1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
293 
CORN SILAGE FOR SHEEP. 
Is corn silage good Winter feed for 
sheep? If so, how much should be fed 
and how much grain with it? I sow one- 
third wheat with oats. Is this all right 
for sheep? F. a. w. 
Pulaski, N. Y. 
I know of no better food for sheep in 
Winter than good corn silage. Of course 
silage alone will not do, hut with some 
dry roughage it keeps the sheep’s 
bowels loose and regular, stimulates the 
growth of wool, and when ewes come 
to have lambs it ensures a full supply 
of milk for the lamb and a kind of milk 
on which it will thrive. How much 
should be fed daily depends very much 
on size of sheep and whether they are 
housed in warm quarters or compelled 
to rustle about in the snow and cold. 
Where kept in proper folds reasonably 
v/arm, they should have about four 
pounds to the 100 pounds live weight 
daily, divided into two feeds. If simply 
being carried through the Winter as 
store sheep they will do very well on 
this amount of silage and what good 
clover or Alfalfa hay they will eat. If 
to raise Winter lambs the ewes ought 
to have enough grain in addition to keep 
them thriving or even gaining a little 
in flesh, or if intended to be fattened 
after the lambs are taken they should 
have still more grain. While wheat and 
oats make a very good grain ration for 
a sheep it seems to me it would be quite 
an expensive food. We feed our sheep 
for Winter lamb raising corn and bran, 
about equal parts, with a little oil meal 
added. We also think it pays to raise 
mangels so as to feed a few of these 
every day in addition to the silage. No 
animal so likes a variety and frequent 
change of food as the sheep. 
j. s. WOODWARD. 
SHEEP LOSING WOOL. 
1. I have about 50 head of sheep, and 
they have lost a great quantity of their 
wool; in fact, some of them have hardly 
any on. I have examined and can And 
no vermin; they seem to itch a great deal. 
Can you advise me what to do? 2. I have 
several sheep that have had lambs but 
had no milk. Can you tell me the cause. 
ana rs it liable to happen again next year? 
Marshall Hall, Md. h. k. b. 
1. The trouble described is a small 
parasite under the skin, perhaps scab. If 
they are inclined to rub themselves this 
is doubtless the case, or they have suf¬ 
fered from exposure or lack of sufficient 
or the right kind of feed. Anything that 
gives the sheep a setback will stop the 
growth of wool, and if it is severe may 
cause it to come out. It might also come 
from suddenly giving them a heavy 
grain feed after they had had nothing 
but roughage. I have known this to 
start the wool. In any case, I should at 
once shear them. They will take no cold 
if they are closely housed for a few 
days. I have had less trouble from cold, 
shearing in March than when they were 
sheared in June, and were exposed to 
the weather. Then dip the sheep in 
some carbolic sheep dip, like Zenoleum. 
This will help if they are troubled with 
parasites; kill the ticks and have a gen¬ 
erally stimulating effect on the skin. 
2. The probable cause of the sheep 
having no milk is lack of the right kind 
of feed, the same reason that would 
make the wool come off. There is no 
more reason for a healthy sheep not hav¬ 
ing milk when fresh than for a cow if 
properly fed. By the right kind of feed 
I mean such as makes blood, bone and 
muscle; bran, oats, linseed meal, cow 
pea or clover hay. These feeds will grow 
wool, lamb and make milk, and the 
sheep has to do all these and maintain 
herself beside. The same causes that 
produce the trouble this year will have 
a like effect next. Remove the cause 
and the trouble will disappear. 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
Cattle to the South.— J. P. V., East 
Liverpool, O., can take his cattle direct to 
Georgia, the earlier the better, and imme¬ 
diately after getting on the ground pen 
them in a lot where there are few or no 
ticks. Then watch carefully for ticks and 
card off the majority. It is desirable that 
a few be on them for inoculation. After a 
few weeks’ care they will become immune. 
A slight fever may come, but generous 
feeding, careful watering and carding daily 
will no doubt save 100 per cent of his stock. 
De Soto Co., Fla. a. l. r. 
Skinning Hogs. —In your issue for 
March 12 E. C. Gillette, page 209, says 
‘‘the old-fashioned way” in referring to 
scalding hogs. Now my mother says 
that when she was a small girl (and that 
is 50 years ago) the hog butcher 
always took the hide for pay at butch¬ 
ering time. My father also says prac¬ 
tically the same thing, as his father was 
a tanner by trade and always had some 
hog skins at the tannery. Years ago 
anyone having a saddle covered with 
pig skin had as good as there was, so 
they thought. As for the cleaning of 
the intestines in the house, I think he 
is right, it is no work for the house, al¬ 
though years ago it was done so and the 
intestines were turned and cleaned for 
sausage casings and also for soap grease. 
Easthampton, Mass. J. b. h. 
“IF YOU want to know how to raise 
Calves cheaply and successfully without 
Milk, write to J. VV. Barwell, Wauke¬ 
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MILK FEVER. 
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All Sheep 
I are a prey to scab, lice, ticks, etc. 
I You should act promptly with the 
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The result is they all endorse 
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