Labor saving in live-stock production . Fig. 4.—Every sheep its own waiter in this Corn-Belt field. labor, brought about by the drain upon it by the Army and war indus-tries, may be counteracted in part by the adoption, where possible,of one or more of the following suggestions: Some labor can be saved on the stock farm by a more general adop-tion of the practice of feeding sheep in cornfields. This practice hasproved very satisfactory in many States. It, of course, necessitatespurchases in the fall and marketing in December or January, and is,therefore, adaptable on a large scale only to such
Labor saving in live-stock production . Fig. 4.—Every sheep its own waiter in this Corn-Belt field. labor, brought about by the drain upon it by the Army and war indus-tries, may be counteracted in part by the adoption, where possible,of one or more of the following suggestions: Some labor can be saved on the stock farm by a more general adop-tion of the practice of feeding sheep in cornfields. This practice hasproved very satisfactory in many States. It, of course, necessitatespurchases in the fall and marketing in December or January, and is,therefore, adaptable on a large scale only to such farms or sections 10 as are in a position to make a practice of speculative feeding of livestock, as few farms at present raise a sufficient number of lambs toharvest the grain from a large acreage of corn. A larger use of forage crops for fattening meat stock can be adoptedwith a saving of labor. This plan permits the putting on of large gainswith crops which are harvested entirely by the animals Fig. 5.—Self-feeders filled with hay are a great advantage in such large feeding operations as this. In many sections fall-sown wheat and rye can be grazed by sheep,thereby making a great saving in winter feed as well as in the laborof feeding. In sections such as Tennessee this practice has become verygeneral, and is found to work exceedingly well in the production ofwinter wheat. Self-feeders for the feeding of hay to fatten sheep and lambs can beused to good advantage. Although their use in the feeding of grainto hogs will prove very satisfactory in the saving of labor, it is notrecommended that they be used in feeding grain to sheep and lambs. In range sections considerable winter labor can be economized andgreater safety secured by the distribution of supplies of feed to stra-tegic points on the winter range. Corn, cottonseed cake, or velvetbeans can be stored in metal granaries at points which will permitof their ready distribution to the stock in case of storm
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