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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
.Tune 1, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
WEANING THE LAMBS. 
I always wean my early Spring lambs 
about the middle of June when they are 
about 3*/2 months old. Some sheep men 
advocate allowing them to continue to 
run with the ewes, but in my experi¬ 
ence I have found that the latter will 
do much better without the lambs and 
with plenty of good pasture the lambs 
will make better growth if they are sep¬ 
arated from the ewes. I separate the 
lambs entirely away from the mothers. 
I make the distance between the ewes 
and lambs so great that neither can hear 
the other bleat. This reduces the worry 
considerably and makes the weaning a 
little easier. Besides that it makes the 
time less annoying for people on the 
farm. It is not a pleasant sound to 
hear the sheep crying out in their own 
sufferings and sorrows, and anything 
that will lessen or cure that will be ap¬ 
preciated by the people on the farm. 
The ewes require some attention at this 
time. They need to be carefully dried 
off in milk-giving. To do this I put 
my ewes in the shortest pasture and 
allow them to have no grain until the 
milk secretion has dried off. Every two 
or three days during the time the ewes 
are being dried off in milk flow I look 
them over carefully to see if any need 
milking out. In case they do I stand 
astride their necks and reach down 
either side to the udder and milk them 
out very quickly. I regard milking them 
out an important matter and not to be 
neglected under any circumstances. In 
this regard my reason for being so par¬ 
ticular is that it is the best milker and 
the most desirable mother ewe that is 
most persistent, consequently I would 
not have her udder spoiled for a little 
lack of care at this time. As soon as 
the milk secretion has ceased the ewes 
are turned onto plenty of good pasture. 
1 do not fatten the ewes but put them 
into a plump condition preparatory to 
entering the breeding period and the 
Winter. The lambs on the other hand 
are pushed rapidly, as quick maturity, 
is a matter of considerable importance 
if a good profit is to be made from 
them. I find that the lambs make a 
better growth while young at less cost 
a pound, and taking all things into 
consideration it is more desirable _ to 
get them off to market at the earliest 
possible moment. 
I allow my ewes the run of a good 
mixed pasture, with access to a little 
clover, and they do exceedingly well 
with this and a little grain. The flock 
is provided with a plentiful supply of 
good pure water, which is very essen¬ 
tial, as a discouraging outcome is apt 
to be the result if they are allowed to 
drink water that is impure. I feed the 
lambs a small quantity of oats mixed 
with some bran as an appetizer, and al¬ 
low them the run of a fresh clover, pas¬ 
ture, which keeps them growing nicely. 
Frequent change of pasture is a great 
help with sheep, particularly with the 
lambs, which are rather particular about 
what they eat. If they are turned into 
a new pasture after a shower it will be 
surprising to see how thoroughly they 
will go over the grass again, even though 
it has been cropped closely before. I 
watch my ewes and lambs closely for 
any indications of stomach worms or 
other insect pests. I keep the stable 
darkened and accessible so they may 
get away from the flies in muggy 
weather. Flies are more annoying to 
sheep than many would suppose, and 
every possible precaution should be 
taken to prevent the attacks of these 
pests. In my many years of experience 
with sheep I have found that to make 
them profitable the ever-watchful eye of 
the flockmaster is most necessary. I 
know farmers who give their sheep 
good pasturage during the Summer, but 
they overlook the importance of going 
among the flock two or three times a 
week to see that all are on foot and 
doing well, and have plenty of good 
clean water to drink. It is just as 
necessary to see that the sheep have a 
plentiful supply of good water, . es¬ 
pecially during the hot weather, as it is 
to supply plenty of suitable and palat¬ 
able food. The flock should also be 
regularly supplied with salt. A flock of 
sheep salted regularly do far better, re¬ 
main in a more thrifty condition, and 
make greater gain than those which are 
supplied with this element at irregular 
intervals. Protecting the animals from 
the heat is an important feature. They 
do not suffer greatly from the heat pro¬ 
vided they have plenty of shade and 
fresh water. I am fortunate in having 
shade trees and running stream of good 
water in my pastures. The sheep bunch 
up in the shade during the hottest part 
of the day and graze in the late even¬ 
ing and early morning. If there are 
no trees in the pasture a good shade 
can be built easily and cheaply by set¬ 
ting up a double row of posts four feet 
high and eight feet apart each way. A 
smooth wire is then fastened along the 
tops of the posts and a few leafy 
branches placed across the wire. 
Illinois. WILLIAM HARDY. 
THE SIZE OF A SILO. 
Would you tell me what size of silo to 
build for 12 cows and how many acres of 
corn it would take to All it? I am a 
woman farmer. m. n. 
Massachusetts. 
The modern wisdom of silo building 
is to build them so large and plan so 
amply, that this silo shall not only sup¬ 
ply tbe main roughage for the stock 
from November until May, but from 
May to December as well. The hay 
crop is so uncertain, grain feeds are 
so high, and pasturage is becoming so 
nearly a farce from July 1 on, that the 
consideration of silo building should 
include also using silage as the Sum¬ 
mer soiling crop, and remember that 
the cow that has daily 30 to 40 pounds 
of well-eared silage in the Summer 
months, needs very little at best of 
grain, not to exceed one pound of cot¬ 
ton-seed meal a day. In this way an 
acre of good silage practically feeds a 
cow for 20 months, at a fraction of the 
cost of unlimited pasturage, and several 
other of the adjoining acres, as is the 
general rule. 
If this inquirer wishes a silo for 12 
cows I would certainly build a 70-ton 
silo at least, so that she will have ample 
silage for Winter, and at least 30 
pounds a day for the 100 mid-Summer 
days. I would build a silo at least 24 
feet in height and 12 feet in diameter 
whether of wood, concrete, or brick 
blocks. As to the number of acres it 
would take to fill the silo my Massa¬ 
chusetts guess would not be very valua¬ 
ble. A nearer home estimate would be 
better. Out West, we would say that 
five acres would be ample. At any 
rate, grow the largest variety that will 
mature in your vicinity. Plant about 
twice as thick as for field corn, and 
do not cut it until it is mature (ears 
well glazed). If any is left in the 
Spring, it can be readily kept until 
wanted in July. When through feeding 
in May, leave the surface as little dis¬ 
turbed as possible, and cover with very 
wet old broken straw, and tramp down 
well and leave it. Very little will 
mould. The most serious troublq 
will be from rats getting into the pit 
and burrowing after the grain. A fer¬ 
ret will quickly get them. When feed¬ 
ing in the Summer, if the surface shows 
signs of moulding between feedings, 
sprinkle a pail of water over the sur¬ 
face with a watering pot after removing 
the daily amount. When once the silo 
is built and its economy demonstrated, 
the value of pastures will be less taken 
into account, and it is fair to presume 
that the new dairy of 12 cows, will in 
1915 come to number 20 or more 
head. john gould. 
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