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autumn and place it where the lambs may nibble at it if 

 they care to do so. When roots are fed to lambs in winter, 

 it has been noticed that lambs will eat some of the earth 

 adhering to them. Observing this fact has doubtless led 

 to the provision referred to. While no harm should fol- 

 low such provision, the measure of its efficacy is yet an 

 undetermined factor. 



Lambs should be amply supplied with water from 

 the time that they will take it, which will be from the age 

 of, say, two weeks and onward. Such provision is seldom 

 made for lambs, notwithstanding its importance. It can 

 usually be best provided for them by placing it in a low 

 vessel within the creep and renewing it frequently. The 

 necessity for water decreases with increase in the con- 

 sumption of field roots. 



In almost every flock of ewes at the lambing season 

 some young lambs will be found that are not getting 

 enough milk from their dams to make them grow vigor- 

 ously. It is quite possible to help them materially by 

 keeping a nurse cow at hand from which they can get a 

 good meal once or twice a day. A docile, low-set cow of 

 the Jersey type should prove very suitable. One person 

 should have the cow in charge and another should man- 

 age the lambs. It is not difficult usually to learn a hun- 

 gry lamb thus to help itself. The effect on the growth 

 of the lambs will be very marked. 



