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ing pinchers made by F. S. Burch, 178 

 Michigan Street, Chicago, 111. These 

 iron pinchers are heated to redness and 

 the tails severed, no bleeding occurs and 

 the tails may be made very short. This 

 is best done at about ten days of age. 

 If there are flies a smear of tar or sheep 

 dip will deter them until the wound is 

 headed. It heals very quickly when the 

 pinchers are used. Take a board six 

 inches square, bore an inch hole through 

 the middle of it, thrust the tail through 



this hole and cut as close as you can. The board holds the tail and 



prevents scorching the lamb. 



CASTRATION. 



For the winter market to go from their mother's sides it does 

 not much matter whether the lambs are castrated or not. Some 

 growers always castrate, others never do. It is probable that if the 

 castration is done carefully and soon enough the lamb may fatten 

 faster than if his testicles were left in. The castration of lambs a 

 week old or less is a simple matter, the end of the scrotum is cut 

 off, the testicles drawn out, cord and all, a little lard and turpentine 

 placed in the wound and in a short time the wound is healed. 



Later in the season when ram lambs have been let go and some 

 have turned out badly and are not fit for breeding rams they are 

 hard to castrate without loss but the docking pinchers may be used 

 again, taking off the entire scrotum as you would dock the tail. I 

 have never seen ill results follow this operation and have castrated 

 rams six years old in this manner. Care should be observed to 

 the have pinchers quite hot. 



SORE MOUTH. 



There is a contagious sore mouth that affects lambs and some- 

 times sheep. Warty scabs form on the lips and nose making it dif- 

 ficult for the lambs to eat. Similar sores appear on the ewe's teats. 

 The cure is simple, rub off the scales and apply some carbolic sheep 

 dip. Milk-oil, made by F. S. Burch, 178 Michigan Street, Chicago, 



