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FEEDING WINTER LAMBS. 
Advice From An Expert. 
TI should have a margin of two 
between the price we pay 
for lambs in Chicago, and the price for 
which we sell them in Buffalo,” is the 
assertion made by Mortimer Tyler of 
Hillsdale County, Michigan. “For the 
practice of feeding to be lifted from one 
in which there is uncertainty, we must 
l.uy lambs in Chicago at six cents, then 
sell them in Buffalo at eight cents, and 
i hen we can pay for interest on invest¬ 
ment. labor, use of equipment, possible 
loss among the lambs, insurance on our 
stock and buildings, farm improvements 
and besides have a profit. These are 
charges which the business man figures 
against his investments, and the farmer 
should do so in his business. Too many 
farmers have gone in buying lambs blind¬ 
ly on the basis that manure pays for la¬ 
bor, that increased weight pays for feed, 
interest on the loan at the bank, and pos¬ 
sible loss.” 
Mr. Tyler added: “I have not always 
quite lived up to my own advice, for last 
year 1 paid $0.65 for the first lambs 
with which I started, and they were sold 
in Buffalo from $7.00 to $8.50. Many 
farmers wonder if it would not pay to 
buy in Omaha or the ranches of Idaho 
and Montana or Eastern Oregon. If 
lambs are .35 or 40 cents lower in Omaha 
than Chicago, I would then advise buy¬ 
ing in Chicago, for there is a five pound 
shrinkage between the two cities, and one 
feed bill, while f om Chicago to points 
in Southern Michigan there is no feed 
bill, and small additional shrinkage. 
There are times when lambs might be 
enough cheaper in Omaha to pay, and 
limes they sell at as much as in Chicago. 
“I would not advise the farmer to go 
to the far AVest to buy, although I have 
bought on the ranges at $3.25 the head 
delivered at cars, but the trip from home, 
the time from the farm, the long ride of 
50, 60 or 70 miles from one ranch to an¬ 
other, all charged in dollars and cents 
together with freight, insurance, shrink¬ 
age, feed bills, personal incidentals added 
to the cost of the lambs, make the Chica¬ 
go bought stock the better investment. 
It requires about 10 days to two weeks 
to ship to Chicago, and although I have 
bought as high as 5.000 lambs in one 
place, a 150-mile horseback ride among 
the mountains away from the railroad, 
with horse hire and some expenses, In¬ 
duce me to advise relying on one of the 
commission firms which has a reputation 
of honesty. The feeder can place liis 
order with his firm, describing the stock 
he wants. lie can limit them in price, 
and they will take care of the purchase 
as well as the buyer could personally. 
“I advise the western lamb, for it is 
more hardy, free from worms and is de¬ 
sired in the market. A farmer may 
think that he could select a bunch of 
culls and make a good thing on them. 
In my purchases I find some smaller 
lambs, and these I have placed by them¬ 
selves, fed them the same ration day after 
day, as I did the heavier lambs, and 
when ready for sale they were 12 or 15 
pounds lighter than their better com¬ 
panions. Culls are profitless. But keep 
the small lamb separate from the others, 
l'or you are apt to get some small ones in 
a carload, and the larger ones crowd the 
weaker ones away from the feed trough. 
“Feeders commence buying lambs as 
early as the first of August. It pays if 
one has pasture. I have secured 12 
pounds gain on pasture, and the ordinary 
price paid the head for pasture is 1% 
to two cents, although I have secured 
good pasture as low as one cent a week. 
I have had them gain two to three pounds 
weekly, yet 1% or two pounds is good 
gain the week. 
“The silo plays an important part in 
our feeding. We feed silage once a day 
inside, and that is in the evening. The 
sheep will consume their evening meal 
in 15 or 20 minutes and then lie down. 
We feed about pounds of silage the 
head to the feed, and on it we sprinkle 
cottonseed meal. We start feeding the 
cottonseed at the rate of half an ounce 
the lamb and increase to two ounces. 
Cottonseed costs about the same as oil 
meal, and contains more protein. In the 
morning we feed shelled corn in the build¬ 
ings, and Alfalfa hay or clover hay out¬ 
side in racks. I have started with one- 
fourth pound of shelled corn and have 
completed the feed with 1% pound a 
head. AVe give all the hay they will 
clean up nicely. At first, apparently, they 
cannot be given sufficient. This is good 
for it gives them capacity. I like to 
feed straw once a week. They eat it 
as ravenously as they would hay. Corn¬ 
stalks also are very good, and many of 
the farmers are using corn stalks in their 
feeding. 
“Many feeders are looking for gain 
in pounds and forget the real profit lies 
in economical increase in weight. One of 
the things to be remembered in securing 
this gain at a nominal cost is to feed 
the lambs regularly. They cannot, how¬ 
ever, be fed before daylight in the morn¬ 
ing nor after dark at night, but should be 
fed in the evening in time to complete 
their evening meal before dark. 
“We keep the lambs outside each day 
part of the time except when it rains. 
The cold dry air is a natural condition 
for lambs, but they should not be ex¬ 
posed to rain. Know does not hurt them, 
for they will readily shake it off. The 
pens or buildings in which the lambs are 
kept should be wejil ventilated. One 
farmer tells me some lambs did best in 
a shed with two open ends, while others 
kept in a warm basement did not show 
near the gains. The lambs should have 
access to good fresh water, and they 
should be kept dry under foot. The farm¬ 
er need not hesitate fearing disease, for 
shipments are carefully inspected. Scab 
sometimes breaks out but the chances are 
very small, sheep this side of the Rockies 
are generally apt to be infected with 
stomach worms, while the mountain 
range lambs are free from worms.” 
There are some men who will succeed, 
for they are natural feeders, they like 
stock, and stock thrives in their hands, 
while others feed any time, they have thin 
horses, poor hogs and thin live stock 
about them. Such a man will fail feed¬ 
ing lambs. Now, here is another thing, 
feed for a definite time, have your lambs 
finished and sell them at that time. If 
your lambs go in the middle of November 
and you feed with the view of finishing 
them the 1.5th of January, and should 
carry them to the first of April there 
would be no profit. There is a possi¬ 
bility of the lambs going back. Of course 
market conditions might demand holding 
the lambs a week or two weeks, but to 
carry them along at other than loss is al¬ 
most impossible. w. j. 
“Shall we take a few Summer board¬ 
ers this year?” said Farmer Corntossel. 
“I don’t know,” replied his wife. “Sum¬ 
mer boarders are kind of in the way. But 
they do help some in drawin’ the mos¬ 
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