. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. June 14, 19CUJ &he gveebev ctxxXt gtptfvismrttt ix Mutton quality haa been developed in certain breeds of sheep from the amount of exercise they have had to take. The old black-faced sheep in the mountains of Scotland have to hustle all the year round like the Scotchman and this means plenty of exercise. The old Spanish merino on our western plains alBO had to huBtle. It secured a part of its feed during a portion of the year in the mountains and the remainder of the time it erazed on the plains. This traveling back and fortti had a tendency to develop lean
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. June 14, 19CUJ &he gveebev ctxxXt gtptfvismrttt ix Mutton quality haa been developed in certain breeds of sheep from the amount of exercise they have had to take. The old black-faced sheep in the mountains of Scotland have to hustle all the year round like the Scotchman and this means plenty of exercise. The old Spanish merino on our western plains alBO had to huBtle. It secured a part of its feed during a portion of the year in the mountains and the remainder of the time it erazed on the plains. This traveling back and fortti had a tendency to develop lean meat. It is this characteristic that makes the Mexican lambs so popular with feeders and the same trait is more or less marked in the Shropshire breed, which has proven such a valuable cross on the western merino. A dairyman may start with nothing but grade cows of only fair order and by simply purchasing dairy sires of excellent quality can have a fine grade herd in a few years. The heifer calves from the best cows should by all means be raised. The method that is still largely practiced in some portions of the dairy sections of our Stateâof disposing of all the calves re- gardless of how good the individual or its parentageâis in the end very ruinous to the dairy interests. The ranges are pro- ducing plenty of beef cattle, horses and sheep, but there is no one as yet in the business of breeding good milking cows of high quality and the supply must be furnished by the dairymen themselves. The practice of keeping cows yarded all night is a wasteful one, as all they have gathered during the day is assimilated before morning. This is the reason why they break out of the corral in the nighl and destroy the cabbage patch or gorge themselves in the alfalfa field. The remedy for this is a night pasture near the corral into which the cows may be turned im- mediately after milking and quickly be brought up to milk in the morning. They will probably eat one-third as much as through t
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