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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 10 
\UVE STOCK| 
m AND DAIRY. 
SHEEP IN THE CORN FIELD. 
STRANGE PRACTICE FOR EASTERN FARMERS. 
Stories are told every year of how west¬ 
ern sheep growers turn the sheep into 
the corn held, at about this season of the 
year. It has been reported that these 
sheep eat down the weeds and grass, but 
do little damage to the standing corn. It 
is hard for some of our eastern readers 
to credit such statements, and so we 
have written to a number of our western 
stockmen to try to learn the facts in the 
case. 
Rape and Pumpkins. —Mr. H. C. Leon¬ 
ard, of Wabash, Ind., says that he has 
seen large flocks of sheep in corn fields, 
the owners stating that the sheep did 
not injure the corn as long as there was 
sufficient pasture. Last Summer, on 
weaning his lambs, and having no good 
pasture, he turned them into the corn. 
They did not harm the corn at all, ex¬ 
cept eating a few stalks that were down. 
They ate a good many pumpkins, and 
came out fat and in fine condition. He 
could not find an ear of corn touched by 
them, except a few that were broken 
down. This year he has sown rape in 
his corn fields, about 10 pounds on three 
acres, and has a fine stand. About the 
middle of September, he will turn in the 
ewes and lambs and let them eat down 
the rape, and has no fear that the ewes 
will bother the corn to any extent. He 
thinks that the sheep will be a benefit 
to the field rather than an injury. When 
pumpkins are growing in the corn, the 
sheep will eat them down close. Thus, 
with rape, pumpkins and corn, one may 
get three crops off the ground, namely, 
mutton, wool and grain. 
Alex. Todd, of Depew, la., says that 
sheep do remarkably well when turned 
into the corn stalks after the ears have 
been snapped off. In that country, the 
corn is not cut until the ears have been 
snapped off and thrown into a wagon. 
The sheep eat the small leaves and pick 
up any ears that may have been left in 
the field. Mr. Todd considers that it 
would be nonsense to turn the sheep into 
the corn field before the corn is ripe. 
While they might not gnaw the strong 
stalks, they would be likely to ruin 
many of the ears. 
W. A. Fritchman, of Muscatine, la., 
says that it is a very common practice 
with farmers and sheeomen there, to 
sow rape seed in the corn at the last 
plowing; then, when the rape grows to 
a fair size, they turn in sheep or lambs 
to eat it off. The rape makes a fine feed 
for the sheep, and they seldom bother 
the corn while the rape lasts. They 
also eat down the grass and weeds, pre¬ 
ferring them to the lower part of the 
stalk. 
Dig Corn Out West.— Anderson Bros., 
of Wichita, Kans., say that, at present, 
they have 1,000 Merino lambs running 
in their field. These lambs clear up all 
the Crab grass and weeds. They eat the 
lower blades of corn, but never touch 
stalk or ear. Grown sheep, they say, 
will eat some corn, especially after the 
weeds and grass begin to get tough. 
But, if one owns both sheep and corn 
field, nothing will be lost. 
E. P. Noel, of Rockville, Ind., says 
that it is a common practice in his coun¬ 
try to turn lambs into the corn fields at 
weaning time. They cannot reach the 
ears of corn, but will eat the lower 
blades, and clean up the weeds and 
grass. No one pastures the corn fields 
with old sheep, however. Mr. Noel says 
that he thinks it likely that this prac¬ 
tice would not seem so strange to east¬ 
ern farmers if they could husk corn a 
few days in some of the western corn 
fields, where they would have to reach 
above their heads for the ears of corn. 
Weedy Corn Fields. —James A. Mo- 
berley, of Windsor, Ill., says that the 
weedy corn fields are considered excel¬ 
lent sheep pasture. Weeds, grass and 
stray blades of corn make a fine combi¬ 
nation. Where the stalks are tall and 
straight, and the ears high up, the sheep 
will not injure the corn. In small corn, 
where the ears were within reach, the 
sheep would soon learn to break or pull 
it down. It depends, therefore, on the 
strength and size of the stalks. The 
safe plan is to keep close watch on the 
sheep, and if the ears are in reach, the 
sheep will soon take a relish for them, 
and the flock will be found hunting for 
ears that are in reach of their teeth. 
In this case, the only thing to do is to 
drive the sheep from the field. The corn 
field is a favorite place for pasturing the 
lambs, which make very little effort to 
find ears of corn. As a rule, corn that 
will make from 50 to 70 bushels per acre, 
and stands up straight, can safely be 
pastured by sheep of almost any size. 
It is only when the grass and weeds on 
the surface are eaten off, that the sheep 
begin to climb up for the blades and 
ears of corn. 
Corn Inside the Siieep. —L. M. Hart¬ 
ley, of Salem, Iowa, says that, in his 
country, sheep are considered to be the 
best animals to clean up the corn field. 
While they eat the weeds and grasses, 
they also eat the corn. They do not 
gnaw off the stalk, but when not able 
to reach the ears of corn, they would 
break down the stalks to get them. He 
considers it the most economical method 
to fatten a flock of sheep in that way. 
They just turn them into a field and let 
them harvest the crop, which they do 
with great benefit to themselves and no 
waste whatever, thus saving the trouble 
of gathering and feeding the crop again. 
H. Codd, of Westfield, Iowa, cannot 
indorse this practice by his experience. 
Dorset lambs very soon learn to eat the 
ears, and older sheep, the same as hogs, 
will ride down stalks bearing ears which 
they cannot reach. The corn in his 
section of the country certainly does 
not grow so big that the sheep cannot 
get at the ears; besides, they usually 
have winds which lay and twist the corn 
so that the sheep can reach most of it 
without effort. He has often turned 
sheep into a corn field, and always found 
that they will make a total clearance of 
the corn without waste. He considers 
this a very good way to fatten sheep or 
lambs for the early Winter market. His 
practice is to sow rye in the corn field in 
August. After the coin is husked, this 
rye makes, with the stalks, a very fine 
Winter pasture. He has never seen any 
ill effects from turning sheep into the 
corn field and letting them eat all they 
will, though sometimes a few will get 
too much at the start. His experience 
certainly is that, when sbeep and corn 
occupy the same field, the corn will be 
inside of the sheep. 
It will be seen from these notes that 
there is really something in this method 
of feeding sheep. The plan of sowing 
rape in the corn field and turning in the 
sheep to eat it off seems to be very pop¬ 
ular in the West. Certainly this is a 
most economical way of feeding the 
sheep and keeping the corn fields clean. 
We question, however, whether many of 
our eastern farmers would have the 
courage to turn a flock of hungry sheep 
into the corn field and give them a free 
chance to eat what they can find. 
MR. L. T., of Norwich, N. Y., says that, at one 
time, having a tub of rancid butter, it occurred 
to him that the old and tried plan of burying 
clothes after having an unpleasantness with a 
skunk, might work with the butter. He buried it 
three feet deep in the garden, left it about a 
month, at the end of which time it was removed 
and found perfectly sweet. 
Dishorning in Texas.— The practice of dishorn 
ing is quite general in the North, and is growing 
in favor in this country. I have bought since 
January 1, nearly 1,000 heifers, most of them 
carrying the first calf. I dishorned part of them 
that I got before the weather got warm, and 
shall dishorn the rest as soon as the cool weather 
of Winter come3. H. c. whebler. 
Texas. 
“It goes right to the spot,” where the rasping 
cough hurts, and cures it—Jayne's Expectorant. 
Stimulate your Liver with Jayne’s Painless Sana¬ 
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