IIOME AND PA11M MAC1AZLN.E SKOTJON
Raising Sheep in the Cornfield
T1IQSK who havo handled thoop on
tho general farm know Hint thoso
animals can live, -row and mnko
mutton and wool oa much wosto herb
ago that fow other animals will eat.
Bfcctp are well known to bo tho gret
est wood and sprout oxtoxmlnators In
existence. The ihcop farm la almost
univorsally a clean fanu. Tlio raving
that a modium-sixed flock of shcop will
make every year in cleaning feneo rows
and ridding foneo lines and fields of
aoxlous weods will practically pay for
their keeping, especially whan they nro
given credit for fertiliser scattered
aver the farm to make tho grasses and
other money crops grow better, flr.uwy
feneo rows almost invariably follow
.where sheep havo trimmed tho fonco
rows of weeds and sprouts.
On every farm every year thcro is
jrasto green herbago that ean not bo
BtHizod by eattlo, horses or hogs, owing
to other crops growing in tho samo
fields with the useless herbage. After
tho last cultivation of corn, for in
stance, differont kinds of summer
grasses and many kinds of weeds spring
up between tho rows and around tho
sides of the eornficld. Tho only com
mon way theso weeds and summer
grasses ean bo destroyed is with tho
hoo, an expeucivc and laborious process.
If cattle, horses or hogs wore turned
Into the cornfield to cat tho summer
grasses, they would totally destroy tho
corn, and no doubt in many cases in
jure themselves by overeating of the
new corn.
But sheep will effectively clean n
cornfield of summer grasses, ami nl
most, if not nil, of tho weeds, and they
will do it without injuring tho stand
lng corn. Thorc is nothing sheep liho
better in tho way of green forage than
young foxtail and crnbgravs, or cow's
foot. Other summer grasscM they will
eat readily, as well as almost all weeds
that grow in cornfields. Itagwoeds are
their favorite. Vihcn turned luto n
field of standing corn a few wouUa.
after tho last cultivation of tho crop,
about tho time the corn begins to shoot
and taancl, they will go up and down
the rows nipping off tho grass nnd
weeds as they como to them, scarcely
touching the blades of the standing
corn. Later, when thoy have cleaned
tho field of weeds and gTass, and the
feneo rows around tho field, they will
eat tho lower blades of corn, but they
will not lnjuro tho car corn nor tho
upper part of the stalks in tho least.
In doing this work of cleaning nnd
keeping dean the eornfiold, they scat
ter manure of the best kind between
all the rows, which is ono of the best
fertilizations tho field can receive.
On many farms, foxtail and crab
grass are serious pests to ths so'J. In
spit of care and clean cultivation they
como up, grow and rcsccd tho land
very year. There seems to bo no com
mon way of eradicating them. Hut
beep will do it to a clean finish.
CTbero a flock of sheep is turned into
a cornfield shortly after tho last cul
tivation, bofore any of the summer
grasses have blossomed and formed
teed, they will clean out the grames
and completely prevent seeding. Where
this system is followed on the summer
grass infested farm, soon tho farm will
b- cleaned of the grasses, as the plants
-trill be prevented from forming seed.
Tho samo is truo of many of tho nox
lous weed. Tho sheep will eat them
off and keep them caton down, so
that weed seed formation is impossible.
Whom tho cornfield Is to bo sown
to wheat, ryo or timothy oftor tho
corn in the fall, it Is an excellent plan
to pasturo tho standing corn with sheop
n fow weeks prottou to corn hnrvest.
Then, aftor tho corn has been removed
from tho Hold, tho surrnce will Do
elean of foreign growth, the land will
bo evenly manured and tho field will
bo in ideal condition for fall coding by
simply discing and harrowing tho
ground. Harvesting tho corn fodder
will bo easier whoro no gross or weeds
bother, and whero tho corn is to bo
huskod from tho stalks in tlio field tho
work will be easier for tho samo roa
son.
In every ease where eorn is grown
for tho grain only, to bo husked In the
field from tho standing stalks, it will
pay any farmer to pasture the corn
ftold in Into summer and early fall
with sheep. Cleaning the field of weeds
nnd grows and tho stalks of tho lower
leaves will mnko husking of tho corn
cosier, while the fertiliser addod to tho
soil by the nnlmals will be an impor
tnnt gain. Kvrn whero tho eorn Is to
bo cut nnd used for silnge, the loss of
n fow of tho lowest leaves of tho corn
plants will make no appreciable dlf
iferrnco in tho yield of silnge. 8dto
pasture their cornfields with sheep In
I Into summer even whero the eorn Is to
i bo cut nnd shocked In the field and
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1110 siovcr lo if) uncu urj. i nv ru n
grasses nro whnt tho sheep will eat
first, nnd if thcro is enough other kinds
of feeds the sheep will not cat many
corn leaves.
Many farmers now nro bnying and
feeding lambs during tho Into summer
and fall seasons. Whoro lambs are to
bo fattened in tho summer cornfield,
eowpeas nro drilled with tho eorn to
gtvo tho lambs n vnriety and more pro
tein In their field rntion. Cowpoas in
tho rows with tho eorn grow up and
vino to tho corn. Tho two crops thrlvo
well together, tho corn making prac
tically ns good crop with ns without
the peas, whilo tho peas contribute
nitrogen to the soil. Sotno nro willing
to Invest in n ear load of lambs and
drill eowpens in their eorn to bo pas
tured by tho lambs simply for tho ex
tra fertility added to tlio land. This is
claimed to" be ono of the cheapest and
best ways to fcrtllito any land, whilo
somo direct monoy Is usually mado in
handling tho lambs as markot animals.
Whore tho lambs aro kept in tho corn
field for many wcoks in loto summer
and early fall, consuming tho eowiiens
in tho corn, othor herbago in tho field,
together with somo concentrated sup
plements, a I .rgo quantity of manure
will be distributed over tho field. It is
an economical way of applying manure
to tho land and it is a good way to
feed market lambs.
This summer by accident our flock
of sheep got into a cornfield whero a
largo truck patch of beans, melons,
peppers, tomatoes and potatoes wero on
ono side. To our surprise, wba tho
sheep were found in this field thoy
bad not injured tho plants of tbo truck
patch in tbo least, but wore eating fox
tall and weeds only. W. Y, 0.
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old cap on my head, stand on my foot,
bout over to milk, plnro my bond In the
heifer's groin, and take n firm hold of
tho hind tent on tho heifer's right sldo,
with my loft bund, mid tho front furo
teat with my right. When tlio tries to
kick, l brnco my feet, and stiffen my
neck, nnd back, nnd hold on to tho
teats with n bull dog's grip. Tho left
hand Is tho ono sho trios to gel loose,
ns it is tho ono that prevents her from
hitting tho pnll which seem to Jo hor
particular object of spite. Handing on
my foot, 1 can vary my position m sho
varies hors, and If my hold Is main
tained, shn can kle.k but Utile, and can
not hit mo nor tho pnll. I do not try
to drnw any milk whilo the struggle
lasts. I only tighten my grip and main
tain my hold.
Tbo length of tho struggle tlnpond
on tho disposition of the heifer. Boim,
rroro stubborn than others, will in alio
several fierce fights for tho mastery
at tho first milking, nnd repeat them
with loss vfolcueo at tho second. When
sho finds that I am master of tho situ
ation, and enn "hold tho fort," that
I don't want to hurt 'her, that I do
want tho milk, and nm determined to
have It whether sho is wilting or not,
sho gives up tho bnttlo and thnro Is no
moro trouble I hnvn never known a
heifer to lnjuro her teats by my hold
ing on to them whilo sho was kicking.
Oantlo old cows will sometime kick
when they havo crocked teats that
hurt when mllkod, nnd thoy must bo
milked forcibly. Our best, nnd gentlest
cow cut ono of hor teats badly tit gat
ting over a barbed wlro foneo, whom
tree hud boon blown down ncroim It. A
sho was In full flow of milk the tent
had to bo milked. It was vory Hiiro
and shn would not allow It to bo touel
ud, and when I took hold of It clip
kicked furiously. 1 had to milk that
teat by force. Hlio fought harder tlmrt
holfors, but when shn guvo tip, and nl
lowed tho tent to be squeoxed, slip
trembled nnd quivered with pain nnd
exhaustion. I never hnd n heifer, cr
cow, that I could not milk by forct
and when broken thoy staid broken.
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Milking Kicking Cow
IK UltKAKINO a heifer, or milking a
kleking eow, I never strike, or kiek
her, or use any violence except to
milk her in splto of all she can do to
provent it. The prineiplo Is the same
mado ujo of by John B. Harry, Qloa
son, and other noted horse trainers. In
singlo-banded contests, the animal is
mado to exhaust its strength la a futile
ondeavor to bocomo master, and will
always yield when conquered by tho
superior power and Intelligence of
man.
To break a kicking holfcr with hor
first calf, I put her into a stall and tlo
her head up short to the monger, so
that sho cannot back out, nor surgo
ahead, and give her Home dry meal to
eat In order to put her into an amiable
state of mind, Hut this will not pre
vent her from kleking if sho don't
want to bu inilkod. I do not plaeo tho
pall directly under hor bag. I put on
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