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Live Stock and Dairy 
Swine in Massachusetts 
Tlii.s picture was sent us by Everett B. 
Fox, of ^ItLssachnsetts, who calls it a 
“pliotograjih of some of our happy 
friends.” This soav and pigs are of the 
O. I. C. breed, wdiicli IMr. Fox jirefers 
as being prolific, gentle, and the fsistest 
meat producer of any breed he has had. 
The small girl who is ofTering the sow 
a Imndfnl of grass is no doubt safe in 
this ease, as the animal has always 
been gentle, but as a rule we advise 
again.st letting children go into en¬ 
did when our mothers knitted our mit¬ 
tens and socks. They can sneak quietly 
about, be nice companions, and bring in 
.some money, all net, and folks want 
sheep now. A Kentucky reader wrote to 
ask if I would .sell to him, or whether he 
should go to a pedigree stock sale and 
buy, and my reply to him will give a cor¬ 
rect view, I believe. It was, “You 
should buy from men who know less 
about the sheep .situation than the men 
at the sale, and even than me. Skirm¬ 
ish around and pick up any ew'cs you 
One Corner of a Massachusetts Live Stock Farm 
closures with large animals as a 
sudden freak of disi)ositiou may 
cause a serious accident to the child. 
Letting Sheep on Shares 
Can yon give mo any information 
about raising sheep on shares? I have 
heard of two different methods, one to 
double at the end of four years, and the 
other to divide each year.^ c. c. 
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. 
I do not understand this “doubling” 
unless it is to continue the contract for 
four years and then divide, but perhaps it 
means to breed the young ewes as they 
come on. There.-has been a great variety 
of agreements since the days of Jacob 
and Laban but the bargain I consider 
the easiest and fairest, at this phase of 
the industry. Avould be for one to furnish 
ewes, the other care for and feed them, 
and divide the increase equally, at the 
period of the contract. In the event of 
sales of wether lambs and wool, divide 
the price then and keep square. If the 
contract runs several years, it is proper 
to breed all young ewes, coming two 
years if coarse, and coming three, if 
fine, and at the termination of contract, 
all ewes furnished in the start, that are 
alive, to be returned to the original 
owner. 
The terms stated presuppose that the 
man who takes these ewes will do all 
he can to make money for both. The 
owner, Avhen he furnishes the ewes, has 
done his part and has no further mix-in 
without making trouble, so it is all in 
the hands of the caretaker to build up a 
flock, get his pay along the way on sales, 
and have something nice for himself 
later. 
I have never been on either side of 
this movement, preferring, even when 
loaded with debts, to have full control, 
hut with the present scarcity, when in 
so many places one cannot huy, I would 
be willing to take either side of it. In 
the wool-growing sections of Ohio, be¬ 
fore a taste for so much lamb had de¬ 
veloped, wethers were kept and sheai’ed 
until past three, and all classes were put 
out similar to the way I name with ewes, 
but I will frankly say that I would not 
be on cither side of such a bargain, be¬ 
cause I do not consider the intere.st on 
the value of a sheep and its depreciation 
equal to the care and feed for it. You 
can do your own figuring, but many took 
them that way, and some finally passed it 
on to the next generation. 
Every landowner should have a few 
sheep, at least, about the place as they 
can near home. Buy a good ram, re¬ 
gardless of price, and go ahead having 
the pleasure of building up a nice flock, 
from the ground floor. Before many 
years it will be a joy to think along the 
hi.story of the endeavor, and it will 
strike you with emphasis when you look 
at the flocks about you.” 
There can bo no mistake in a confidence 
that there will be no glut in sheep nor 
wool for a generation. Stockmen as far- 
seeing as any of us have loaded Chicago 
commission men with orders for ewes of 
any kind, at any price, and some rather 
common ones have cost them up to $15.50 
per head, so if anyone handy has sheep 
for sale or .shares, my judgment would 
be to grab them. w. w. eeynolds. 
Ohio. 
Starting With Sheep 
I see on page 899 about starting with 
sheep. The market price for sheep in 
same issue was 7e to 10c per pound in 
New Y^ork City. The farmer was asked 
$14 per head for them at Selkirk, N. Y., 
and as the sheep weighed 80 pounds each 
this was 171^ cents per pound. I have 
no doubt that they Avere all culls and 
worthless on the ranch they came from. 
No doubt the former owner received 
about $.S.50 per head for them as that is 
what wo have to take for culls here sold 
to the middleman. Do you think it cost 
$10.50 per head to get them to Selkirk? 
No. About .30 years ago a number of 
farmers in this locality bought sheep of 
this kind in the West and tried to get into 
the sheep business by that method, but 
the sheep nearly all died in a year or two. 
Western .sheep never have done well in 
this section. It seems to me that it 
would be much cheaper to huy ewe lambs 
that are natives of this State at the reg¬ 
ular market price in September or Octo¬ 
ber, as these lambs usually will bring one 
if not two lambs next Spring, some time 
in April or May. They will weigh from 
80 to 120 pounds each if well cared for 
as sheep should be, and will shear 10 or 
12 lbs. of wool next shearing time, and 
when they are two years old will e-ften 
weigh 200 pounds. There are a great 
many nice ewe lambs in New York State 
that will no doubt go to the city for 
meat which ought not to be done at this 
time. Mr. Wicks did a good thing in 
getting the dog law through, but some 
one must go farther and get a good fence 
law through in New York State which 
will compel every farmer or land owner 
Augu.st 25, 191T. 
to keep his line fences so as to stop all 
kinds of stock from getting out of their 
own lot, or in to their own lot or else 
he must stand all damages done to and 
by such stock as get through their fence 
before there are many more sheep kept in 
New Y'ork. E. sharp. 
Chenango Co., N, Y. 
R. N.-Y.—We have called for infor¬ 
mation regarding the^'Ost of those West¬ 
ern sheep, and the cost of bringing them 
on but no one seems to cai’e to give the 
figures. 
AILING ANIMALS 
Weak Horse 
I have a horse eight years old, weight 
1200 or over, eats well and apparently 
healthy in every respect; works well un¬ 
til about .3 p. m., after that time he 
seems to play out entirely; seems very 
tired. Can you tell me a remedy for 
this? Feed cracked corn and oats, also 
lots of hay. a. g. s. 
New York. 
Indigestion probably is the cause of 
the weakne.ss. Have his teeth attended 
to by a veterinarian. Clip the horse if 
his coat is long and rough. Stop feeding 
corn. Feed the Avhole oats from a large 
box to prevent bolting. If that does not 
suffice mix cut hay or straw with the 
oats. Do not feed hay at noon or work 
the horse just after a meal. Give the 
drinking water before feeding. A. S. A, 
Scours 
Will you tell what to give my pig for 
scours? I gave some fresh buttermilk 
yesterday in two feeds, and in all three 
feeds to-day and after giving the last 
feed I noticed one of the i)igs had the 
scours. They ai'e three months old. I 
liave fed wheat middlings in all their 
feed, give them lots of grass and sod each 
day, and keen charcoal in the pen. They 
have been growing well. Why does but¬ 
termilk have such an effect? yr. e. ii. 
New Jersey. 
Any sudden change of feed may cause 
scours. Buttermilk being acid should be 
given in small quantities at first and then 
in increased (luantities as the pigs become 
accustomed to it. Feed the meals in 
form of thick .slop separate from the milk. 
We find that pigs often take far too 
muth skini-milk or buttermilk than is 
good for them at one time in order to get 
the small amount of meal it contains. 
Feed tlie meals in thick slop; the pigs 
will then take what milk they want ane' 
go back to the trough for more at inter 
vals between meals. A. s. A. 
Skin Disease 
I have a horse which I fear has mange. 
She is losing all her hair, and her skin 
is quite bare on all her legs and along 
her neck. A veterinarian gave her a dose 
of calomel last Winter. Would that 
cause the hair to fall? It was pretty cold 
at the time. Will the hair grow again? 
Cau I do anything to cause it to- grow 
again? B, A. J. 
Michigan. 
Clip the mare at once and then wash 
affected parts of the skin with a 1-100 so¬ 
lution of coal tar dip, adding two ounces 
of sulphur per pint of lotion. Repeat the 
application as often as found necessary. 
Night and morning give half an ounce of 
Fowler’s solution of arsenic and gradually 
increase the dose until she is taking one 
ounce twice daily. Discontinue the solu¬ 
tion gradually, when no longer needed, 
taking 10 days to the work. The calomel 
was not the probable cause of the ail¬ 
ment. A. s. A, 
Indigestion 
A hor.se purchased last Spring was in 
very poor condition, 12 years old; should 
weigh at least 1150 and did Aveigh 10(X) 
pounds. I sent him to the dentist first, 
then fed two quarts whole oats with two 
quarts of wheat food oach meal, salt once 
a day, good hay. lie has no heavy work; 
cultivates one day a week, and light 
driving. lie is gaining but very .slowly. 
I have added a quart of gluten to the 
feed for a week or 10 days. His manure 
is foul odor and after si>onding the night 
in a clean dry stall, clean bedding, in 
the morning in lifting -bedding the fumes 
of ammonia are strong enough to make 
eyes and throat smart. He is turned 
out to grass part of the time, seems nev¬ 
er to have enough to eat. lie was very 
late in shedding, but carries a good coat 
now. G. c. w. 
New York. 
'Stop feeding wheat feed and gluten 
and feed whole oats, wheat bran and oar 
corn. Gradually allow oats until horse 
is taking 12 quarts a day. Bed with 
shavings or sawdust.^ Never let the 
horse stand for a single day without 
work or exercise. Give the drinking 
water before feeding and allow free ac¬ 
cess to rock salt. Mix powdered wood 
charcoal freely in the feed if the manure 
continues to have a strong smell. Prop¬ 
erly ventilate the stable and keep it 
clean. Make the change in feed grad¬ 
ually and feed lightly at first. A. S. A. 
