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PUBLISHED ETKHT ?, _ _ ^ The Mountaineer's ?r" ^^ * . _ Franklin Urges Big Increase In Haywood Sheep Floe? County Agt. Recommends 8500 Ewes By WAYNE L. FRANKLIN County Farm Agent Today Haywood County has 2, 457 sheep, actually legs than It had in 1865. Sheen has proved over the years to be the most profitable of all livestock from the stand point of investment. Almost every year since records have been kept on sheep, they have paid back the full investment the first year. Farm flock records for 1953 show that the average ewe returned her owner $31 28. The cost of keeping the ewe for the year was $7.38. At present, county sheep grow ers are realizing approximately $61,000 gross income from the 2, 457 sheep. At a recent meeting held in Ashtvllle some of the sheep growers agreed that Hay wood County should set as its goal 8,500 ewes. This many ewes based on present prices of lambs and wool would gross approximately $212,000 for the sheep growers. This 8,500 ewes could be added to our present livestock numbers without any change in pasture and cropland acreage. The only change that would be necessary would be the installation of better fencing Animal husbandry specialists from N. 0 State College who have conducted experiments on feeding sheep and cattle say that one cow requires the same amount of feed and pasture necessary to maintain seven ewes. To compare this fur ther. seven ewes returned the own er $167 30 as compared to one cow returning her owner $76.10. Experimental work with sheep is showing that the western bred ewes art- returning more per ewe ? DINING ON AI.FALFA are these 11 sheep being fed by Bill I'lott in his barn in the Fairview rum niunit.v. Waiting his turn for a snack, one lamb waits patiently like a human being in a cafe teria line. (Mountaineer Photo). with a larger lamb crop and wool clip than arc native ewes. The cross breeding gives a hybrid vigor resulting in larger and fast grow ing lambs. This year's western bred ewes will come from Texas and thus far are actually proving better than the Montana bred ewes for our climatic conditions here. These ewes can be purchased delivered to Asbeville for approximately $20 per lieud. Any one interested in purchasing any of these ewes should contact the county agent's office before March 15. Many farmers say the reason thty do not go into sheep raising is because of the loss from dogs. Perhaps this has been a good rea son in years past but we believe that now with the dog laws in ef fect in the county and dog wardens and also the fact that you can pur chase protective insurance on sheep at a very low rate will Justify prise where land and labor will permit. Then, too, another pornt to con sider as for losses from dogs is the fact that if you are the only per son in your community owning sheep, you will naturally have ail the losses but if several other peo ple In the same community have sheep, then nobody will suffer much from dogs because everybody will be watching for stray dogs. For those who are already in the sheep business in Haywood County, the following recommendations might be kept in mind. The first thing to remember is the profit with sheep depends directly on your lamb crop?the more lambs you raise the more profit you make. Before l.ambing 1. Grain feed ewes for 30 days before lambing. One-fourth pound per ewe per day of a mixture of equal parts rolled oats and crack ed yellow corn, plus all the good quality legume hay she will eat will help avoid pregnancy disease. A good treatment for the disease is 2 ounces of molasses every two hours. 2. Moldy hay or frozen silage may cause abortions. 3. Dead lambs often result from ewes having to jump ditches, drag over high sills or wade through deep mud ot get to water or shel ter. During Lambing 4. Lambing pens made of 4' x 4' panels set against the wall will pro tect new born lambs from tramp ling. allow you to give closer at tention to the ewe and reduce dis owned lambs 5. Cheek ewes often at night? one lamb saved per week will pay for your sleep. Give the ewe three hours on her own and then if she can't deliver her lamb, help her. 6 If the lamb does not get up and nurse in 30 minutes, help him up and get some w-arm milk in his stomach. 7. Have some iodine In a half pint milk bottle and dip the navel of the new horn lamb In this to prevent navel ill later on. 8 An electric heater. Infra red light bulb, a jug of hot water or some hot woolen cloth will help revive a chilled lamb. After Lambing f>. Separate the ewes that have lambed from those that have not and increase the feed for those that have lambed up to 1'4 pounds of Rraitt per day. 10. Dork and castrate lambs at one week. Start on a creep using cracked yellow corn at two weeks Insect pests attack all major North Carolina crops. State College Answers Timely Farm Questions QUESTION: llow can 1 keep m.v I income taxes lower? ANSWER: There are many ways, but you must be alert at all times. First, sales of breeding, draft, and dairy animals can be treated as sales of capital assets (land). Such sales should be reported on Sched ule D. Only half of the gains fin come) need be reported as income. The requirements are that the ani mals must have been owned for one year and the animal must have been sold for draft, breeding or dairy purposes and not primarily for sale in the ordinary course of I the farm business. Secondly, when the sale of the farm includes the ffale of the farm er's residence and he buys proper ty within one year after for be fore), the sale, which he uses as his new residence, the gain from the sale of the old residence may be excluded from the gross income provided the cost of the new resi dence equals or exceeds the sale price of the old one. Also, the elderly farmer who wants to retire often parts with a large share of his life's savings in income taxes by outright sale of his farm. The installment sales method (similar to buying a car on time) reduces taxes and maintains his investment in a safe place. The downpayment cannot be more than 30 per cent of the selling price. The seller there after reports total yearly payment during the year received and is taxed on only half of this amount. QUESTION; Can I carry back and carrv forward net operating losses on my farm? ANSWER: With lower farm prices and two dry years, many farmers have come up wit net operating loss at the end the year. If you show a net loss on your return for the current year he cause of unprofitable farm opera tions, you can use this business loss to offset income . in other years provided you do not have addition al income during the year from other sources offsetting your farm loss. CHOW TIME for these sheep finds Rill Plott on a tree stump, sprinkling hay to his "boarders". Apparently not hungry are several lambs in the background. (Mountaineer Photo). Everbearing Strawberries Popular In Mountain Area By ROBERT SCHMIDT I : : I* " ' . > *?:.]' It will soon be strawberry time in (he garden. At the same timejl tliis is the last call for planting M strawberries for;, next year's crop?i! if you are planning to build up a , matted row or close bed. Good plant makers such as the 11 Massey and Albritton varieties may be set 24 to 4f) inches apart ifl rows 3i 2 to four feet apart and ( will give a good stand of plants if they have sufficient moisture. Ap ply one-half gallon of an 8-8-8 fer tilizer per 100 feet of row about 10 days before planting and thor " " j ? ? ' ' ?: ? 1 (Highly mix with thp soil. In the mountain area the over bearing strawberries are popular because they bear a crop of ber-1 lies during the late summer at the height of the tourist season. The Superfeetion. Mastodon, and Red Rich are suggested everbearing va rieties. In order to get a good sum mer crop of berries from everbear ing vaieties it is necessary to pinch off the early spring blooms. Other wise. the spring crop will be fairly good and there will be some late fail berries but no continuous crop during the late summer. Everbear ers are not reeommended for East ern North Carolina. In the eastern part of the state it is time to put a mulch on the established strawberry bed. This mulch is usually of pine straw but it may be of any short straw "or material. All the space between the plants and between the rows should be covered with the mulch. The chief purpose of the mulch is not to protect the blooms and berries from cold but to keep them from setting sandy and to keep them up off the wet soil so that they are not so apt to rot. f \ ? '/?' The U. S. Department of Agri ! culture is reportedly considering 1 storing some of its price support grain in ships of the Maritime Commission's "mothball fleet". Dairy I'i "lotion P^B promotion <p.t ivas a new r >1 ii . . per June and .)u I . ,..^H pounds of 1 k or irr.>3 per pound : '?? irterfa*. ,? ? around ba-: Countr\ Mistake DALLAS S She pridi - on? At a par ? she dm . said Mrs. |i. ml Tiie "Well "Yqii'i ' i . wayne mm for baby ; 1 weei tcl^H for runty slo-. :.ners.i^B of-condiUori ho. 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