Rearing the Lamb. 71 



cannot feed cow's whole milk to lambs because it 

 is too rich and will kill them. Such expressions 

 of opinion seem laughable to the writer. 



RAISING LAMBS BY HAND. 



Raising lambs by hand is not generally a very 

 profitable undertaking. Unless the lamb to be so 

 raised is an exceptionally good one or a pure bred, 

 it hardly pays to spend the time required, espe- 

 cially considering the present high price of milk. 

 The writer has, however, raised quite a number 

 of lambs by hand, some of which made good and 

 were pri/e winners at the International Show at 

 Chicago. The lamb raised by hand has one ad- 

 vantage over its cousin suckling its dam. When 

 the milk flow of the mother begins to cease the 

 hand-reared lamb may still get a full measure of 

 milk, and the amount fed can be increased as the 

 lamb grows in size, providing plenty of milk is 

 available. 



There is more than one reason why some peo- 

 ple have been unable to raise lambs by hand. One 

 important reason is that they have not studied the 

 instincts of the lamb and its mother. When the 

 lamb suckles its mother it takes a little milk every 

 little while, and this milk is warm and comes from 

 a clean udder. When beginning to feed the young 

 lamb on cow's milk the following points should be 



