THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 5, 
396 
A HARD SHEEP QUESTION. 
I had 101 ewes, and two good Cheviot 
grade rams. At the proper time last Sum¬ 
mer I took the rams up and put them on 
wire, each about 100 feet long with chain 
and ring to run on wire. A neighbor had 
three ram lambs that he did not take up, 
letting them run at large all over the neigh¬ 
borhood. I cautioned him several times, as 
well as others in the family, not to let those 
mongrel lambs get with my flock, as I did 
not want their lambs, or want my ewes to 
lamb until they were out to pasture. I 
guess he went out half a day looking for 
them, but on October 30 I found his three ram 
lambs running with my flock of ewes on my 
premises—March 28 the ewes began dropping 
lambs, and 1 expect will continue to do so. 
There is snow on the ground here and pasture 
wet, it is considered the worst time of year 
for lambs to come. Ewes do not have much 
milk and in poorest flesh of any time of 
year. I want to be neighborly and helpful to 
my neighbors, but what ought I to do about 
this in justice to myself? I suppose that 
legally he is liable for all damages. If I 
let him off for nothing, pocket the loss my¬ 
self, what reason is there to suppose he will 
not commit the same careless act tills Fall, 
and impose on his neighbors in the same 
way? s - c - A - 
New York. 
In such a case I would talk with this 
man in a friendly way, show him how I 
had been damaged and ask him to stand 
half the loss. Really it is a case of gross 
carelessness on his part, and he ought to 
be willing to pay whatever loss resulted. 
Not only is he legally liable for damages, 
but finable for letting such animals run 
at large, and if S. C. A. offers to let him 
off for half the damage done it would 
probably not only cure him of such a bad 
practice, but result in keeping him friend¬ 
ly. If he would do nothing I am inclined 
to think it a case where S. C. A. owes it 
not only to himself, but to all his neigh¬ 
bors who keep sheep to collect damages, 
even if he does not insist upon his being 
fined. Such men in a community are a 
constant drawback, a block in the road 
to improved stock breeding, and the 
quicker they are brought to see the evil 
of their ways the better for all. There is 
no way to educate them so quick as to 
touch their pocket. j. s. woodward. 
The owner of the ram lambs is respon¬ 
sible for all damages. The amount of the 
damage should be determined by sound 
and intelligent judgment. As to proper 
procedure in the case, personal and neigh¬ 
borly considerations will necessarily enter 
into it, but, as a matter of principle, we 
should say that a bill for the estimated 
damages should first be presented and if 
no agreement can be reached the law 
should be invoked. james wood. 
It is a hard nut to crack, as S. C. A. 
says; this neighbor is no doubt legally lia¬ 
ble to damages, and very heavy ones in 
this case. It is very provoking, and if 
anything will stir up a man’s ire such 
carelessness on the part of a neighbor 
as is shown in this case will do it. But 
with me I have always tried to go by 
the Golden Rule, for perhaps thereby he 
may be able to heap coals of fire on his 
neighbor’s head. Although the damage 
cannot be reckoned in dollars and cents, 
the way I feel I should let it drop for this 
time and try him once more. 
GEO. W. HIGGINS. 
' COTTON SEED MEAL FOR HENS. 
Has anyone had experience in feeding cot¬ 
ton-seed meal to poultry? Will it take the 
place of meat? 
During July, August, September and 
October we use perhaps a 10 per cent por¬ 
tion of cotton-seed meal in mash fed to 
our hens in place of beef scrap three times 
a week. We believe it helps them 
through the moult, and have seen no bad 
results from its use. We feed it at no 
other season, and to grown stock orrly. 
The writer has made a practice of this 
for the past five years. Its nature is oily, 
and sunflower seed being recommended at 
this season it makes a cheaper substitute, 
and results with me are just as satisfac- 
- tory. ocean springs poultry farm. 
Mississippi. 
I have fed cotton-seed meal to hens in 
a mash; used a mixture of five pounds 
cornmeal, three pounds bran and three 
pounds cotton-seed meal. Hens do not 
like cotton-seed meal; they have to be 
taught to eat it, and do not take very 
kindly to the teaching, so I would not ad¬ 
vise anyone to feed it. No vegetable 
product will take the place of meat. Much 
of the dried meat on the market to-day 
is little better than tankage, but good 
meat meal can be found, and its use will 
pay a good profit. I have kept 150 Buff 
Rocks the past Winter; fed on corn, 
wheat and meat meal (very poor quality), 
and have sold a 30-dozen crate of eggs 
every week. That is not remarkable lay¬ 
ing, but if I could make every department 
of my business pay the same profit I 
would soon be rich. john ii. janney. 
Maryland. 
I have used cotton-seed meal in large 
quantities as a food for poultry, but I 
was unable to see any decided benefit 
from its use when fed with other ground 
feeds, either in the egg yield or in the 
meat of the fowls dressed Jor market. I 
have used it with and without meat or 
animal meal, and have fed it to several 
different flocks, and I found it gave the 
best results when I used it sparingly with 
the meat or animal meal and other ground 
feeds. Very few persons realize how con¬ 
centrated it is, and are apt to use too 
much, which physics the fowls, or causes 
them to dislike food in which it has been 
mixed. To those desiring to use it to 
supply the lacking protein I would advise 
them to put in very small quantities. No, 
I do not consider it a fair substitute for 
meat, as fowls fed on it mixed in the 
ground feed seemed to crave something, 
and when meat was placed before them 
ate ravenously, which they did not do if 
the meat was mixed with the ground feed. 
New York. Arthur c. van deman. 
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