734 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



foods, in winter; and salt is of the same importance in winter as in summer; io 

 fact it is better for any and all animals if they have daily access to salt. 



But I doubt the efficiency of General Marshall's plan, of New York, in 

 forcing sheep to eat the orts or coarse butts of poor hay left in the racks by 

 other animals, simply to get what salt they need. He places these orts in 

 box-racks under cover for the sheep, which he says they eat readily after they 

 have been well sprinkled with salt water. But my plan would be, if I had 

 poor hay, to cut it in a suitable cutter and sprinkle it with sweetened water 

 if necessary (see " Fattening Cattle, Use of Molasses in "); then mixing in a 

 little meal to make up for the poor hay, and so there should be no orts left, 

 and give to all animals daily access to salt; but I should not force my sheep 

 to eat the poorest parts of the poor hay, left by the other stock, to obtain 

 what little salt they needed. Sheep should be fed with the best of hay if you 

 expect them to do well. 



Sheep, Sulphur and Salt Valuable for.— There are those among 

 sheep breeders who consider, especially in winter, that sulphur, 4 ozs., to salt, 

 2 qts.*, mixed and put where sheep can have access to it, under shelter, is val- 

 uable in helping to ward off diseases, as foot rot, scab, mange, etc. It is un- 

 doubtedly valuable, occasionally, for all stock, as well as for persons, who 

 by the "grandmother plan," which was a good one, mix it with cream of tartar 

 and molasses every spring and take a tea-spoonful every morning for 3 morn- 

 ings, and skip 3, for the whole family, till 9 doses had been taken. Sheep, 

 however, will eat it mixed with salt without the molasses. 



Breeding Ewes, Care of, for Profit.— Have good winter shelter, 

 good clover hay, a few roots, a little grain daily, and water handy — water is 

 more necessary in winter than in summer. Have no fears of their becoming 

 too fat. If, occasionally, one gets too fat and drops her lamb out of season, 

 she will be in season for the butcher, at a good price, after shearing. Sheep 

 are cheap in the fall, when all are fat. Feed thus from the time they come 

 into winter quarters, or earlier, if pasture is 'short, and until it is good in the 

 spring; and your wool will be better and more of it, the ewes will be better 

 supplied with milk, especially those raising twins; the lambs will be in bet- 

 ter condition for the butcher; so will any of the flock, which from age or 

 general failure to raise a lamb or two, it will be best to dispose of. If not 

 cared for through the winter, but allowed to become poor, you can not sell 

 till fall, when everybody else has them also for sale. 



Sheep, Peas, and Pea Straw, a Valuable Winter Food For.— 

 There are so many useful things in the following item, which every sensible man 

 .can see, who reads it, I am constrained to give them a place, although I do 

 not know who the writer was. If I did know I should take great pleasure 

 in giving him credit; still, I know so well that it contains too much good 

 common sense to throw it away, and from what I know of raising peas for 

 hogs, as given under that head, I know great benefit will arise to all who 

 have suitable land for peas, if they raise them and use them as this writer 

 directs for sheep. He says; 



