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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 6 
lUVE STOCK\ 
AND DAIRY. 
THE CARE OF THE RAM. 
A Shropshire Man Talks. 
I prefer keeping the ram from the 
ewes, and turning a ewe to him as re- 
quired, or penning him in the day time, 
and giviug him the freedom of the floek 
at night; either way is preferable to 
leaving him with the ewes all the time. 
If a two-year ram, and used as above, 
he will very readily care for 50 to (30 
ewes. If running with the flock all the 
time, about 40 ewes would be enough; 
for a one-year ram, I would prefer him 
not to serve so many. I have not found 
it necessary to use a different feed from 
that for the ewes; feed for both ewes 
and rams should be good muscle-produc¬ 
ers, say oats, bran, roots, rape, cab¬ 
bage, etc. Corn has not proved a good 
feed with me. Clover hay is acceptable 
at all times. I use a ram (if a superior 
breeder) until he fails to get as great a 
per cent of lambs as he should; that age 
varies very much with different in¬ 
dividuals. The most successful way I 
have found of getting ewes to couple 
early, is by a liberal feed, and using a 
ration composed of a good per cent of 
corn for a limited time. I have not 
been as successful in getting early lambs 
as I would like. c. a. phklps 
New Castle. Ind. 
Treatment of the South Down. 
The custom with the South Downs has 
been for rams to run with the ewes A 
strong ram lamb can be bred to 15 or 20 
ewes. 1 have bred yearlings to 40 ewes, 
but the season would be prolonged by 
turning in early and adding more ewes 
later. Old rams always got us better 
show lambs for September show than 
younger. The South Down, as long as 
he is healthy and vigorous, is not too 
old. One ewe, Graddy 6(3, 12 years old, 
produced and raised a pair of twins this 
year. 
Our custom has been to breed to two 
or three rams in order to sell to old 
customers, rams and ewes, not akin. I 
have practiced feeding shelled corn just 
before 1 wanted to breed ; I am not sure 
that it does any good, but practice it and 
believe that it does. I know one breeder 
in Kentucky who rents rams of Alex¬ 
ander, puts a boy on a horse and drives 
the ewes all day. He claims that his 
lambs all come within a very few days. 
It is almost impossible for us to get 
January or February lambs. Grade 
Merino, or the old natives, take the ram 
earliest. A neighbor, breeding for mut¬ 
ton lambs, lets the ram run with the 
ewes, and from native or low-grade 
Merinos, has raised two sets of lambs in 
one year, and five sets of lambs in three 
years. 
Careful coupling and rigid culling will 
make a flock. Careless coupling will 
deteriorate. 1 have failed to have a 
uniform floek, when I kept valuable 
ewes as long as they would breed, and 
bred to two or three rams each year. 
This was done for the sake of line breed¬ 
ing, and to supply old customers with 
breeding stock. f. f. robinson. 
Hanover, Ohio. 
Handling the Oxford Ram. 
I paid a large price for registered im¬ 
ported Oxford rams, and I wanted to get 
most out of my money and save the rams 
as much as possible. I paid $625 for 
three imported rams, all prize-winners 
and good breeders. Many of my ewes 
cost me $100 each. Rams never sh uld 
run with ewes, but in pastures by them¬ 
selves in lots of not over four to six in 
each lot or field. A single service is 
much the best, going over the flock once 
or twice and changing rams. Have 
another color of paint on the different 
ram's breasts. The next best way is to 
turn the ram in nights, taking him to 
the barn and feeding him. I would 
rather breed one ram to 100 ewes with 
a single service, than to turn him in 
with 40 ewes ; but 40 or 50 are enough 
for one ram. It is better to take good 
care of the ram at breeding time than to 
have so much trouble with weakly 
lambs at lambing time. 
I don’t like to use a younger ram than 
a yearling. I would uot like to breed 
over 10 to 20 to a lamb. A good vigor¬ 
ous two or three-year-old is about the 
right age. I have used rams up to 
seven years old. Keep a good ram as long 
as he breeds well. 
Ewes bred to drop early lambs should 
be well taken care of through the 
pasturing season, kept on good pasture, 
changed from one field to another every 
10 to 14 days, with good water and salt 
within their reach. Wean lambs early, 
and if any ewes are thin, feed grain ; 
get them in good flesh, and they will 
soon come in heat. 
The best way to care for a ram is to 
give the run of a good pasture in Sum¬ 
mer, with oats, clover hay, some corn 
and bran, and corn ensilage with plenty 
of exercise at all times in Winter. Fur¬ 
nish him good shelter, and let him be 
the judge whether he wants to use it or 
not ; but it will have to be kept nice and 
clean, and must be reached without 
wading through mud and tilth, or he 
will not use it much. Sheep delight to 
roam over pastures in pure air and sun¬ 
shine, and will seek shelter on the hill¬ 
side in time of storms, when you might 
think them better off in warm barns. 
Denver, Ind. L. b. skinnkr. 
THE BULL AND HIS CARE. 
PRACTICAL BREEDERS TALK. 
1. How early should the bull be put to service ? 
2. How much service should the young bull be 
given ? 
3. How many cows may an old bull serve during 
the year ? 
4. What is the best food for the bull when at 
service ? 
5. Do you tie him up with the cows, or keep 
him by himself ? 
B. What do you consider the best way to manage 
and handle the service bull ? 
7. Do you let bulls run in the pasture, and do 
you handle them with ring and staff ? 
Handling An Ayrshire Bull. 
1. When he begins to show a disposi¬ 
tion to serve, say from 8 to 12 montl s 
old for a bull that has been well cared 
for. 2. Any bull should not be allowed 
to serve over twice to a cow in heat, and 
a young bull but once, and then be re¬ 
moved from the cow. Two or three cows 
a week, at one service each, will not in¬ 
jure a young bull. 3. An old bull, well 
cared for and controlled in his work, 
might serve two cows each day, or even 
three when needed, for naturally, there 
would be some days when cows would 
not be in heat in any herd, and the bull 
would rest. 4. A limited quantity of 
good hay, ground oats and wheat bran. 
The object is muscle and strength, but 
not fat. 5. A bull is not as liable to get 
cross if he is kept where he can see the 
cows and be tied near them, also if he is 
kept where lie sees people passing fre¬ 
quently. 6. A ring in his nose and a 
strong staff. 7. In Winter, I let the bull 
run in the yard with the cows, when 
none is in heat; but if he run with the 
cows in the pasture, it is difficult to con¬ 
trol his service, as he will exhaust him¬ 
self on a cow if in heat. If a bull is 
cross, 1 hood him when I turn him out 
with the cows. A bull needs exercise. 
If not convenient to let him run in the 
yard with the cows, he can be exercised 
in a power and made to work, or a small 
cable stretched between two posts with a 
sliding ring and short chain with a snap 
may be used to snap in the ring in his 
nose, and let him travel back and forth 
at will. A bull should never be petted 
or abused ; let him alone, and always 
look on him as dangerous. A good- 
natured bull is the most to be looked out 
for. You will naturally watch a cross 
bull, and be safe, for you will not trust 
him. c. M. WINSLOW. 
Brandon, Vt. 
Feed the Bull. 
A well-developed Jersey bull can be 
put to service at 10 months of age, but I 
would prefer to wait until one year old, 
and then allow only two or three cows a 
month, one service each. An old bull 
may serve three or four cows a week, one 
service each. Clover hay, ground oats, 
linseed meal and wheat bran mixed arc 
good food for a service bull, also a lump 
of rock salt to lick, water two or three 
times daily, and plenty of exercise. We 
handle our bulls with a ring, and a 
Wells staff. K. L. CLARKSON. 
Tivoli, N. Y. 
Not Too Much Service . 
No bull should be put to service before 
one year old, and then to a limited num¬ 
ber of heifers of the same or approximate 
age. A bull two or more years old may 
serve 20 to 40 cows, according to size, 
condition and keeping. The best feed 
is hay and wheat bran mixed with one- 
half ground oats and what hay or 
green forage he will take without 
waste. After two years old, give him 
a pen by himself. l’ut a ring in his 
nose when one year old, and lead him 
with a staff. d. m. Campbell. 
Oneonta, N. Y. 
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