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C%c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 0, 1918 
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Live Stock and Dairy 
A Small Flock of Sheep 
You asked me to Rive you a little ar¬ 
ticle to accomi»any. the ])icture of my little 
flock of slieej). shown on this page. I can 
take care of a flock of sheep better tlian 
I can write. I do not want all tlic credit 
for the care of our sheep, as my wife does 
the principal part of the feeding and 
care. Wa kei'p tiiem all as pets, as they 
will clip more wool than sheep that are 
roughly Imndled. We liave grade Shrop- 
sliire ewe.s. and a luirehred ('heviot ram, 
the best we can get. It is a mistake to 
.start witli pour stock. ’Pliey m’cd the 
most care at lambing time; tlien yun may 
have to iusi* some sleei». as tlo’y lu’ed 
watching day and night, so as not to let 
the lambs and mother get separated. 
They want plenty of exercise in the open, 
but must l)e kept out of cold storms, as 
their wool gets very wet and that causes 
colds and sniffles. 
As to feeding, they need a little grain 
during the AVinter, homemade wheat bran 
and oats, about one idnt each twice jier 
day. and good Ked clover or Alfalfa hay ; 
some roots if you have tlHun. 'J’lu’.v need 
a change of pasture during the Summer, 
as an old iiasture causes worms. Sheep 
are very fond of I’ape, and it will help 
fatten them in tlie Fall. Sow a small 
I)atch about .Tuly and another later. We 
through the ring hole in the nose and 
up from the 'back side of the board 
throiigli the h(»les near the lower edge 
and wire tlie ends togetiior. Put the 
cleat side of the board next tlie face, it 
helii.s to make tlie blind more effective. 
Now you have a blind that will stay jiiit. 
If the hull raises his head and projects 
his nose Ik* can see ali about him. hut if 
he lowers liis liead to make a lunge at 
his caretaker his objective is liidden from 
him. I have had two or tliree vicious 
hulls, but not one of them over iinder- 
fook to attack me when the board was 
on. I (licket my bull around the build¬ 
ings, daytimes, during the [lasture sea¬ 
son. I took a piece of IVi-inch round 
iron one foot long to a macliiiie shop 
and had a groove turned three-quarters 
of an inch wide and as deep as band 
iron is thick, and so that tlie top of tlie 
groove is one quarter of an inch from 
the end, and then had our country black¬ 
smith point it, and put a collar and 
swivel on it. Fastened to this I had a 
2()-f()ot length of one ipiarter inch cable 
eliain with a liiaivy swivel snaj) attached 
to till’ otlii’r end. 
'I'o .set the jiicket pin I use a round 
iron bar tliat is a little larger tlniii the 
picket pin. around wliich I <ait a crease 
with cold chisel, that is the same dis- 
A Well Kept Flock of Pennsylvania Sheep 
e.\|>ect to enlarge our flock and quit the 
dairy, as we like sheep best. AVe had 
our exiierience with sheep while in the 
Western country, and if one likes sheep 
and can give them good care. I would 
advise farmers to keep a small flock to 
start with, and give them a trial. 
Pennsylvania. .roiix woktiiixgto.n. 
Handling an Ugly Bull 
After residing “A Daii'.vman’s Acci¬ 
dent” I am 1( d to de.scrilie the method 
that T Iiave used during tlie last 25 years 
to insure ‘'Safety First” in liandling a 
bull. l>uriiig the time meiitiom’d I liave 
bei’ii keeping my lu’rd hull until he be¬ 
came five to .seven years old and then 
disiiosing of him. TIu* one tliat I now 
'ha\e will he six years old the <’oming 
S|)ring and would he just delighted if lii’ 
could get a favorable chaiiee to imneh a 
hole in the person who iiiindles him. 
I tak(' a jiiece of tough liardwood 
bojird nine or ten indies wide and 1” or 
14 indies long (length and widtli jiro- 
portlonate to siz<‘ of the face), and tlieu^ 
take two striiis of thick hoard, an inch 
and a quarter or inch and a half tliiek. cut 
.‘IS long as the. lioard is wide for cleats. 
Through each cleat about three-fourths 
of an indi from tin' tuid I put a rivet or 
small holt tlirougii the wid(‘ way. I then 
tack the deats to the board even with 
the ends, and bore a hole through tho 
deats iiiid hoard just ’below the rivet, 
then nail the deats .securely to the hoard. 
About two indies from the opiiosite I'dge 
of the hoard I bore two holes, each hole 
an indi or inch and :i half to one side 
of tile centi’i'. All lioles are made large 
enoiigli to admit a- cattle tie chain or a 
Ibeavy dog chain, the size <‘ommonly sold 
for oO cents. I tlien hold the board 
agiiinst the aniniars head (having liim se¬ 
curely fastened f so tlmt his eyes come 
about the center of the widtli of the 
board and get the measure of tlie length 
of chains uece.ssary to pass through the 
holes in the eicats and over the horns, 
and then placing the chains, wire the 
ends together’' I use another piece of 
diaiii on top of tho head to hold the two 
just adjusted at the base of the horns, 
and aiiotlier piece of chain to yass 
tiince from the end of liar iis it is from 
the iioint of picket pin to tin* under side 
of tlie collar. AMum I settle the bar in 
the ground so that tlie crcjise is at the 
surface, it lets the jiiii into the ground 
so that the collar of the pin is at tlie 
surface, and the chain does not get wound 
around tlie liead of tlie pin, unless tlie 
grass is very tall. Tlie pin is usually 
easily lifted out. As a part of the hitch¬ 
ing apiiaratus, I liave a piece of qnarter- 
inch cable chain around tlie horns jilaced 
as follows: Put the chain around one 
liorii, then slip the ends through a ring 
tlmt is large enough to admit the picket 
chain to ])ass through also, tlien cross tlie 
ends and bring one end around the other 
liorn and wire tlie ends togetlier. 
To Iiitcli the hull pass tlie free end of 
Iiicket cliain up Ihroiigli tlie nose ring, 
and 111 ) between tlie boiird and nose chain, 
tlien tlirougli tlu' ring on liead chain, 
then down threi’ or four inclies and snap 
to a link. A hull hitclied in this w:iy 
will stay jdaced if the jiin is not S(*t in 
mud. The chain wears ratlu’r fast nejir 
(he miso ring and it will hi’ m'cessary 
to cut out a f(‘W links occasionally :ind 
reunite tlie cliain. F. A. S.Now. 
’romjikins Cminty. X. Y. 
Ear Corn for Horses 
Have you Imd any expi'rieiice in feeding 
corn on tin* cob to liorses, and not feeding 
any oats during tlie Winter, while horses 
are working but very little? Also to wliat 
(‘xtent can you substitute cornstalks for 
hay? What precautions should be taken 
wlien_ feeding these things? K. i.. .M. 
lindson. N. Y. 
Many iiorsemen prefer to feed part of 
tlie <‘orn on tlie cob. They say it priwents 
or rmiioves lampas—a growtli on the 
gums. We find that young horses with 
.sound teeth do well on ear corn. Older 
hor.ses, iiiile.ss their teeth are proiierly 
filed, do not crush the corn well. They 
bolt too much of it and it is not well di¬ 
gested. When corn is fed entirely for 
grain, we should use half ha.v and half 
stalks for roughage, llay containing some 
clover would be best. We feed stalks al¬ 
most entirely, but find it well to feed 
some oats and a little oiimeal to prevent 
constipation. 
