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to this end, oil cake dissolved in water, or meal 

 mixed with water, makes a very nutritious drink ; 

 which should be given to them as soon as they 

 can be taught to take it. 



Mr. Laysterie mentions the practice of a Mr. 

 Fink, a Prussian agriculturalist, who allows his 

 ewes to be with their lambs only three times a 

 day ; asserting that the lambs fatigue themselves 

 by running about, and incessantly attempting to 

 suck : and likewise that they refuse all herbage 

 much longer whilst they are kept constantly with 

 the ewes, than when in his way they are admitted 

 to them only at intervals. Whilst separate, they 

 are more quiet ; learn to eat grass sooner, thrive 

 better, and are more easily and sooner weaned. 

 When this method is pursued, an old ewe or two, 

 or a weak ram or a wether should be kept with the 

 lambs to guide and govern them. I cannot say 

 I have actual experience of this practice, but our 

 mode of fatting calves certainly recommends it. 



Merino lambs, particularly those of the Infan- 

 tado and Paular flocks, are frequently produced 

 with a coarse hairy covering, and sometimes 

 with their ears and legs, and large spots on differ- 

 ent parts of their bodies, of a brown tawny colour. 

 But no alarm need be entertained on this subject, 

 such hair and spots will be succeeded within six 

 months by wool of a beautiful white, and of the 

 finest quality. 



In Denmark, they wean their lambs at three 



