ITOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
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Livestock and Dairy
Knowing the Market Demands and Raising Stock to Meet It.
o f Mexico, N ew Mexico, Utah and not do as efficien t service during the
Texas. O f all the continental breeds of sprin ’8 work as he could i f he were
medium tailed sheep, as distinct from fed well during the winter. No man
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fa t tailed (Palestine) and long tailed ever made money feeding livestock just
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sheep, the best known and the most enough to keep them alive.
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cultivated is the Merino, originally a
In feeding fattening stock and dairy
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native o f Spain. In the latter part o f cows, gain and profit come in propor
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IL L U S T R A T E D 320 PAG ES
the 18th century the Spanish flocks tion to the amount o f food the ani
produced more wool than the factories mals put to good use. The fattening
Telia
all about aex matters;
whst
o f the country could make up, and the animals and dairy cows should have
young men and women, young wives
H I L I P T H E GOOD, Duke o f Bur surplus was sold and exported.
no setbacks; and the best feeders are
and husbands and all others need ta
the ones who know when to feed high know about the sacred laws that g o v
gundy, in 1429, at the time o f his
Merinos Predominate.
marriage, instituted the m ilitary
Through breeding certain tendencies priced grains and are not afraid to feed ern the sex forces.
Plain truths o f
order o f Toison d ’or, or the Golden are suppressed, others exaggerated, and fu ll rations.
sex life in relation to happiness in mar»
riage. “ Secrets”
o f manhood and
Fleece; it was said on account o f the under natural wild conditions there is
womanhood ; aem al abuses, social evil»
p ro fit he made by wool. A t the end no occasion for a ten-pound fleece. In
W arding O ff M ilk Fever.
diseases,
etc.
or the collar o f the order hung a Gold 1786 the French government imported
The latest, most advanced and eom»
Cows may come down with milk
en Fleece with this device, “ Pretinum from Spain 383 selected Spanish M erin
fe v e r during any season o f the year on prehensive work that haa ever been
non vile labornum,M (th e laborer
os. These sheep were kept at Rambon-
issued on sexual hygiene. Prieehsm iaw
new green grass as well as on winter
worthy o f his hire).
lctte.
Careful breeding and liberal
«traction fo r thaee v t o are ready fa r
Linneas, the great Swedish natural feeding greatly improved their mutton feed, but the attacks are most com the true inner teaching.
mon
in
winter
and
spring,
before
turn
This book tells nurse«, teacher*, dom
ist, who wrote in the middle o f the 18th form. Both the weight o f the fleece
century, appears to have given more and the weight o f the carcasses have ing on grass. One attack makes a cow tors, lawyers, preaehers, social workers»
Sunday school teachers, and all others,
prone
to
a
second,
but
that
may
be
careful and thorough research into the been increased from 300 to 150 pounds
young and old, what all need to know
origin and history o f sheep than any over the old Spanish Merino.
This warded o f f by ample exercise and about sex matters. B y W in field Scott
w riter 1 have been able to discover. breed has not been specially prominent light, laxative rations during the last Hall, Pfc. D , M . D. (Leiyx ig.)
The cow
The sheep, as typ ified by the domesti in the United States until tho last 20 two months o f preg>/aney.
Newspaper Comments:
cated breeds o f the European represen years. Full grown rams o f this breed should bo dried o ff at least oix weeks
'S c ie n tific a lly correct.f r — Chicago
Food plenty o f bran Tribune. “ Accurate and ep-to date . **
tatives o f which Linneas gave the will weigh up to 225 pounds, ewes 175 before calving.
Philadelphia Press. “ Standard boo-h
name o f Ovis Arius, was one o f the pounds.
The American Ramboulette and flaxseed meal to keep the bowels
earliest animals to be brought under Sheep Breeders’ Association was organ- free ly open and make the cow take o f knowledge.” — Philadelphia Ledger.
The
New York World say»:
“ Plain
subjection by man. It is known to zed at Pontiac, Michigan, in 3889. The outdoor exercise every day. M ilk the truths fo r those who need or ought to
have been domesticated by the inhabi number registered in 1906 was 34,075. affected teats three times a day, mas know them for the prevention o f eviha
tants o f the prehistoric lake dwellings Bnron von Homyer, in Germany, bred saging the quarters thoroughly at each
Under plain wrapper fo r only $1.(XX
o f Switzerland, by whom it appears to from some French Ramboulette. Sheep m ilking time, and at night rub thor Coin or Money Order, postage ten cents
have been brought from the East. In from this flock, brought to the United oughly with a mixture o f one part extra.
M I AM T P U B L IS H IN G C O M P A N Y
deed, all research seems to make plain States in the ’80s and *908, are wide each o f fluid extract o f pokeroot and
Dayton, Ohio.
the fact that the sheep from which all ly distributed. The International Von belladonna leaves and six parts of warm
the domesticated flocks descend were Homyer Ramboulette Club have about melted lard or sweet oiL
natives o f the elevated table land o f 300 registered sheep. There are more
Central Asia. It is also depicted among Merinos in the United States than all
W atering Cows.
BEA UTIFUL AHD COLORED
the earliest o f the Egyptian monuments the other breeds combined.
Twenty-
Where water is before cows constant
and its remains were mummified by the fiv e years ago they constituted nearly
POET CARDS
inhabitants o f the Delta during the 5 per cent o f the flocks o f the United ly it is interesting to note how often
M any A rt Bkh, Bara P iet urea o f
Pharaonic Epoch. Tw o distinet breeds States. A decline in the price o f wool, they w ill take a few swallows then go
are noted from this date.
growing taste for mutton, and at this ahead with eating or chewing eud, says
Beautiful Models and Actresses
A lso a S e if Fillin g
date, 1908, the Merino does not make Hoard's Dairyman. I t would be hard
The First Shepherd.
to estimate the benefit o f having wa
FOUNTAIN PEN
The first shepherd o f which history up more than 75 per cent o f the flocks
ter before the cows in winter when it
gives an account was Abel, second son o f the U. 8.
A ll fo r only 50 cants
is warmed to th< temperature o f even
The American Merino.
o f Adam. Through him sheep enter the
The greatest bargain ia beautiful
a
cold
barn
over
the
system
o
f
turning
Is one o f the smallest breeds o f the
first tragedy o f the human race. A t
cards and rare art pietnree ever offered*
cows out to drink once or tw ice a day
Many aro hard to obtain and have
first sight it seems strange— on reflec United States. The ewes at maturity
from
a
tank
that
is
too
often
frozen,
or
sold singly fo r the price we ask fo r all.
tion it seems to be a necessity o f the weigh from 90 to 125 pounds; the bucks
even
i
f
the
water
is
fa
irly
warm
the
at
These
will go qoiekfy io all lovers oJ
good condition, from 140 to 175
case— that the territory on which the
mosphere is too cold for cow comfort, the beautiful in nature who appreciate
flocks o f the ancient Patriarchs were pounds, while the fleece weighs from
and she is compelled to drink fa r too rare art pictures o f well developed
fed and tended is still the home o f the 30 to 15 pounds. I t is the hardest
models.
shepherds, and that there for fo rty cen sheep in the U. S. and can be herder in much at one time, thereby chilling her
A reliable self fin in g fountain pen
and
diverting
energy
that
should
be
turies sheep have wandered from pas flocks o f thousands, while mutton
free with each order. These alone hava
used
in
making
milk
to
bringing
her
sold for one dollar in stores.
ture to pasture under the care o f their breeds cannot be handled in flocks o f
The 100 beautiful cards and pen all
over 200. O f the various breeds pro temperature up to normal.
■omadic proprietor«.
for
but 50c and 10c in stamps for post“
The skins o f the animals gave place duced by crossing, we have the Dela
age.
to the manufactured garments o f wool tino Merino, the Standard, the National
When the farmer understands that
at the time o f the Conquest o f Rpain and the Improved Merino. Related in
ART PORTRAYAL CO.
the last strippings o f a dairy cow are
by the ancient Romans, 206 B. C., when their leading characteristics are the
7JAYTOS, OHIO.
over
500
per
cent
richer
in
cream
than
that country was celebrated for its Blacktop Spanish Merino, the Imported
the
first
few
pulls
he
may
be
a
little
Hocks and the quality o f its wool. T o Blacktop Merino and the Dickenson,
more thorough in his work during the
day the Spanish Merino is equally cel A il Delaine Merinos have horns and
milking hour.
ebrated, though lost to Spain. Before irore or less wrinkles or folds about the
Blacktop Merino«
the Christian Era the fine wools of neck and breast.
R E N T » Typew riter from the manufacturar»
Ita ly were noted and the fineness of have horns, but no wrinkles, and their
$5 for three months; Remmgtoa No. 6 or
EM PLOYM ENT AGENTS
Dickenson, or
No. 7; Hrailh Premier, No 2 o r No. 4; risih l*
the fleece was cultivated to a degree fleeces is more black.
lington. Monarch. flmilh Premier. *3 pm
unknown to us o f the present day. The polled Merinos, have neither horns nor
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■heop were housed and clothed, their wrinkles. Mexican Merinos are doncen F O R H E L P O F A L L K I N D S I“
au!d on i easy par monts
skius oiled and moistened with wine, dants o f Spanish flocks and have been
REMIX OTO If T Y PKW IÜTEB COMPART.
Call -m the
their fleece was combed and washed re bred in M exico without cross or irn
86 B load way, Portland. Ora.
The New
peatedly. This treatment destroyed the provement for 200 years.
vigor and impaired the eonstitutioa o f Mexieo Merinos, graded op from Old
the sheep. Their descendants, though Mexico ewes and Am ericas Merino
Main O ffice, First and Coach Streets
in ferior in form, are still fine wool nuns, are the stock o f which the New
POE HALF. IK A N Y Q U A N T IT Y
Portland, Oregon.
«beep. I t is only in sparsely settled M exico and southern Colorado floeks
Ham pine a n d p r ic e s o n r e o s e e t .
countries that sheep are cultivated for are composed.
ffet in tonch with os; we ran ta re
We
are
Always
at
your
Service
From a review o f these facts o f his
Prompt eernee
wool alone. The wonderful wealth o f
Phone « r wire rush orders at on
Asia during the l«th century, o f which tory, and a review o f the figures given,
CHICAGO
JU N K CO.
its flocks were largely the canoe, de it is easily seen that the Ramboulette,
5S0 Frost 8l. Phene Main 745. Portland. Or%
or
French
branch
o
f
the
Merino
fam
ily,
nerves a special chapter.
is very much the most profitable all-
Livestock for N ew World.
around combination o f the three na
Pars Hands sad M ilkers s Specialty.
On the second voyage nf Colombo«
W e fam ish the leading Contractors, f log
tions who lead in number o f sheep. For
to the N ew World, he stopped at Go
ging Camps, Mills, Factories and Farmers in H IGH GRAD ES.^REG ISTERED COWS
fin e wool Australia leads the world.
mera, one o f the Canary Islands, on
Oregon and Washington with help. L et ss
Bo-wy to tar Um Witt.
1910, Australia tall breeds> 92,047,015 supply you. W ire rush orders st our es
October 5, 1493. to take on wood and
1908, Argentine Republic (a ll
pens«.
MOKEL COW CO.
water.
Here be purchased calves,
breeds) .............
97,911,754
L E W E S k M YERS
•07 C t m i c l U Stock. P . r t lu d . Otm.
goats and «beep to stock the islands o f
190». United .States (all
224 Burnside Street. Portland. Oregon.
Hispanola, Cuba and Panama.
The
breeds) --------------------------57,206,000
livestock were landed in the middle o f
December. 1491, when was founded the
False Economy.
first Christian city o f the N ew World,
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SEXUAL
KNOWLEDGE
V. A. S ta ff an, an experienced
sheep grower, who has a person-
al knowledge o f methods in for-
cign countries, contributes an
interesting article on early his-
tory o f the sheep.
P
100
TYPEWR ITERS
Pacific Employment Co.
SACKS
General E m p l o y m e n t
Isabella.
A fte r C ortes'■ eowpiest o f Mexico,
and his return to Spnm from whence
he came again U the C ity o f Mexico
in 1510, a misunderstanding between
him and the m agistral« canned him to
leave and take up 1us re*tde«c« in the
C ity o f <*ernavara on the southern
slope o f the Cerdilleraa. He imported
U rge numbers o f Merino «beep, and
from Panama and the C ity o f Cuerna
vaca went forth sheep in great asm
bora.
Much wove« doth was made in New
Spain in 1560, and these Rpaeteh sheep
wees the progenitors of the vast herds
Farmers and feeders make a great
mistake when they cut down on the
amount of grain food that they feed
their fattening ssimal§ during the win
ter. There may be some animals on the
farm which can be carried along
through the winter an moderate rations,
but fattening stock and dairy cowa do
■ot belong tc that class.
The farm teams that are sot being
w>rked do sot require a full ration af
grain food during the winter, but it is
coolly economy to “ rough” them dur
ng tb « winter on short rationa The
that is allowed to run down ia
flesh condition daring the winter eaa
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