PROGRESSIVE SHEEP RAISING 



Castration Castration is an operation in lamb 



of Lambs production that is neglected only by 



the most careless or indifferent sheep 

 raiser. Many uncastrated lambs still find their way 

 to market, but principally from the small farms where 

 up-to-date methods are not followed never from the large 

 farms or ranches where sheep raising is recognized as a 

 business. These are discriminated against rather severely 

 at times by buyers, whereas if castrated, they would have 

 stood a fair chance of topping the market. 



Castrating should be done on a nice day, when lambs 

 are from seven to fifteen days old. The lower third of 

 the scrotum should be cut off and the testicles pulled 

 straight out. I f both testicles cannot be felt the operation 

 should be delayed. There should be no further difficulty 

 except in unusual cases. A mixture of tallow and turpen- 

 tine may be applied to stay off soreness that might 

 otherwise develop. The proportions of tallow and 

 turpentine should be such as to leave the mixture a 

 soft paste or heavy liquid. Only a small quantity should 

 be applied and that immediately to the wound. 



Th n It is estimated that there are about 



1 ne L/og twenty-five million dogs in the United 



a Great States or one to every four persons, 



Hindrance and one for every two sheep. If dogs 



are properly guarded and kept closed 

 in, they do not prove a menace to the sheep industry, but 

 they are not kept confined as a general thing. Many a 

 farmer who has waste land, and who formerly kept sheep 

 to crop it has actually abandoned sheep raising because he 

 felt that he would rather sacrifice this source of profit than 

 try to cope with the dog nuisance. 



Many keepers of sheep have found a real field of use- 

 fulness for the trained Collie. We do not go so far as to 

 say that such a dog has no place in our economic scheme, 

 even in times like these, when non-essentials in every form 



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