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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 11, 
FATTENING WESTERN SHEEP. 
ULLETIN 115 of the Missouri Sta¬ 
tion, gives the results of experiments 
in fattening 140 yearling sheep of 
uniform size and quality, raised on the 
range in Wyoming. The sheep were 
divided into seven lots of 20 each, and, 
excepting the last lot kept in the sheep 
barn in pens 6*4x34 feet, each pen hav¬ 
ing a yard on the south side 6*4x61 feet. 
Lot VII was fed in an open yard, with 
no shelter except the side of the barn, 
which gave protection from the west 
winds. 
The rations used were: Lot I, shelled 
corn and Timothy hay; Lot II, shelled 
corn and clover hay; Lot III, six parts 
shelled corn, one linseed meal (by 
weight) and clover hay; Lot IV, six 
parts shelled corn, one cottonseed meal 
(by weight) clover hay; Lot V, shelled 
corn, corn silage and clover hay ; Lot VI, 
shelled corn and clover hay, self feeder; 
Lot VII, shelled corn and clover hay 
without shelter. The feeding racks were 
10-inch grain troughs with V-shaped hay 
rack, arranged so that the hay would 
feed down into the grain troughs. The 
rations were fed in two equal parts, half 
at 7.30 a. m. and remainder 4.30 p. m. 
All were started on one-fourth pound of 
grain each per day, gradually increased 
until in two weeks they got three-fourths 
pound and at the end of the third week 
were on full feed. Their appetites varied, 
and they were given as much grain as 
they would clean up. The hay which 
they left was saved and weighed back. 
The corn was good No. 2; the linseed and 
cottonseed meal the best that could be 
had been painted with a kerosene and 
carbolic acid mixture, and a layer of chaff 
covered the floor. 
The first weeks of May were wet and 
cold, so the chicks staid in the brooder 
and were covered at night with two thick¬ 
nesses of bran sacking laid upon their 
backs and fastened at the edges by tacks 
pressed into the soft wood. On one spe¬ 
cially cold day a lighted lantern was 
placed upon the floor of the brooder, and 
the cover was raised about an inch in 
front. This kept the brooder warm and 
the chicks were happy; it was the only 
artificial heat that they had had since 
leaving the kitchen. When a little more 
than two weeks of age the chicks began 
to assume the spindle-legged appearance 
of closely-housed youngsters and a small 
run was given them outside. The weath¬ 
er had become warmer and they needed 
but one cover at night. When this was 
tacked in place on three sides and the 
free edge lifted, the chicks ran beneath 
it as though called by a hen. 
On May 24, when the chicks were a 
little more than three weeks old, the 
weather had become sultry, and it was 
decided to try them without any cover. 
There were a lot of them in a brooder 
originally designed for 50 chicks, and it 
was warm for bed covers. They had 
been reduced in numbers by the ordin¬ 
ary causes of chick mortality to 170, but 
had grown until they covered one half 
of the floor at night, even when packed 
together like figs in a box. This leaving 
so many chicks together at night without 
cover was an experiment, but the nights 
were warm and it was successful; they 
packed tightly but did not huddle, anil 
A RUNCII OF FATTENING SHEEP. 
had and the hay choice native cut. The 
silage was free from mold. Salt was 
always before them and water in galvan¬ 
ized iron tubs. 
The sheep cost $4.25 per 100 delivered 
at Columbia, Mo. Following are the 
weights at beginning and end of OS-day 
feeding period, and the price received 
per 100: 
Lot I, average initial weight. 77.8, final 
OS.7; shrinkage in marketing 5.7 pounds; 
selling price per 100 $6.15; cost of feed 
$1.51; profit per head .514. 
Lot II. average initial weight 78.15; 
final 101.25: shrinkage 5.75; selling price 
per 100 $6.35; cost of feed $1.73; profit 
per head .63. 
Lot III, average initial weight 7S.75; 
final 103.5; shrinkage six pounds; sell¬ 
ing price per 100 $6.35: cost of feed 
$1.80; profit per head .572. 
Lot IV, average initial weight 7S.25; 
final 102; shrinkage 4.5; selling price 
per 100 $6.30; cost of feed $1.873; profit 
per head .501. 
Lot V, average initial weight 78.35; 
final 105; shrinkage 6.5; selling price per 
100 $0.35; cost of feed $1,644 ; profit per 
head .002. 
Lot VI, average initial weight 77.05; 
final 102; shrinkage 5.2; selling price 
per 100 $6.40; cost of feed $1.6SS; profit 
per head .47. 
Lot VII, average initial weight 78; 
final 07.6; shrinkage 4.6; selling price 
per 100 $6.30; feed cost $1.733; profit 
per head .335. 
The average daily rations were: Lot 
I, grain, 1.17 pounds; hay 1.4: Lot II, 
grain 1.23; hay 1.72; Lot III. grain 
1.23; hay 1.75; Lot IV. grain 1.23; hay 
1.81; Lot V, grain 1.23; hay 1.33; 
silage .8. Lot VI. grain 1.55 : hay 1.38. 
Lot VII, grain 1.23; hay 1.77. 
As will be seen, the highest net profit 
was on Lot V, fed corn, clover hay and 
silage, .002. 
A Brood of “ Fireless” Chicks. 
T HIS is the story of an ordinary incu¬ 
bator hatch of chicks taken 
care of without artificially heat¬ 
ed brooders. Besides a few weak¬ 
lings and cripples which were killed 
upon removal from the incubator, 
202 active chicks were taken from a 300- 
egg machine on April 30. A very or¬ 
dinary hatch, but as good as the average 
where large numbers of eggs are arti¬ 
ficially incubated. These 202 were placed 
in three small drygoods boxes and kept 
in the farm kitchen for a week; during 
this time most of those that were pre¬ 
destined to die young perished, and on 
May 8tli, the 181 survivors were removed 
to a brooder three by six feet in size in 
the back yard. This brooder had two 
glass doors in front, a removable roof, 
and no heating apparatus; its interior 
were up in the morning before their 
owner. When he went out. they were 
tapping on the windows for breakfast. 
Before this time their run had been re- | 
moved and they had the liberty of the 
yard and garden through the day. They 
are now four weeks old; the weather is 
warm and they run all over the premises, 
returning to their coop at night or when 
a shower comes up. Cracked grains and 
dry mash are always at hand, they can 
help themselves to either loppered skim- 
milk or water at will; they season their 
food with dandelion or Alfalfa greens; 
form flying wedges to chase imaginary 
bugs; squeal loudly when the kittens 
chase them, and grow as fast as some of 
their high-toned cousins that have hen 
nurses and an ancestry with egg-laying 
records. M. B. D. 
Lessening Effect of Grass Feed. 
1. What is paraffin oil and where can 
it be obtained? 2. Is there anything that 
can safely be given cows when on green 
grass that will lessen laxative properties, 
so that the manure will not be so disa¬ 
greeable to handle? S. 
1. Paraffin oil is refined kerosene. 
Solid paraffin may be bought in cakes at 
the drugstore. 2. Feed each cow a pound 
of cottonseed meal or cake daily. This 
firms up the manure with certainty and 
at the same time is highly nutritious to 
the cow. A. s. A. 
Death of Calves. 
For three years I have lost, by death, 
a number of my feeding calves. Can you 
tell the cause or suggest a remedy? The 
calves die at two or 2*4 months of age; 
no appearance of bloat; will eat well and 
appear perfectly well at night or in 
morning when I feed them, and die in 
from 10 to 24 hours; do not usually seem 
to suffer much pain. I have sometimes 
noticed a slight discharge of mucus from 
the nose just before death. I have lost 
them on pasture and in the barn. I 
opened one and noticed nothing wrong 
except an enlarged gall bladder and dark 
spots on the liver. They are fed on 
freshly separated milk—froth removed— 
have a grain ration and grass or hay. 
The kind of grain fed has not been the 
same each year but has always included 
either bran or oil meal or both. I do 
not think they have ever suffered from 
constipation. h. d. d. 
Chautauqua Co., N. Y. 
If you are sure that blackleg is not 
causing these deaths the most likely cause 
would be apoplexy from overfeeding and 
lack of exercise. It attacks calves that 
have rich feed and restricted exercise and 
is ushered in by a fit. Better reduce feed 
and regulate the bowels by dose of castor 
oil, or salts and make the calves take 
more exercise. a. 8. A. 
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