26 FITTING SHEEP 



rape will usually bring about the desired result, especially 

 if a little grain be added. This will stimulate them. The 

 shepherd, however, must be on the alert, and be at once 

 ready to check the slightest symptoms of either diarrhoea 

 or bloat, that the change of diet may possibly bring about. 

 When the ewes are without doubt safe in lamb, they must 

 receive especial care and attention, and should be kept by 

 themselves, away from the main flock. They must be fed 

 with judgment, care being taken that they be kept "fresh" 

 but not fat. 



No one should think of raising early lambs unless fully 

 satisfied they are well prepared to cater to the comfort 

 and welfare of the little weaklings. A warm barn is indis- 

 pensable in the raising of early lambs, in most of the states, 

 and a tender-hearted shepherd in all states. Lambs, espe- 

 cially early lambs, take delight in eating or nibbling the 

 earth from off the roots of the turnips, etc., in winter. A 

 call from nature no doubt prompts them to do this as a 

 regulator of the digestive apparatus. It is, I think, well to 

 bear this, in mind, and where roots are not provided as a 

 winter ration, earth should be dried and stored on purpose 

 for the lambs. I have done this, and have never found any 

 bad results from the lambs eating quite large quantities of it. 



A Good Cross for Exhibition Purposes. 



Where the exhibitor intends making an exhibit at a fat 

 stock show, either in the live or dressed classes, he should 

 not forget that size and weight cuts quite a figure where, of 

 course, quality is also in evidence, more so than when offering 

 fat sheep for sale on the market, as then small handy weights. 



