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them together and then put the twin lamb in with tlie ewe, and 

 with the twin there, if she does not kick too much, he will help 

 himself. After he has taken nourishment from this foster 

 mother for a few days she likes it just as well as though it was 

 her own, and she will raise him. If you do not want to do that 

 you can simply catch her once or twice, or three times a day, 

 and let the little fellow clear the ewe out while you hold her. 

 Perhaps it may be necessary, if the lambs are quite young, to 

 milk her out afterwards, but that is not usually so. After she 

 has served your purpose, and when it is necessary to dry her 

 up, if you will stop the grain feed and give her some timothy 

 hay, that will do it every time. 



The little lambs are fed. It is better sometimes to feed 

 them so as to shove them along as fast as possible. Of course, 

 you want to get them into market as soon as you can. I will 

 give you my ration that I give them first. It is corn meal and 

 wheat bran, equal parts of wheat and meal. I put in about 

 ten per cent, of coarse ground linseed meal or oil cake, as the 

 Englishmen say. I find that that agrees with them first rate, 

 and they do very well. I give them a low trough and let them 

 eat all they want. What they do not eat I give to the ewes. 

 The soy bean, such as you grow here, makes the best thing I 

 know of to furnish the protein for lambs. I believe that is 

 grown here, as well as with us, for that purpose. We do not 

 have any trouble in growing it, and I do not think you will 

 have here. At least that is the way I understand it. 



The principal thing to be aimed at in selecting the food and 

 fattening the lambs, is to get them into condition to be sent 

 to market as soon as possible. This method of grain feeding, 

 mixed with the mother's milk, makes the cheapest lamb food 

 I know of, and they seem to do the best on it. They will 

 always bring a good price. 



I cannot quite agree with my brother here when he advises 

 you to carry them over whether your prices are good or not. 

 I do not believe in that. I believe in letting them go and not 

 being obliged to incur the expense of keeping them. Let them 

 go while they are young. The babies are the things that pay 

 in this world, especially in the lamb business. 



Now, if you have any questions to ask I shall be very glad 

 to aflswer them. 



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