LIVE STOCK. 



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bacco may be made to ans^^er for oue bnndred lambs. The decoction is 

 poured into a deep, narrow dipping tank kept lor this purpose, and which 

 has an inclined shelf on one side covered \Clth a wootlen grate, as shown in 

 our illustration below (Fig. 2). One man holds the lamb by the hind legs, 

 another clasps the fore legs in one hand, and shuts the other about the 

 noetrils to prevent the Uqnid entering them, and then the lamb is entirelv 

 immersed. It is immediately hfled out, laid on one side on tlie grate, and 

 the water squeezed out of its wwl. It is then turned over and squeezed on 

 the other side. The grate conducts the fluid back into the box. If the lam1>9 

 are annually dipped, ticks will never trouble a flock. 



Karljr Lamb*. — In many locahties an early lamb wiU sell for more 

 money than will the ewe and' her fleece; therefore, where there is a market 

 for early lambs the breeding of these is a very profitable business, if the per- 

 son who attempts it is pro- 

 vided with ample shelter 

 and understands the man- 

 agement of both ewes and 

 lambe. 



Lambs for early market 

 are bred so as to be dropped 

 in February and March. 

 February ia a hard month to 

 bring them through, and 

 without judicious treatment 

 and warm shelter many 



I lambs wiU be lost. The 

 chief aim is to get the lambe 

 ready for market as soon as 

 possible, as it is the earliest 

 arrivals that gain the high- 

 est prices. It ia necessary 



i to keep the dams in good 



'condition with suflScient 

 food to make plenty of 



■ nourishing milk. Experi- 

 ence and judgment are required in feeding the lambe; they must have food 



^ enough to promote rapid, healthy growth, and yet of a character that will 

 not produce scouring. While the lambe are still with the ewes, it is well to 

 supply them additional food. Tliey can soon be taught to drink milk which 

 is fresh and warm from the cow. Later on, oats, rye and wheat bran finely 

 ground together make an excellent feed. As a gentle laxative a few ounces 

 of linseed oil-cake will be found beneficial and at the same time nourishing. 

 As the lambs approach the period for weaning extra foo<l should be in- 

 creased; indeed, the weaning must be very gradually accomplished. The 

 sudden removal of the lambs from their dams is injurious to both. A plan 

 generally followed to avoid the evil effects of a sudden change, is that of 

 removing the lambs to a good pasture of short, tender grass, and at night 

 returning them to the fold with the ewes. The ewes must not be neglected. 

 Their feed should be gradually diminished so as to diminish the yield of mUk. 



Ho^ir to >Ialce Slieep Pay. — Any farmer in the Eastern or SCddle 

 States having a farm of one hundred acres in good fence can keep a flock of 



FIO. 2. — TANK FOB DIPPnTO SBZKP. 



