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4. Only use that sorghum as green feed which has been grown 

 vigorously on moist land. Stunted crops off dry land should be made 

 into hay or ensilage before use. 



5. Let the allowance be always moderate in amount with a due propor- 

 tion of other foods. 



Treatment. — It will be obvious that on account of the rapidity with 

 which death occurs that treatment ot affected animals is of little avail. 

 The line of treatment promising best results is the prompt giving of 

 ammonia stimulants. Allow continuous inhalation of ammonia gas from 

 strong fluid ammonia (Liq. Amnion. Fort.) and give as a drench dissolved 

 in cold water i oz. (or even larger doses) of carbonate of ammonium every 

 /hour. This latter will have a pronounced beneficent effect on the hoven 

 (tympanitis) which usually accompanies the poisoning. The dose men- 

 tioned is for cattle ; for horses half that quantity and for sheep and pigs 

 proportionately less will suffice. If carbonate of ammonium is not to hand 

 ordinary baking soda will have the same effect on the hoven, but it has no 

 stimulant properties, and consequently is not a physiological antidote for 

 the poison, as is carbonate of ammonium. 



TYPES OF EWES FOR LAMB RAISING. 



H. W . Ham, Sheep Expert. 



Farmers on the look out for breeding fat lambs find the right class 

 difficult to obtain. During February and March is usually a good time 

 to buy, for when rain comes prices go higher, and as half and three-quarter 

 bred ewes take the rams late, it is yet time to see that the right shaped 

 rams are with them. It is too often the case in dealers' lots, to find very 

 poor specimens of the various breeds joined with them, in order to say they 

 are in lamb. On good healthy country this second rate quality may some- 

 times pay, but to nothing like the extent it would do if both sides had 

 been the right class. For the purpose of lamb-raising it is better in most 

 cases to buy good shaped young half-bred ewes at a fair price than to buy 

 fine comebacks or Merinoes at less money. It is true coarse wool is now 

 lower in value, but the price per head for the lamb for the time kept 

 comes first, and weight of useful wool per head next. The class desired 

 is found in the half-bred ewe, when from nice round barrelled Merino 

 ewes by Lincoln or Leicester rams. 



Consequent on the class referred to being scarce many farmers are 

 forced to take fine comebacks and Merinoes. In this case if they are 

 mated with good shaped Lincoln rams a fairly early maturing lamb will 

 be the result, and the ewe lambs Avill be worth holding if the season turns 

 bad. They will make ideal ewes for future lamb-raising either for the 

 grazier or the farmer. Many of them will of course come rather strong 

 m the grade of wool for present market conditions. This grade of wool 

 may be down in price for a few years now, but if the sheep suit the situa- 

 tion and the purpose of the breeder this fact should not alone be the cause 

 of changing; they are bulky cutters and will pav well. With ewes of 

 this class, rough in the wool and rather coarse in flesh, there is no cross for 

 all round purposes, to equal a good fleeced thick fleshed Shropshire 



