HAVE CREEP FOR LAMBS 



By D. D. Clifton, LaRue, Ohio 



About one month before lambing time tag the ewes by trimming 

 off the dirt and the locks and wool from around the udder, so the 

 lambs will have no trouble in nursing. When the lambs begin 

 to come stay with the flock as much of the time as can be spared 

 from other duties, for some of the ewes will need help and some 

 of the lambs will be weak and will need help to get their first milk. 

 After nursing once they will usually take care of themselves. 



When the lambs are about two weeks old they should be trimmed 

 and docked. We have found the heated docking pincer the most 

 satisfactory instrument to use. After the lambs are two weeks 

 old make a creep where the lambs can feed at their leisure and the 

 ewes cannot get in, and keep equal parts bran and ground oats 

 before them all the time. Let them have all they can eat. 



SHEEP DIP CURES STOMACH WORMS 



By C. L. Robb, Cadiz, Ohio 



We have used sheep dip for stomach worms and prefer it to the 

 gasoline treatment as it is less severe on the sheep and we think it a 

 very efficient remedy. We give about one teaspoonful of dip 

 mixed with two-thirds pint of water. Older sheep may be given 

 half teaspoonful more. Like all remedies it is best given after 

 fasting from twelve to sixteen hours, and should be repeated 

 in a few days. 



We have also used the dip mixed with salt and kept before 

 the sheep, using from two to four tablespoons to a gallon of 

 salt, with good results. This also tends to keep flies from the 

 sheep's nose. We never lost a sheep from using the dip treat- 

 ment, but care should be used when giving any treatment not 

 to strangle the sheep. 



INCOME ALMOST FABULOUS 



By L. B. Eidmann, Mascoutah, Illinois 



I sold lambs about the 25th of March that brought $8 per head, 

 weighing a little over forty pounds. Several of my ewes raised 

 two this year which sold for that figure. The gross income per ewe 

 would be almost fabulous. The fleece netted me over $4. I 

 cannot say if all corn belt farms should have sheep. So many 

 farmers are such careless stockmen that no stock will do well in 

 their hands. 



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