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TShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 2, 1918 
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Live Stock and Dairy 
A Sheep Farmer’s Notes 
There are two or three things the 
knowledge of which has been lieneficial 
to me, and I wish to pass it on to 
others. To the beginners in the .sheep 
business, and from the advice being pub¬ 
lished in all papers nowadays, one would 
think that just how to build the sheep 
racks will be a puzzle to many of them. 
This is the way I do it, and I find it 
very satisfactoi'y indeed. In the first 
place I find the best place to locate the 
racks is along the side walls, they are 
out ot the way there, and they do not 
need to be moved about when getting 
out the manure. That arrangement also 
gives the sheep the maximum room. Built 
that way only one side of the rack has 
to be con.stnicted, as the sides of the 
building furnish the back. If you will 
care to feed grain, the first thing to do 
will be to lay a wide board along the 
wall fiat on the ground for the bottom of 
the rack. In putting on the .side boards 
Pyrox was good I tried it, but found it 
shook off in planting. I experimented 
a little and found that if I added tar to 
the corn after it had been well mixed 
and coated with Pyrox and was still 
wet, I had a combination, that was “just 
dandy.” I could put it right in the 
planters when still damp and without 
trying to dry with ashes or dust as I 
used to try to do with tar alone. I 
mixed it up as I needed it and went 
right to the field and started planting 
without any two kernels sticking to¬ 
gether. I consider it a great discovery, 
and I am very enthusiastic over it. I 
got a splendid stand of corn. I found a 
few hills pulled by crows and pheasants, 
but they had apparently desisted in a 
hurry. I found no dead birds. I was 
not bothered \\ itli wireworms either, but 
perhaps that just happened. 
Discarded engine oil from the auto, 
mixed half and lialf with kerosene, 
makes a good lice killer on young stock. 
J. L. Graff, of Illinois, Sends us the Above Picture of Rhode Island Prize Sheep, 
Owned by Member of a Boys’ Club 
it is well to h;ive it away from tlic i)ack 
just far enough so a shovel can be used 
to cleau out any refuse the sheej) may 
leave. The top board should be farther 
away from the wall so that hay may be 
easil.v jilaced in the rack. For the two 
side boards I use any old boards I hap- 
lien to have on hand. For slats I use 
old barrel stave,s. If taken from apple 
or salt bai-rels wich are so far gone as 
to have lost their heads, so much the 
cheaper you build your racks. 
I space the openings 18 inches apart 
from center to center, as that allows 
each sheep jilenty of room so as not to 
rub its wool off on its neighbor, although, 
if your sheep are rather small, you might 
si)ace them clo.ser together. The oi»en- 
ings for the cheep I make eight inches 
wide. Two good staves, properly spaced 
between the openings, is good. Be sure 
the e<lges, next the opcuiings, are smooth 
•so as not to catch the wool. In this way 
your sheep racks can he built quickly 
and easily and very economically. 
I have fed silage to sheep for the last 
14 years, and if properly made, find it 
a most excellent .sheep food. I find it 
best only to feed it once a day, and a 
heaped-up bushel measure full to .seven 
sheep about right. If the corn is cut iu 
very short lengths when put iu the silo, 
the silage will be eaten up more closely 
by the sheep. I like to grow flint corn 
to make silage for sheep, and put the ears 
all in the silo, as the sheep will utilize 
every kernel of corn, and it saves ex¬ 
pense of husking. The sheep will need 
no other grain except perhaps after the 
lambs have come. 
I have used tar on my seed corn to 
prevent loss from pulling by crows, etc., 
but the tar bothers a good deal iu my 
jabber corn-planters, and I have often 
planted the corn clear rather than be 
bothered with the stuff. Hearing that 
1 card the heif(M-s until I have a pad¬ 
ding of hairs on the cai'd and then pour 
the above mixture on to it and go after 
the heifers. E. L. slate. 
Oneida Co., X. Y. 
Watch the Halter 
When I was a boy I spent three years 
on my grandfather’s farm, and now I am 
a farmer I quote my grandfather until 
I am an amusement to the family —hnt 
I wanted snap-catches on the halters, in¬ 
stead of the knot in the end and a loop, 
when I was 1.8, and grandpa said they 
usually wore all right but occasionally 
would snap back and remain open long 
(‘iiongh to release the catch and were not 
safe, and that he would not take the risk. 
I lomemhered this too late, for last week 
my w’onderfiil Devon cow. whose halter 
was fitted with a snap-catch and eye, got 
it loose, went to a corn pile and ate enough 
so she died next day. The ordinary 
halter is always safe, and the halters 
h('re are now all safe—no more snaps. 
Also, it was carelessness leaving a corn 
pile where it could he raided by the 
stock—it should have been put in the 
corncrib as soon as shucked. Fxperience 
is indeed a dear teacher. 
Maryland. elrert wakeman. 
Fowler’s Solution 
I have read a mimher of times about 
Fowler’s solution of arsenic of lead to 
give to horses. I have one run down, and 
wind is not good. Where can I get the 
medicine? E. J. ii. 
The correct name is “Fowlers’ Solu¬ 
tion of Arsenic.” “Arsenate of lead” is 
a deadly poison used for the spraying of 
fruit trees, and is not given to animals. 
The solution of arsenic mentioned is pre¬ 
pared and sold by the druggist and is not 
costly. Inquire of your local druggist. 
The average dose is half an ounce (one 
tablespoonfuD night and morning, for an 
adult horse. It may be given in the grain 
feed or in water as a drench, or with a 
syringe in the mouth. a. s. a. 
