376 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



of autumn weather come on. Besides this they are apt to suffer from 

 milk disorders in the ewe. Ewes lambing late on heavy grasses are 

 apt to get caked udder. 



One of the principal advantages of intensive feeding in the spring 

 and of the consequent rapid growth of the lamb is that it permits of 

 early weaning. Three or four months is a better age than six for the 

 weaning of lambs and the advantage of early grain feeding of lababs 

 is that it can be resumed on the weaning of the lamb without the 

 possibility of loss of weight or the retarding of growth from the 

 change. The advantage is equally great on the side of the ewe, as it 

 gives ample time for her to recuperate before the next breeding 

 season. 



In the selling of sheep, as in the disposal of any other commodity, 

 it is the special rather than the commonplace product to which the 

 artificial margins or profits fall. Whether a man is raising sheep to 

 sell for breeding purposes, in which case large size is especially to be 

 desired, or whether for butcher's use, he should try to have his stuff 

 ready early. In the neighborhood of the cities lamb is now supplied 

 in a steady stream all through the season from January on and it is 

 during the early months of the year that prices rule highest. After 

 midsummer there is a time when everybody has lambs to sell and 

 when prices reach a dead level. On high priced lands near the 

 towns and cities it is necessary that the products of all kinds be of a 

 special character. Intensive production is the only condition under 

 which such lands will pay. An indifferent product limited also to vol- 

 ume will mean loss on such lands. It is imperatively necessary that 

 the man on a small holding should make his meat products quickly. 



E. CORN. 



CORN EXPERIMENTS. 



H. M. Cotirell in Wallace's Farmer. 



Mr. T. S. Hunt, a student of the Iowa Agricultural College, is help- 

 ing us in our corn work, and has just noted an effect of harrowing that 

 may be of value to some of your readers who have wet fields. 



We are making a test of planting corn at different dates and are 

 taking the temperature of the soil at the time of each planting. The 

 experiment is being made on fall plowed land. The day each planting 

 is made the land for that planting is thoroughly disked and then har- 

 howed. 



Our first planting was made April 22d and the second planting April 

 27th. Mr. Hunt found at the time of the second planting that the lanJ 

 on which the first planting was made had a temperature of 55 degrees 



