nOATEAND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
Feeding Sheep on Wasted Fodder
IT would bo grcntly Interesting to would still bo one problem to solve,
know, could It bo known, how How would the breeding flocks bo'
much mutton could bo produced from maintained during tho two or thrco
fodders that now nro wasted becauso mnths of Winter when snow Is on
thoy nro not utilized. In this dls- UJ Broimd? Will not tho growth
cusslon thoso fodders only will bo J wheat liny answer this question
consldored that grow up In tho un- nt. tIlc I'rosont tlmo? In tho near
fenced fields of tho Northwestern future, u will probably ho nnswered
states. u' tuo growth of sweet clover or
Two obstacloa nro In tho way. One nIfa'fn "uy.
is that tho lands ns a rulo nro not Iu n,K "end.
fenced, and tho other Is that tho Thcso references bring up tho
grain shocks nro oftentimes loft In question, will It pny to grow snoop
tho Holds for weeks after tho grain on thoso lines In tho nic llcnd coun
ts cut, ana nccnuso 01 uio prosonco try? That can onlv hn wnritP.t nut
17. r!,rr' " "w ' actual test.
ti'Da iu mu iijiu.
This means thnt the weeds and
Stipposo a' section
ot land woro one In a ml with fnn
other vegetation nlong with tho num- WS0 u Was ,1lc!c,ko.11. wUh Bll001)'
crous grain heads lost In harvesting ?"? P.030 lX wna divided In say, thrco
aro not utilized. In other words, C. . "V0 Pari woum proviao
tho food that would maintain not 8"nS nl early Summer pasture,
lower than say, 10,000,000 for two ? BCCon l""t would provldo finish-
months In thnt stnto In virtually lost. nB ,Ims.turo' ,uul third part Win
In South Dakota tho jiaino would bo tcr,,.0??; i
nt least mer.surably true. In Mon- would such an arrangement payjf
tnnn tho loss would not bo so much, ." ojiltt pay. Each acre of such
for tho reason that tho area dovoted ', Hhould support nt least nn owo
fo HiS crnwlnc of nrnln Is much lnsa. nn1 1,cr. lnnV fr a year. This would
lint tho loss in Montana. Is matnrlnl. n,cJ111 tIlnt 010 acrc3 would mnlntain
Loss in Washington.
Hut In no plnco Is this loss grontor
relatively thnn In tho Hlg Bond coun
try In Washington. Thoro tho Rus
sian thistles grow to perfection.
Thcro It Is that they tako comploto
possession of tho Innd whero thoy
nro not combated, lo tho virtual ox
elusion of all kinds of crops. Of
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This would lcavo tho lambs for
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I'uuiBu, Diivuii ui iiuiiiiiuu nun uuim ,,. nnrn ,,.i,i1i -nt.l l. n .-..
kinds Of BlOCk, Will not loUCh HUB- SS ,nnrt vnlin.l It! In r R?
Blnn thistles after tho prickles havo 2 0,n"'!P n'Ucd BJL ll,1 "10Pro0 i'""
boon really formed on tho plants, but ,n l'l "f- J'1,0. , "l0,Jro1tur?"'
nt nn earlier period sheep will food tbn"' flnow b VT
upon thorn and to tho extent ot "ctto'LU "V'S S B,V,l0 a d'
prosonco win uo but uttio iinrm. ycnr,g oxpcndlturo nH n fonco wlll
hummer 1 outgo, built in such nn nrca should last for
This moans that tho tumbling not loss thnn 10 years,
mustard, Russian thistles and Win- If thoso ostlmntoB are correct, why
tor ryo nnd Winter wheat pastures would It not bo a wlso thing In tho
would carry shoop through tho sea- Dig Ilond country to grow shoop?
con from March 1st to tho early Can wheat bo mndo to pny hotter?
Autumn months. Tho shoop would call for loss labor.
Now If WIntor ryo woro sown say, Thoy would otirlch tho land, nnd thoy
In May, nnd It Squnw corn woro would provont tho ubomlnnblo weeds
from going to seed. Thoy would
also stop soil drifting. Why would
not such n system ot farming bo bet
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Wl.ran learn much from tho dairy to tho heavy mllkors In quantities ot
methods used In Holland. That from two to four pounds n day. Tho
llttlo country Is often called principal feed, howovor, Is hay, each
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livestock usually consists of nbout starter Is used In ripening tho cream,
2'i cows, 9 heifers, 40 sheep, 1G pigs Immonso uumbors ot bartorla, cnpablo
and one or two horses. About !!4 ot producing nn ngrconblo flavor,
acres Is meadow and tho rest piiBturo, aro Introduced; tho growth ot tho
as dalrjlng is on n strictly grass undcslrablo Is chocked nnd many ot
baslB. Pow fields aro larger than tho unplcnsnut flavors already pro
flvo acres, and tho cowh nro fro- duced nro covorcd up, so to speak,
qucntly changed from ono pasture to cither wholly or In part.
another, so tho grnss may bo ro
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Only a fow cholco hulls nro kept
for sires and tho greatest enro Is ox-
orclscd in solcctlng fcmalos. Tho
cows are selected by ft throo-fold
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ot his best cowb for ono year was
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pounds of buttor fat. Tho avorago
lactation period wns 300 days and
no cow was mllke'd more thnn ono
year. In Frloslnnd there nro 3200
cow testing associations ot 12 mom
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Tho Winter grain ration consists
almost entirely of oil enke, fed only
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