TTOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
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L ivestock and D airy
Knowing the Market Demands and Raising Stock to Meet IL
of Mexico, New M eiico, U tah and not do as efficien t service during the
Texas. O f all the continental breeds o f gprin’a work as he could i f he were
&
V. A. S taffan , an experienced
medium tailed sheep, as distinct from fed well during the winter. No man
e> sheep grower, who has a person-
fa t tailed (P alestine) and long tailed ever made money feeding livestock just
♦ al knowledge o f methods in for-
sheep, the best known and the most enough to keep them alive.
eign countries, contributes an
In feeding fattening stock and dairy
cultivated is the Merino, originally a
<•> interesting article on early his-
native o f Spain. In the latter part of cows, gain and profit come in propor
ILLUSTRA TED 320 PAGES
B tory o f the sheep.
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
Tolls all about sex
of the country could make up, and the animals and dairy cows should Lavs young men and w anas, young w i» «
no
setbacks;
and
the
best
feeders
are
surplus
was
sold
and
exported.
H ILIP THE GOOD, Duke o f Bur
and husbands and all others need to
the ones who know when to feed high know about the sacral laws that guw
Merinos Predominate.
gundy, in 1429, at the time of his
Flam truths of
Through breeding eertain tendencies pneed grains and are not afraid to feed eni the sex forces
marriage, instituted the military
sex life in relation to happiness in mar
order of Toison d 'or, or the Golden are suppressed, others exaggerated, and full rations.
riage. •'S ecrets" of manhood and
Fleece; it was said on account o f the under natural wild conditions there is
social «vtl,
profit he made by w o o l A t th e end no occasion for a ten pound fleece. In
Warding O ff M ilk Fever.
dii
o i the collar o f the order hong a Gold 1786 the French government imported
The latrai, most advanced and
Cows may come down w ith milk
prehenai ve work that ha» ever been
en Fleece with this device, “ Pretinum from Spain 383 selected Spanish Merin
fever during any season o f the year on issued on sexual hygiene. P n e e lc a n>
non vile labornum,” (th e laborer is os. These sheep were kept at Rambon new green grans as well as on winter
struetion for those woo are n o ilj fu»
worthy o f his hire).
lette.
Careful breeding and liberal
feed, but the attacks are most com the true insor teaching.
Linneas, the great Swedish natural feeding greatly improved their mutton
Thu IxKik tells on rues, trac beva. In»
m oi in winter and spring, before turn
ist, who wrote in the middle o f the 18th form. Both the weight of the fleece
ing on grass. One attack makes a cow Inn, lawyers, preachers, »ocial workers,
century, apptears to have given more and the weight o f the carcasses have
prone to a second, but that may be Bunday school teacher*, and all othcra,
careful and thorough research into the been increased from 100 to 150 pounds
and old, what all nerd to know
warded o f f by ample exercise and young
about sex matterà. By Whrftolil Scott
This
origin and history o f sheep than any over the old Spanish Merino.
light, laxative rations daring the last Hall, Ph. D , M. D. (Leipzig.)
w riter I have been able to -discover. breed has not been specially prominent
two months o f preg *n ey. The eow
Newspaper Onecorenta:
T he sheep, as typified by the dom esti in the United States until the last 20
should be dried o ff at least six weeks
Scienti f ¡rally correct.” — Chicago
cated breeds o f the European represen years. Full grown rams of this breed
before calving. Feed plenty of bran Tribune. "A m ira te and wp to .late. *'
ta tiv es o f which Linneas gave the will weigh up to 225 pounds, ewes 175
Philadelphia Dress. “ Standard book
and flaxseed meal to keep the bowels
The American Ramboulette
name of Ovis Arius, was one o f the pounds.
of know ledge.” i*hila.lelptiia Ledges.
freely
open
and
make
the
eow
take
earliest animals to be brought under Sheep B reeders’ Association was organ
outdoor exercise every day. Milk the The New York Worid eaya: “ Plain
subjection by man. It is known to ized at Pontiac, Michigan, in 1889. The
truths for those who need or ought to
affected teats three tim es a day, man know them far the pre v u it iom of evil*
have been dom esticated by tbp inhabi number registered in 1906 wag 34,075.
saging the quarters thoroughly at each
U n d er p la in w ra p p iv t o r o n ly $ 1.66,
tants of the prehistoric lake dwellings Baron von Ilomver, in Germany, bred
milking time, and at night rub thor G oin or M on ey O rder, ixaitagv Sen cen t»
of Switzerland, by whom it appears to from some French Ramboulette. Sheep
ex tra .
have been brought from the East. In from this flock, brought to the United oughly with a mixture of one pari
MIAMI FURLTEHTNG COMP A N T
each o f fluid extract o f poke root and
States
in
the
’80s
and
’90s,
are
wide
deed, all research seems to make plain
Daytor. Ohio.
belladonna
leaves
and
six
jmrts
of
warm
the fact that the sheep from which all ly distributed. The International Von
melted
lard
or
sweet
oil.
the domesticated flocks descend were TTomyer Ramboulette C3nb have about
natives of the elevated table land of 366 registered sheep. There are more
Central Asia. It is also depicted among Merinos in the United States than all
W atering Cows.
beautiful and colored
the earliest of the Egyptian monuments the other breeds combined. Twenty
Where water is before cows constant
POST CARD8
and its remains were mnmmified by the fiv e years ago they constituted nearly
ly it is interesting to note how often
inhabitants o f the Delta during the 95 per cent o f the flocks of the United
they will take a few swallows then go
Many Are Bach, Rare Pictures i f
Pharaonic Epoch. Two distinct breeds S tates A dueling in the price of wool,
ahead with eating or chew ing end, say»
B eaotif nl M o -Iek a a d A c tr e s s e s
a growing taste for mutton, and at this
are noted from this date.
Hoard’s Dairyman. It would be hard
A lso a S elf Fflling
date, 1908, the Merino does not make
The F irst Shepherd.
to estim ate the benefit of having wa
FOUNT
A ! N FEN
np
more
than
75
per
cent
o
f
the
floeks
The first shepherd o f which history
ter before the cows in winter when it
AH far only 50 ceerts
gives an account was Abel, second son o f the U. 8.
is warmed to th< temperature of even
The American Merino.
The greatest bargain ia K-antifid
o f Adam. Through him sheep enter the
a cold barn over the system o f turning card*
Is
one
o
f
the
smallest
breeds
o
f
the
and rare art (nrlrrr* ever o ff i-m i
first, tragedy o f the human race. At
cows oat to drink once or tw ice a day
first sight it seems strange— on reflee United States, The ewes at maturity from a tank that is too eften frosea, or Many are hard to obtain and havn
sold singly for the price wv ask fur a ll
tion it seems to be a necessity of the weigh from 90 to 125 pounds; the bncks evea i f the water is fairiy warm the at Tliesr wifi go qnichfy to all I rvers of
in
good
condition,
flora
140
to
175
case— that the territory on which the
mosphero is too cold for eow comfort, the beautiful in natore who appreciate
flocks o f the ancient Patriarchs were pounds, while the fleece weighs from and she is compelled to drink far too rare art pictures of welt itovelopcd
fed and tended is still the home of the 10 to 15 pounds. It is the hardest much at one time, thereby chilling her models.
A reliable self fin in g Axmtafn pen
shepherds, and that there for forty een sheep in the U. S. and can be herder in and diverting energy that should be
tur.es sheep have wandered from pas flocks o f thousands, while mutton nsed in making milk to bringing her free with each order. These alone hare
sold far one dollar in stores.
turn to pasture ander the care of their breeds cannot be handled in flock» of
The 106 beautiful cants and pec aH
over 200. O f the various breeds pro temperature up to normal.
■oraadic proprietors.
for but 50e and 10c ia Stamps fur posh-
duced
by
crossing,
wc
h
a
v
e
the
Del
a
The skins of the animals gave place
ng.-..
to the manufactured garments of wool tin e Merino, the Standard, the National
When the farmer understands that
ART PORTRAYAL CO.
and
the
Improved
Men
so.
Related
ia
at the time o f the Conquest of Spain
the last strippings of a dairy cow are
1ATTOM, OHIO.
by the ancient Romans, 206 B. C., when theiT leading characteristic» are the over 506 per cent richer in ereain than
that country was celebrated for its Blacktop Spanish Merino, the Imported the first few pulls he may be » little
flocks and the quality of its wool. To Blacktop Merino and the Dickenson. more thorough in his work daring the
day the Spanish Merino is equally cel All Delaine Merino» have horns aad milking hour.
ebrated, though lost to Spain. Before more or less wrinkles or folds about the
Blacktop Merinos
R E N T a T y p e w rite r frwai I t e m eira fa e tirrw ^
the Christian Era the fm e wools o f neck and breast.
$5 for throe m onth «, R em inrton Mo. 0 •»
E M P L O Y M E N T AG ENTS
Ita ly were noted and the fineness o f have horn», but no wrinkle», and their
Mo.
7 ; Mouth R fw « s r , No > or Mo. 4 ; rwibka
the fleece was cultivated to a degree fleeces is more black. Dickenson, or
Remington, Monarch. Rmith Prem ier. S3 pee
■nkaown to us o f the present day. The polled Merinos, have neither horns nor
r.th à « b r s r s í a n j w t e e a. B e ba ill
sheep were housed and clothed, their wrinkles. Mexican Merinos are deocen F O R H E L P O F A L L K IN D S ■eld on M t J p o r m e o to
daots
o
f
Spanish
flocks
and
have
bee»
R E M ! M OTON T I P « W R J T BB OOWPAJTV.
skins oiled and moistened with wine
Call on the
M
H io a d w a y , P o r t la a d . ( « .
their fleece was combed and washed re bred in Mexico without cross nr im
The New
peatedly. Thin treatm ent destroyed the provetneot for 260 years.
vigor and impaired the constitution of Mexico Merinos, graded up from Old
the sheep. Their descendant», though Mexico ewes and American Merino Main O ffice, First and Coach Streets
inferior in form, are still fin e wool rams, are the stock o f which the New
F O B B A fsR IN AMT Q r A M T fT T
Portland, Oregon.
A eep
It is only in sparsely settled Mexico and southern Colorado flock»
Aarr.plea and p n e e e on rwywreL
are
composed.
O et an to e r h w ith e a , we can « a ra
eouritnea that shoep ars cultivated for
M iey
“
*
From a review o f these farts o f h is W e are A lw ays at your Service
wool alone. The wonderful wealth o f
P h o n e o r w ire rnah ord err »1 no
Asia daring the 14th century, o f which tory, and a review of the figures given,
C H IC A G O J U N K C O .
its flocks were largely the cause, de it i» easily seen that the Ramboulette,
SBO K raal H l P h o a e M aia I M
1— ■. Xrw
or
French
branch
o
f
the
Merino
fam
ily,
serves a special chapter.
ix very much the most profitable all-
Lave stock for New Wort A
W « w ill mfl you
around combination o f the three na
ru n
FUn4e aad M ilte r « a Specialty.
Oa the second voyage o f Colambut
W e farn ieh the leading Oon tractor», l»o< HIGHGRAI) ES.-¿REGISTERED COWS
tion» who lead in number o f sheep. For
te the N ew World, ho stopped a*. Gw
fin < ram p e . M ille. P a rto rir* and Parmer« n»
fin e wool Australia leads tha worid.
Orvgna end W ashington w»th bH p
I»et ua
snsra, one o f the Canary Islands, on
19t0, A ustralis (all breeds) 92,047,015 «apply yew. W ire rush order« at oar ex
October 5, 1493, to take oa wood and
M OKEL COW CO.
1908, A rgen tite Republic (all
pens«.
water.
Here he purchased calves,
breeds) ..................................... 67,211,754
LEWES fc MYERS
• 0 7 C—n u n -r c ia , B la ck . P o r tla n d . O ra
goats and sheep to stock the islands of
1909, B aited Stains (all
S3« Baraelde Street. Portland. Oregon.
Hiapanola, Cuba and Panama.
The
breads) __________________ 57,206,090
livratock were landed In the middle of
December, 1193, when was founded the
Falsa Economy.
first Christian city o f the N ew World,
Firmer» and feeder» make a great
Isabella.
P V B S . W * )0 L . F E L T S E T C .
P a r « and D a iry Help P a ra n b a d Prea
A fter C ortes’s conquest o f Mexico, m istake when they cut down on the
H IB R A B D S T E W A R T CO.,
W ire Bosh Orders a l O er Expeoae
Seattle Wash
and his return to Spain from whence amount of gram food that they feed
Write for Price
had
he came again to the C ity e f Mexico their fatten in g animal» during the win
Oregon Employment Agency
Bhipping Tag*.
in 1530, a misunderstanding between ter. There may be some animals on the
38 Second Street. N orth.
Portland. Ora.
iPjFaee ea«Mion thm pa|H>r. )
him and the magistrate caused him to farm which can be carried along
leave and take up bis residence ia the through the winter on moderate rations,
C ity of Cuernavaca oa the southern but fattening stock sod dairy cows do
H ELP FURNISHED FREE
alo|>e of the Cordilleras. He imparted not belong to that dans.
10ÌM S M6EIY FKVENTn
W e f a r à .«ti Farm H et>, Dairyrni
I» CnUar'i B l ic t h » » U it
I m -
largo numbers of Merino sheep, and
a
m
die.
C arpeatera. Ix » « e re , P«*r^
The firm team» th«t »re not being
W» -
'-».h . M . «t l . I h
»
any kw d
We
W.*-,^» .< > «mwi barai» l««i »r».
from Panama and the City o f Caeraa or irked do not require a full ration of hel> aad ekilied belp
!»• at..-.
,«rai.M h l »
let fr*9T contraete o r >ae» yoar farm
vaca went forth sheep ia great num grain food during the winter, but it in
Writ. Iw bra|[t«i «a»
Wire oe phone raab ardkra at a a r ea
I« »M« | l | i BlMtla» Silli II w
costly economy to “ rough” them dur pease aad « • o i l <iea
the tefcefit al
ber«.
M »ra« »»»«. BiaM iw sm » 4 to
___ _
pW«’» Inw». IMS f'lttwi >«to,
Much woven cloth was made in New ing the winter oe «hort raUena. The oar 14 raare* eeper.eoea
TS» rat»-l>rti» «f IHM«! b'i>iwti liftH ti <m»M
ille d H e lp O a r M p e rta lir
Spam ia 1560. aad the»» Spanish sheep home that ia allowed to run down in Pioneer S E k opicrm
ent Oa. 14 M teeand St
• • f wttx»e » f* utwiMaJaahia. »"twe llrwi
woce the progenitors of the rest herds flesh eendiUon during the winter can
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