HOW TO COMBAT SHEEP PARASITES 



By H. J. Renk, Boise, Idaho 



Saving the lamb crop is the key to success or failure. The 

 ewes should lamb early and wean early. Put out on fresh suc- 

 culent feed that has not been pastured by sheep before, to dodge 

 the stomach worms and other internal parasites which take such 

 a large toll of native lambs annually. Sow about two pounds 

 Dwarf Essex rape seed and a few pounds of red clover and turnip 

 seeds with grain crop every spring and you will have a fine fall 

 pasture for lambs. 



A thin, weak sheep or lamb is very susceptible to internal 

 parasites or any disease. A great many diseases are warded 

 off by nature when a sheep is in good flesh and has abundance 

 of exercise. Never allow sheep to get thin or run down. In hot 

 weather be on the lookout for blow flies, as maggots will hatch 

 from their eggs in a few days and begin eating the host up alive. 

 Use coal tar dips diluted in water. 



KEEP UP STOCK WITH EWE LAMBS 



By Clark James, Princeton, Illinois 



I will buy a carload of young western ewes and use registered 

 Shropshire bucks. Will dip ewes twice for ticks when received, 

 and once every year both ewes and lambs will be dipped after 

 shearing. By keeping 100 ewes I can ship a car of sheep every 

 fall by keeping up the old stock with ewe lambs and culling old 

 ewes with spoiled udders. 



Unless I have a carload or part of one and divide the car I 

 fill in with hogs. It's hard to dispose of a few. If only ten or 

 fifteen sheep are wanted to keep down weeds, etc., home con- 

 sumption and the local butcher can handle the surplus. 



RAPE WITH OATS FOR SHEEP PASTURE 



By J. S. Bumgarner, McNabb, Illinois 



I sow rape with my oats and after harvest can carry from 

 three to five ewes and lambs per acre until time to plow in the 

 fall. I usually get from two and one-half to three months pasture 

 in that way. I wean the lambs and put them in a cornfield in 

 which rape was sowed at last cultivation. I also sow some rye 

 early for fall and early spring pasture. If lambs are to be sold 

 by June 1st they need not be castrated. If they are to run until 

 fall by all means alter and dock them. 



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