LAMBING OFF CORN WILL SAVE LABOR 



By J. Orton Finley, Knox County, Illinois 



My lambs and ewes did a splendid job of hai- vesting corn last 

 year. They not only ate all the leaves off the stalk and all the 

 corn off the cob, but they polished the stalks as well. We pastured 

 off nearly 75 acres of corn in our fields with lambs, ewes, and 

 a few shotes, and I am frank to say that my feeders have never 

 done better. At night the ewes and lambs came into the yards 

 for a feed of silage, alfalfa, and some cottonseed meal. They 

 never went into the field when muddy. 



Saved $200 in Labor 



When it came time to husk, labor was scarce and prices high. 

 I bought a half mile of wire fence and gave them ten acres at a 

 time, the lambs going over the field first, followed by the ewes and 

 shotes as the lambs passed on to a new ten acres. This saved 

 me 1200 in husking and extra labor in feeding. Kept moving the 

 fence back last season until 7.5 acres were harvested, and I expect 

 to do the same again this season. 



[Mr. Finley's lambs usually top the market. He was the 

 first man in the world to receive $11.15 a hundred for a car of 

 lambs. A lamb never leaves the farm until his ribs have been 

 touched to determine the degree of fatness. If he is not fat that 

 lamb stays at home. I niformity of breeding, finish, and quality 

 is one reason why Mr. Finley's lambs are always market toppers.] 





Sheep Eating Corn Leaves that Would Otherwise go to Waste and at the Same 

 Time Cleaning up the Weed Seeds 



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