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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 31. 
Live Stock and Dairy 
GROWING HOTHOUSE LAMBS. 
There are many farmers who desire 
to raise hothouse lambs, who do not 
understand breeding sheep early enough 
to procure Fall lambs. This experience 
of a successful breeder of early lambs 
may prove valuable to hundreds of 
farmers. 
The lambs begin coming about No¬ 
vember 1, and are born in the open 
pasture. There is little danger of ewes 
not owning their lambs, as the ewe will 
separate from the main flock a little, 
to devote her attention to her offspring. 
They are thriftier and more hardy 
when born in this manner, and require 
little attention from the farmer. About 
December 1 they are housed, and the 
sheep put on a grain ration. From 
Thanksgiving until New Year’s they 
obtained only by heavy grainings from 
Fall until Spring. 1 do not believe that 
bean pods are a nutritious sheep food; 
but feed them once a day to get profits 
from the beans. No bad results were 
obtained from feeding them, as the Al¬ 
falfa and clover hay are their main 
bulk food. The sheep have salt every 
day and plenty of good pure water. By 
feeding as above, I can get a lamb to 
weigh 45 pounds in 8 or 12 weeks. 
For hothouse lambs no sneep, to my 
knowledge, equals the cross between the 
Dorset and Black-faced Highland. The 
Dorset, if used alone, is not hardy 
enough to withstand the cold Fall 
weather. My experience has found 
them easy to take cold, and develop 
distemper. The Black-faced Highland, 
if used alone, is not a good milker. 
The cross, however, produces a hardy, 
fine milking type of sheep which is 
hard to beat. I like a three-fourths 
Dorset. The profits obtained are as 
follows: Tons of manure, a money¬ 
making return from bean pods and Al¬ 
falfa; the sale of hothouse lambs; the 
A BUNCH OF DRESSED HOTHOUSE LAMBS. Fig. 250. 
will be ready for market, having gained 
a weight of about 45 pounds. Early 
breeding in sheep is obtained by care 
and slow development. Success in this 
line cannot be gained in a single sea¬ 
son. Spring lambs are sold as early as 
possible, and the ewes dried up, be¬ 
cause ewes nursing lambs will not breed. 
When the lambs are sold as soon as 
possible after birth the ewes will breed 
two months earlier than usual. By 
repeating this a few times, and by sav¬ 
ing Fall-born ewes, Fall-dropped sheep 
are obtained. The ram runs in the pas¬ 
ture with the sheep all Summer, and is 
kept apart only in the Fall and Winter. 
Feeding has much to do with breeding 
sheep. Only ‘a well-fleshed sheep will 
breed early enough to obtain good re¬ 
sults, and this is never obtained on a 
poor pasture. Then again ewes should 
never be bred under two years of age, 
and then not unless in fine physical 
condition. The ram is changed every 
year, and only those hardy, good-sized 
and high bred are used. No inbreed¬ 
ing is allowed of any sort, and the 
rams are purchased from away, usually 
costing at least $25 each. 
In the Fall ail sheep about to lamb 
are separated from the main flock and 
put in a field by themselves. If the 
weather is unusually cold, they are put 
in the stable. When this is the case, 
they are fed on Alfalfa and clover, with 
a heavy grain ration. During the Win¬ 
ter all are put in the basement. The 
sheep with lambs are kept in separate 
pens, with about four or five to each 
pen. The sheep, having lambed and 
become dry, are kept together. The 
basement is kept warm enough so that 
it never freezes in the coldest weather. 
The stable is of cement, but kept dry 
and clean, with plenty of clean bedding. 
Although the stable is well ventilated, 
there is never an exposure to cold out¬ 
side air. In cleaning the pens, the ma¬ 
nure is thrown quickly from small win¬ 
dows, and from these carted away. No 
doors are left open, or windows ajar. 
There is plenty of light, and fresh air, 
but no cold air or dampness. The sys¬ 
tem of overhead ventilation is used. 
After a few days old, the lambs have a 
play yard. Apertures are cut in the 
pen, small enough for the lamb to go 
through, but too small for the sheep. 
The little fellows run upon a ridged in¬ 
cline to a floor above, where they skip, 
eat and grow fat. 
The sheep are cared for quietly and 
gently, so that even the removal of the 
lambs does not cause the usual com¬ 
motion. They are fed three times a day 
In feeding racks. Their roughage con¬ 
sists of one feed each of Alfalfa, clo¬ 
ver and bean pods. Sheep nursing lambs 
are fed two quarts of grain and the 
other sheep one quart. The grain ra¬ 
tion is as follows: 15 bushels of whole 
corn to 200 pounds of bran. The feed 
of the ewe should be plenty of grain 
and not much hay, while feeding her 
lamb. In fact, the early Jpall lamb is 
sale of all old ewes, and the returns 
from wool. The profits are large, con¬ 
sidering the time, food and care spent 
upon them. ' a. b. 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
Feediag Moldy Ear Corn. 
What can I do with about 100 bushels 
of field corn that got moldy? I can shell it 
if necessary and have it ground. I have 
four horse's, two cows, four eight-weeks 
pigs to feed. If I can put it in any shape 
so I can feed it without hurting my stock 
I would like to. E. t. e. 
Elizabeth, N. J. 
It would not be safe to feed moldy 
corn to horses or cows without creating 
disorders, and especially if the corn 
was badly affected it would endanger the 
life of such animals. It would have a 
peculiarly bad effect upon brood mares 
in foal and milch cows in calf, and the 
only animal that can utilize it at all 
would be swine. If possible the corn 
should be spread out so that the rays 
of the sun can penetrate and thoroughly 
dry the sample before feeding, and then 
it can be either shelled or ground, and 
preferably steamed or cooked, and mixed 
with some other products, either Alfalfa 
hay, ground wheat or red dog flour, and 
fed in reasonable quantities to the pigs. 
It might be safe to feed old sows that 
are being fattened with some of the ear 
corn, but young animals should be fed 
only after the material has been cooked 
or boiled. f. c. minkler. 
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