Right Alter SHearing Is a Good Time to Sell Them.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 1, 6 January 1905, Page 7

Right Alter SHearing Is a Good Time to Sell Them.

When the sheep iwe sheared it is a :;ood time to select out those 1o be marketed. Under present conditions it is haa diy advisable to keep sheep that do not produce g-ood fleeces of wool. The quality must be'such as to- bring- g-ood prices, -and the quantity must L«i sufficient. When a select flock is kept on a small -.farm, nearly'or quite all of them should be good breeding ewes andbring a good lamb every spring in addition to'growing" a good fleece of wool. Many farmers make a serious mistake in failing to feed their stock until they are in -a good marketable condition. In many cases sheep well fattened for market .will bring twice as much as those sold in a poor condition. Not only is more realized on account of the increase in- weight," but a "better price can ai-•n-iaysbe had per pound for good fat sheep than for poor ones. With proper management sheep can be fattened easily and rapidly, but they a.re eas'l\ cloyed by . overfeeding aud require iri rit care in this respeot than almost au\ other kind of stock. Comuieaice feeding a small quantity of grain and gradually increase until they aire given all that they, .can" eat up clean. It is not best to depend upon corn alone. While it is one of the best fattening foods; yet if given to sheep daily as their principal ration they soon the of it and will not thrive as they should: Any animal, when fed lieayily,^should have a good variety, and this is especially true of the sheep. If kept in good thrifty condition six weeks'feeding of all that ihey Avill eat of a goof, fattening ration will fatten them for market. But with sheep that have beerpoorly wintered longer feeding will be necessary. - While corn can be made the principal ration, bran, ships tuff; oats barley and oil meal should be. givesn.tr. . make up a good variety, and in thi? way keep the sheep in good appetite. See that they have all that tbey will eiat up clean jind at the same time-art not overfed.

With old sheep the best plan of fattening, is on good farm pasturage, changing fr.om one place to another every two or three weeks. It-is difficult tb' fatten old" sheep an diry feed of any kind. IVirly good success may be realized by feeding ground grain, bu J . the more economical plan is to depend upon good pasturage, selling wheneve." a good marketable condition is reached. It is usually,, good economy to fatten and .market 'the old sheep during the spring aafd»" early summer rather than to keep them over. Always select a sufficient number of young, vigorous ewes to take the placet". of the old ones sold off .—St. Louis liepublic