1908. 
THE RURAIv NEW-YORKER. 
726 
SHEEP ON A NEW YORK FARM. 
I am glad to see many letters advocating 
the keeping of sheep by farmers, not only 
as a paying proposition, hut as an animal 
entailing less work than cattle. I bought 
my present farm of 050 acres, of which 
I have about 150 to 175 acres of level land 
that I rotate with crops and about 225 
acres hilly pasture land, the remainder 
woods. This farm, when I bought it, cut 
about 75 to 100 big loads of hay. The 
bottom land was marshy. This bottom land 
has been all tile-drained, and made most 
productive. We now cut from 250 to 300 
loads of hay, besides raising about 25 acres 
of oats and 12 to 18 acres of corn yearly, 
and about 10 acres of roots. We formerly 
milked 45 to 50 cows, but in this section 
where we have such heavy dews that we 
cannot get to drawing hay before 10 to 
10.30 a. m., I found that when 5 o’clock 
came 1 had to send four milkers to the 
barn; it took one hour from my day, in 
which I could get in more hay than any 
other, so although I was getting 40 cents 
a pound for butter I cut down my Jersey 
herd, a herd that averages .345 pounds but¬ 
ter to the cow, and put in more sheep, 
and I think I get more money from the 
sheep, and with less labor. To be sure I 
have what is considered one of the best, 
if not the best, flock of registered Shrop- 
shires in America. My ewes sold last year 
WARD WELL'S RIGHT OF WAY. Fio. .3.38. 
to the number of 80, averaging over $40 
each, and rams from $.35 to $150. Still 
this is only a breeding proposition and 
anyone who pays the care and attention to 
breeding them can do the same. I know 
that since I have gone into sheep my pas¬ 
tures have thickened up and improved. 
The sheep run on the hills in the early 
Spring and late Autumn, and after wean¬ 
ing the lambs, the lambs are run on 
the meadows and afterwards on the bot¬ 
toms which not only keeps them growing, 
but keeps them free from worms and other 
stomach troubles. You printed a picture of 
lambs on page G88. This photograph was, 
taken June 25, when these lambs were 
weaned. They were January and early 
February lambs, and on June 25 averaged 
120 pounds. I have said nothing about 
Hires, a most important thing, half the 
flock at least. Fig. 3.38 shows W.ardwell’s 
Right of Way, this is the kind of a sire 
we use to get results. 
Otsego Co., N. Y. henry l. wardwell. 
WINDOWS IN HORSE STABLES. 
I am building a stable, 30 by CO feet; 
entrance at the end, facing south; four 
stalls and a box facing north, head-room, 
10 feet. Some authorities say it is bene¬ 
ficial to horses to be. able to look out of 
a window, it amuses and interests them. 
Some say it is harmful to the eyes. Should 
stall windows be high and out of reach, or 
low enough to be looked out of, and in 
that case protected by gratings? m. 
Westchester Co., N. Y. 
The absurd little window in front of 
each horse in the old-fashioned farm 
stable is a positive abomination. True, it 
allows the festive hen to enter and de¬ 
posit her fruit of industry and at the same 
time foul .the manger and contribute lice 
to the other miseries of the" ill-treated 
horse; but the worst fault of the window 
is that when the wind happens to blow 
cold and raw, as it is apt to do during the 
sudden changes of temperature in Sum¬ 
mer and Fall, the horse is exposed to a 
most injurious draft striking directly upon 
the chest, where it will be apt to do the 
most harm. The eyes too may suffer from 
such a draft, and taken any way one likes 
there is neither use nor sense in such a 
contrivance. 3'he stable should have the 
main windows back of the horse, and by 
preference toward the south. The win¬ 
dows at the front of the stalls should be 
above the heads of the horses and should 
be protected by wooden slats or wire grat¬ 
ing so that when they happen to become 
covered with hoar frost in Winter the 
glasses will not be broken by the horses 
licking them. It is best to have the 
windows hinged at the bottom so that they 
may be opened inward in such a way that 
the wind striking against them from out¬ 
side will be directed upward against the 
ceiling instead of downward upon the 
horses. To prevent the side drafts boards 
should be so arranged from the wall that 
when the window is opened they will fit to 
the frame of the window and prevent the 
air from entering except in the upward 
direction mentioned. Such a window is 
made or hinged in the opposite way from 
that usually adopted for the old-fashioned 
transom windows above doors. These 
opened so as to allow the air to be di¬ 
rected downward; the plan we suggest 
causes the air to be directed upward, and 
so that the horse is protected against 
drafts. There is no way of preventing an 
injurious draft at times if the window is 
in front of the horse on a level with its 
chest according to the old-fashioned way 
we have here decried. A. S. A. 
PRIZE WINNERS AT FAIRS. 
I do not entirely coincide with the ideas 
of the breeder whose views have been 
quoted, yet believe he has some grounds on 
which to base his claims. I believe that 
the reason why more breeders of pure¬ 
bred dairy cattle do not exhibit their cattle 
at State fairs is, because the animals 
would have to be injured by high feeding 
in order to present “a prize-winning ap¬ 
pearance.” It seems that very few people 
are able to appreciate the dairy type of a 
dairy animal, viz. : an animal of a lean and 
angular appearance and wedge-shaped, hav¬ 
ing a nervous temperament. This is the 
true type of dairy cow, and the only kind 
that the true dairyman would care to ex¬ 
hibit and which would respond with a 
good flow of milk; but the ordinary person 
considers cows of the type mentioned *poor, 
and will pass by a very valuable specimen 
and cast his eyes upon one which tends to 
the beefy type. I sincerely believe that 
very often judges at fairs are largely in¬ 
fluenced by “beefy” cows, whereas the cow’s 
appearance should not be taken into con¬ 
sideration at all when judging its qualities 
as a dairy animal. 
By noting the comments made by people 
visiting stock exhibits you will realize how 
few there are who really understand the 
conformation which a dairy animal should 
have, and the points which go together and 
should determine the value of a cow as a 
dairy animal. By these particular points I 
mean conformation, being particularly 
wedge-shaped and angular in appearance 
and of a nervous temperament, large and 
well-developed udder in all quarters, with 
a large barrel for good capacity. To the 
uneducated dairyman an animal of this 
type would appear to be what the “razor- 
back hog” would to a breeder of purebred 
Berkshire, Poland-China or Chester White 
swine. The above is our opinion of the 
view taken by most visitors to State fairs, 
and I believe that sometimes the judges do 
not give the points enumerated above as 
much consideration as they should in 
awarding prizes to dairy animals, and that 
they are apt. to lean a little toward animals 
which present a beefy appearance, as rec¬ 
tangular animals possibly stand out a 
little more in their minds than angular 
animals. breeder. 
WANT TO KNOW. 
Barn Plaxs Wanted. —After the con¬ 
flagration, what? On August 13 I bad a 
barn, 70x40 feet^ and outbuildings. They 
contained nearly 40 tons of hay, two horses, 
silo, horse-power, tools, etc. August 14 all 
that was left of them were, ashes and 
ruins. The cause of the fire was a lightning 
bolt, which mercifully killed the horses out¬ 
right. 1 have the cows left, so- a barn this 
Fall seems a necessity. The insurance is 
small, so nothing elaborate can be con¬ 
sidered, but it must be fit to satisfy the 
'health inspectors. The cellar 1 walls are 
good, nine feet high, open to. the south. 
What do you think of stable in tin* base¬ 
ment? I can have large windows on north 
and south, and small ones on east and 
west. Would it be allowable Id use end of 
basement for a manure shed if there, was 
a close wall between that and the stable? 
!The stable before was on the ground floor 
over cellar. I was greatly troubled with the 
planks rotting. I thought a cement floor in 
basement would do away with that. Would 
it be as healthful? My cellar is dry and 
fairly light and it seems if any basement 
was suitable for a stable mine would be. 
I wish I could hear from those who had 
them. I would like some bam plans; the 
stable for 10 cows, some young stock and 
three horses, e. w. c. 
Massachusetts. 
The Railroad Question. —The sensible 
comments of W. W. II. on freight rates in 
The It. N.-Y., page fill. were, very read¬ 
able and deserve to he heeded by the man¬ 
agement of all railroads, and indeed by 
every business man. They should not 
allow careless waste or extravagance and 
expect the public to foot the hills. A 
railroad company in this section employed 
many drinking men as train men, station 
men, etc., and their road became notorious 
for the number of wrecks, and travelers 
were almost afraid to take passage over 
the line. Is it not strange that a traffic 
in craze-producing drink will he allowed 
for a few paltry dollars, when It is causing 
wrecks and failures in other branches of 
trade to 100 times the license money? 
The direct and indirect loss fo capital and 
labor would pay the national debt in six 
months. w 
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View of Door 
from inside of 
Silo 
