean the weeds out of the cornfield and strip the lower blades off the corn in the fall than a 0 loci lt if lambe lamb they hardly ever bother the oars ears of corn and will pay their owner a mighty good profit for the privilege of converting into mutton end and wool roughage that would otherwise be of no value many farmers never think seriously of owning sheep until the price begin to soar then they rush in at a high price generally getting out again after the price has slumped others start with a few ewes and an often because of the success which invariably cornea comes from handling a small flock they rud ewi denly to expand their operations feverishly thinking they have ered cred a short cut to getting rich quick As a rule they are not long in discovering that increased operations require a somewhat disproportionate increase I 1 in care card and attention test profit be changed into loss her bere e at hereford Ir farms arnis we keep about 20 to 25 ewes year in and year out high or low mutton or lambs cheap wool or a good price oar sheep are always ad good as anything else and their plaes on the farm Is secure william WIlllam IL allyn missouri farmer staff docking market lambs Is profitable practice itis it Is possible to market young lambs weighing 70 to 80 pounds that have not been docked nor castr cast castrated rated a ted and r receive e top market price for them according to AV 01 Karu Kar amiade university of Illinois however Ho weer tills this la Is only possible during a short t time and lambs so marketed must musi be young ri and 1 not ll 11 have ve developed onny ev evidence d i r nin masculine characteristic characteristics she he pointy out the reason ran we recommend that nil all intended for market be d docked a and nd castrated cast rated Is that while we plan on marketing them young it may inny not be possible to follow this plan lie says r bt liermore if properly done dolp these operations cause no setback set get back of the lambs tile the best age to dock and castrate lambs Is when they tire are from ten to twenty days old at that time the shock Is not preat great find the operations are easily performed treatment for pigs Is essential while young young pigs are set back much less by castration than are ar older ones onen and cob consequently this operation should he be gotten out cut of 0 tile the way as early its as possible in life iffe i young pipe pigs nn imp also much more co conveniently handled during tha th operation lhnn are older ones find and losses among the youn olneq will also he be less and slowing up of gains will he be smaller during the henling pr process icess if the pigs are to he vaccinated vaccina ted af ter castration the vaccination should be delayed for a week or ten days to let the wounds from the operation heal properly on the other hand it if the pigs are to he vaccinated vaccina ted before the operation as Is lone done in pump herds the castration should not follow until about a month after vaccination improving sheep flock floch by particular culling it if you have got a thrifty flock of and add especially if you used it good purebred pure puro bred rain select its inting of the best ewe lambs as you havo ewes that should be cullia culled out of the flock keep these ewe lambs to improve your flock pick lambs that are the roost most typical of the breed your flock represents pick n lamb with legs lega wll well set apart set out on the corners you might say pay this will bo be n lamb with constitution that should develop into a good producing tu mother other there Is lucli in breeding even in your nilar ket flock twin producing and heavy milking ewes are more apt to produce that kind records indicate that the mother ewe controls the twin prodie ing habit to a much greater extent thao does the flock ram money in sheep there Is good money in sheep prodded pf af course that you do not over one of the most successful sheer sheep men in this country says that there should be ten evres on every 80 60 acre farm this small number will out not overstock thle placeit will not necea e so much adeep tight fence und will not interfere with other farm work the average farmer fanner who will i give sheep reas reasonable anable care can extra good money on a amell I 1 lunch 0 abeen specialized egg E 99 1 farming towing growing has H a s been outstanding development in agriculture since the war by the untied deportment cai f agriculture specialized specialize I 1 egg fa farming has beon been an outstanding development in american am agriculture a 9 ri culture huce the war it has heroine an important factor in egg production poultry had been one of the i nations largest but least organized agricultural industries although nine farmers out of ten kept poultry few paid attention ibn to the individual Inal vidual ben accordingly conditions were very favorable for specialized egg farming eggs and poultry were relatively higher in price than dairy products meat animals and other farm corn com mo modifies dittes i and feed prices favored the poultry men little capital needed another stimulus was the fact that little capital was needed to get started in the business v and returns were not long delayed the business accordingly had a tremendous growth originally developed in the vicinity of large cities to supply the local markets m ar specialized egg farming in some sections increased its output beyond the requirements of the nearby near by population mainly through operative cooperative co effort however lio wever wider markets were obtained this resulted in the development of specialized egg farming communities which are located principally on the pacific coast despite tile the rapid expansion of the business specialized egg farming remains a minor factor in the total production of eggs in the united state Stat ekl farm flocks still account for about 85 per cent of our annual egg crop good future probable the united states department of agriculture believes however that a good future for bior specialized egg farming ingis Is probable specialized poultry men cannot expect to survive the competition of the small farm flock it if they follow ordinary flock methods and practices indications Indica tiong are however that ali ay iy y understand the requirements quire ments of their business better than to do that the more successful of them realize that the specialized poultry industry must produce special quality eggs end and find a market for them at special prices it must also maintain not only a high average annual egg production but a high pro in the season when the be best et eggs are scarce hay costs are out cut by i use of windi windrol Win droy 0 o y 4 method 1 crops 1 0 of P ae min n desota experiment have hac prepared pare d a bulletin on ilay hay making lp ip minnesota containing su suggestions ol 01 use to the farmer as the haaf having na draws near this bulletin says that the curing of hay in wind windrows rows reduces curing costs to make the pr on per kind of windrow however hn weer Is important and fur for tills this the specialists advise the lie use of nf the side delhery rah rake e with curved teeth tills this rake nake makes a windrow which hastens the curing process with little loss los of leaves and little bl aleath eath ing the hay Is not raked calel until the loaves leaves are wilted after cutting sunflowers Sun flowers for silage favored by wisconsin ansin although sunflowers sun flowers are not quite ns as palatable to live stock in silage na as Is corn neither do cornbo corn borers rera find them us as delicious fare as the cr crop 0 p from which they have been given their name fiame sic cording to the circular sun stin lowers flowers for silage which tins has just been released by the university of wisconsin madison wis the circular tells of the use of sun lowers flowers for silage in addition to 0 providing tin an abundance of feed under conditions where corn may not thrive satisfactorily the sun sunflowers flowers IM effective in controlling most noxious weeds |