332 BuuEAU OF Fakmers' Institutes. 



Which is the best way to malje an ewe own her lamb? 



Dr. Smead. — As a rule, one way is to take the ewe entirely away 

 from the remainder of the flock. In a day or so she will own* the 

 Iamb. If her lamb dies and you wish to substitute another, take 

 the skin off the dead lamb and put it on the back of the adopted 

 one. As a rule, she will own it, and, within 24 hours, the skin 

 of the dead lamb my be removed, while the ewe will continue 

 to own the lamb as her own. 



Is cabbage a good food for sheep? 



Dr. iSmead. — I shall grow some next j'ear to feed sheep unless 

 the price gets too high. To-day the price is §10 per ton, but they 

 weigh like lead, the head averaging five pounds, the bulk going 

 to the sauerkraut factories. Cabbage at $10 per ton, however, 

 costs too much for sheep food, but is an ideal food for the lamb, 

 and, after the heads have been removed, if the lambs be turned 

 on to the ground they will do very nicely. The Danish variety is 

 the best for shipping. It does not pay to fight the worms when 

 cabbage are raised in a commercial way, for the reason that there 

 are no more butterflies around a ten-acre field than around a small 

 patch in the garden. Persian insect powder blown on to the plant 

 with a bellows will kill the worms. 



How long is it since lambs have been as high in price as they are now? 

 What is the prospect for higher prices? 



Mr. Cook. — The outlook for such lambs is now very good, fully 

 as good as before the war. 



Which would be most profitable, 10 sheep or one cow, including price 

 of labor? 



Mr, Van Dreser. — Just now, I would put on the sheep, but 

 would raise some one of the mutton breeds, and make lamb-rais- 

 ing — not wool or old mutton — the object. Still, I should keep a 

 few cows, if I could, because I do not think it good policy to 

 have all our eggs in one basket. 



What is the best grain for ewes which are suckling Iambs? 



Mr, Ward. — We are now feeding our sheep ensilage and bean 

 pods. Wheat bran, ground oats and a little oilcake are good 

 grains to feed sheep when grain is substituted. 



