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this Station have shown, however, that it pays 

 well to feed a little grain to lambs all summer 

 long. Even if such lambs are held over for fat- 

 tening in the winter it has been learned that the 

 lambs fed grain during the summer make more 

 and cheaper gains than lambs of the same breed- 

 ing and kind that do not receive any grain while 

 on pasture. If the lambs are fed well during their 

 first year one can figure on a well-developed flock. 

 There is no danger of getting them too fat, either 

 for breeding purposes or for the butcher, if an ex- 

 cessive use of fattening grains is avoided. When 

 well fed they grow so much that they do not lay 

 on any surplus fat. 



THE USE OF COW'S MILK FOR LAMBS. 



Many people have made a failure of trying to 

 raise lambs on cow's milk. Lambs may be suc- 

 cessfully reared on such milk, however, if the 

 proper precautions are taken in feeding. Young 

 lambs are easily taught to drink cow's milk from 

 a bottle with a rubber nipple attached to it, and 

 after they have once tasted the milk they will 

 quickly and freely run to the person carrying the 

 bottle. Plate 25 shows how easily lambs may 

 be taught to drink from the bottle. They may 

 also be taught to drink out of a dipper. The reason 

 why so many people have been unsuccessful in 



