The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 3, 1920, Page 11

¥ 3 =2 » & ) [ 3 L3 s e g L 4 (3 @ | 4 G L i Hahdl‘ing Sheep in Summer Short Pasture, BY J. L. JUSTICE HE summer handling of sheep is made very easy for the simple reason that they require little | attention while out on > pasture, and yet they are sometimes neglected because they can so easily shift for themselves. Given a few little attentions while on the pastures, better success will be had in handling and carrying them into the following winter in good condition. I have seen ewes and their lambs turned into brier patches and thickets where little grass or turf was avail- able, the sheep being used presumably to eat up the weeds and clean out as much of the small undergrowth as possible. They will pick off the ten- der, succulent leaves they can find and will be of benefit in checking the undergrowth, but where they are kept for the greatest profit to the owner they should be:provided pasture with plenty of grass in it. " A wood pasture or a pasture lot near a woods, so the sheep can get under cover, is the ideal location, as I have found it. If we can not handily let them run into the woods then they have -access to the barns, for during the hot days of summer they enjoy getting into the shade during the hot- test part of the day. Sheep take to their pasture during the mornings and evenings when the air is coolest, so if they are shut into a lote at night it is well to let them out to pasture early so that they may have the benefit of the cooler part of the day. In our method of handling, the sheep are shut into a lot near the house at night; they are then seldom molested at night by dogs, and if dogs do ever bother them they are near at hand and few have ever been lost this way. It is difficult to watch over them when left running unattended in dis- tant pastures. Plenty of fresh, pure water is es- sential to sheep. I have known them to go a number of days without a drink, but this practice is not con- Wide Range, Plenty of Shade and Water » Make Ideal Conditions ducive to the best results. When the pastures are freshest and most suc- culent they seem to drink less water than en the pastures are growing dry. he hot, dry months of July and August are the severest on them and a cool drink twice a day will help to make things more comfortable for them. Salt is essential to sheep and should be kept before them all the time, or given to them four or five times a week. The best way to feed it is to put it into a box where it is accessible to them at all times. Where salt is fed in large quantities at long inter- vals it may be injurious to sheep, but when kept before them all the time in boxes no bad effects will result. It seems to be instinctive for sheep to want to range over a wide territory and if given a wide range on the farm or frequent changes of pasture they thrive better. If fattening lambs are running with the ewes it will be well to restrict the range, utilizing the best pastures for the purpose. 5 It is not good policy to put sheep on pasture that is rank and tall for they will not utilize it so well as other farm animals. They do best on short pasture that keeps putting up the new tender leaves and stalks that they like so well. They are excellent to keep the farm lawn clipped down close and smooth and that is just the kind of pasture they like best. BUT WHO GETS PROFIT? A farmer’s labor devoted to produc- ing wheat in 1830 resulted in an aver- age of hardly more than three bush- els per workday of 10 hours. As the result of improved agrieultural meth- ods and machinery, says the United States department of agriculture, his labor for one day now averages a « product of 60 bushels, or 20 times as much as before. FEWER BROOD SOWS The number of brood sows in the United States is estimated to be 10 per cent under last year’s total. 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