50 CONKEY'S STOCK BOOK 



SHEEP FEEDING Grinding grain for a sheep is almost ridiculous. 

 POINTS If he is a good sheep he is a good grist mill, and 



if neither, he isn't worth feeding. Grain and rough- 

 age should not be fed together, first the grain, then the rough- 

 age, then water. The grain trough must be clean of course and big 

 enough to give each animal a show, about 15 inches for each. The 

 feeding racks for roughage should be large enough to hold roughage enough 

 for several days. Don't make the mistake of routing your sheep out for 

 breakfast too early no need to hurry them; they'll do better if you let 

 their breakfast go until after daybreak. 



THE LAMBS It is well to accustom the lambs to a little grain. The 

 same old rule seems to hold with all animals, grain gives 

 most thrifty gains when fed early. When about two weeks old the lambs 

 will commence nibbling and should then be fitted out with a lamb-creep 

 a special enclosure running off from the ewe's enclosure. Let the little 

 lambs go back and forth as they please, to and from their mothers. In 

 the lamb-creep have a drinking trough especially for them, and some meal, 

 such as corn meal, ground oats, etc. They will get a little on their muzzles, 

 experiment again, and by and by develop a taste for it. Don't let it lie 

 around to get musty and stale, as it soon will do after it is ground. 

 Just feed enough each time so they will eat it all up with relish and 

 thankfulness. 



See that water is in the trough, so they can get it just as they want 

 it. You may surprise yourself seeing how much little lambs will drink if 

 you just let them. Get over the idea that milk is enough "drink" for 

 lambs, or even human babies. These little fellows get thirsty, and there 

 is only one thing that will satisfy thirst pure water. 



Accustom them to pasture gradually, this is the rule for all animals. 

 After pasture, grain feeding is dropped for the ewes; but another "lamb 

 creep" must run out from the pasture, and there should still be a little 

 grain in the lamb creep to supply the little friskers. Oat, bran or cornmeal 

 are the usual meals used for this purpose. Oats and bran are excellent 

 for development. 



By four months the lambs should be thoroughly weaned and separated 

 from the ewes. Then they should be put on new pasture. Always give 

 them the best, if any clover, let them have that. On clean new pasture 

 they will gain rapidly and not run great risk from stomach worms. 

 Stomach worms are sure to attack them if allowed to run with the old 

 flock, and you will have to fight the worms with Conkey's Stock Tonic or 

 lose your little sheep. Read what is said below about the home-mixed 

 stock salt for use with sheep. Even little lambs can safely have access to 

 this anti-parasite mixture and it will counteract the great danger from 

 letting them run with the old infested sheep. 



Don't forget to keep up the grain ration for the lambs, however, even 

 if on excellent pasture. You want those big economical gains which 

 come from early grain feeding. 



NEED OF A We have spoken of roots and their special value as a 

 REGULATOR tonic and regulator. 



In Conkey's Stock Tonic we have a compound, 



chiefly ground roots, of medicinal value. Mixed with the regular feed this 

 can be used, and will give a root-tonic effect right along with the feeding. 

 In fact Stock Tonic is particularly adapted to sheep, as, in addition to 

 other qualities it has in it certain ingredients which act as worm destroyers. 



