CHAPTER V. 

 CARE OF THE EWE AND YOUNG LAMB. 



THE EWE LAMB. 



A breeding ewe requires about 12 square feet of 

 floor surface. There should be provided in the ewe 

 barn movable feed racks, long and narrow, of such 

 type that they will form partitions wherever need- 

 ed. These racks are best made 24 inches wide, 36 

 inches high, with a tight bottom about 6 inches up 

 from the ground. The sides about this bottom may 

 be. of 6-inch boards, forming a shallow feed box. 

 On this foundation will be nailed, vertically, slats y 2 

 inch thick, 4 inches wide and 30 inches long. These 

 slats may be placed 7 inches apart, so that the sheep 

 can thrust their heads clear into the rack to feed. 

 There will then be much less loss of feed than if the 

 slats are placed close together, for in that case the 

 ewes pull all the hay through the cracks and drop 

 most of it under their feet. There will be a little 

 dust get into the wool of the necks in feeding in 

 such a rack, but it is a trifling damage compared with 

 the loss of forage in any ' 'feed-saving" rack. 



After using many forms of racks,. the writer now 

 uses these in preference to any others, for in them 

 may be fed grain, bran, silage or any sort of hay. 



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