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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 10, 
FACTS ABOUT SHEEP. 
What breed of sheep would be the most 
profitable for mutton and wool on the East¬ 
ern Shore of Maryland (Worcester Co.)? 
Snow Hill, Md. w. l. 
I notice that most of the sheep in 
your locality are the coarsc-wooled with 
a good bit of Cotswold blood in 
them. I have seen few flocks there 
that were well kept and I consider them 
not a profitable sheep for your section. 
They are light shearers, and while they 
make good mut.ton lambs, they take 
some time to mature. I would rather 
advise Shropshire or Southdown grades. 
I am sure it would help you to send 
for “Sheep Farming in America,” by 
Joseph E. Wing. It tells the character¬ 
istics of the different breeds, treats of 
the feeding and care of sheep, as well 
as their diseases. It is written in a 
common-sense way by a practical shep¬ 
herd. Price $1. EDWARD van alstyne. 
Docking the Lambs. 
I have decided to keep over about 40 
lambs this Winter. They are seven months 
old and have not had their tails cut off. 
Is it too late to cut them off now, and if 
not just how should it be done? e. i. r. 
Alexandria, Ya. 
There will be no danger or trouble 
in removing the tails if you wait until 
the weather is cooler and the flies are 
about done with. Place the tail on a 
block of hard wood, then shove the 
skin toward the body and with a quick 
blow on a two-inch chisel sever the 
tail. As the skin comes back to its 
normal position it will cover the bone 
and quickly heal. If a knife is used 
there must be a drawing motion, which 
often leaves an end of bone protruding. 
It is well to cover the wound with a dis¬ 
infectant. Always cut the tail close to 
the body, particularly if the lambs are 
ewes to be kept as breeders. 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
Sheep for Maine. 
I want to work into purebred sheep, and 
am undecided between Shropshires and Ox¬ 
ford or other Down breeds; Oxford I think. 
Our best market is for Iambs in June and 
July. Our pasture lias some high rocky 
ground, but most of the feed is on lower 
land. What are the chief characteristics 
of the breeds mentioned, and differences as 
to growth and market condition of lambs, 
hardiness of stock, etc.? What is a fair 
average weight of each breed at maturity? 
Penobscot, Me.. h. c. p. 
Both the Shropshires and Oxfords are 
excellent sheep of their kind. The 
Shropshire is the more common of the 
two and hence more readily and cheaply 
obtainable. The ewes will weigh at 
maturity from 120 to 180 pounds, the 
rams from 175 to 250 pounds. The Ox¬ 
fords are somewhat heavier; a larger- 
boned, coarser sheep, with a more open 
wool, withal a splendid sheep. To my 
mind the greatest objection to them is 
their rather large head, which some¬ 
times makes trouble for the ewes at 
lambing time. The Shropshire will 
mature a well rounded lamb a little the 
quicker of the two. I think there is 
little difference as to their hardiness; 
both need better care and more atten¬ 
tion than they usually get, when this is 
provided, either is all right. I might 
mention the names of a number of 
breeders, whose stock is all right, and 
who could be relied on to make the 
papers fit. Watch the advertisements in 
The R. N.-Y. and other high-grade 
farm papers. Often you can buy near 
home and avoid expensive transporta¬ 
tion charges, and more important still, 
go and see the stock. Never pay for 
registered stock until you get the papers. 
This advifce is born of costly experi¬ 
ence. Better buy a lot of good grade 
ewes and then a ram and a few ewes 
purebred, and so build up a flock 
without a long waiting. Meantime you 
will be gathering experience that will be 
valuable. edward van alstyne. 
“Wiiat is a ‘bachelor’s button’?” 
“One that ain’t there.”—Cleveland 
Leader. 
SHEEP ON MOIST LAND, MILCH GOATS. 
I have a pasture for cows; it is not very 
good. In Spring the grass is eaten, but 
later on the cows don't care for it. There 
Is running water, and it is partly swampy. 
There is also an abundance of brush. I 
was advised to have it fenced in and keep 
sheep. Can you inform me which would 
be most profitable, sheep, milch goats, or 
Angora goats? n. k. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
We would prefer sheep. Thrtre is not 
much profit in Angora goats under such 
conditions. .Some breeds of sheep, like the 
Lincolns, do better in such damp places than 
others. As for milch goats there have 
been so many questions about them that 
ive have Interviewed Mr. George W. Smith 
of Connecticut, president of the new Milch 
Goat Breeders’ Association. 
IIow much milk will a goat give? 
“The average scrub American goat prob¬ 
ably gives 1 % quarts a day: while a good 
goat of that class will often give two 
quarts. A goat giving less than two quarts 
a day is not eligible to registration by the 
American Milch Goat Record Association.” 
This low yield will surprise many. 
“This low amount of milk production is 
doubtless due to the fact that a foolish 
prejudice against goats, owing chiefly to 
their vagrant habits and the sometimes 
mischievous character of the males, prevents 
much interest in their breeding for high 
milk production. But in Europe, where the 
true- merits of the goat are appreciated, and 
especially in Switzerland, where breeding 
has been carried on for centuries with a 
view to high milk-producing capacity, four 
quarts a day are not uncommon, and some¬ 
times goats giving five, six, and even seven 
quarts per day are to be found. Such goats 
are worth at least .$100 in this country.” 
What are the best breeds? 
‘‘The Toggenburg and the Saanen are 
leading varieties of Swiss goats. They are 
the analogues of the Holstein cows, e. g., 
producers of a large quantity of milk, 
but of low percentage of butter fat. Nubian 
goats from northern Africa, have been 
known to test as high as 11 per cent of but¬ 
ter fat; but that is rare. Goat’s milk 
generally, however, is believed to be thick¬ 
er, sweeter and richer than cows’ milk, and 
experience substantiates this claim. The 
fat globules in goats’ milk are much small¬ 
er than in cows’ milk, and so more digesti¬ 
ble, but with less buoyancy, hence do not 
rise so readily for cream, the milk long 
remaining in an emulsified state.” 
IIow long will they milk? 
“The lactation period is on the average 
from six to eight months. Two does should 
be kept for a family supply; so that par 
turition can be enforced semi-annually. The 
keeping cost is very little. Among the Eu¬ 
ropean peasantry it is almost nil, yet when 
a doe is in lactation she should be grain 
fed, as with a cow, for best results. I 
think the prejudice against goats is too 
strong yet to warrant goat farming; yet 
the are ‘the poor man’s cow.’ ” 
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Make Every 
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