TTOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 9 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 «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