a two per cent, solution of a standard coal tar disinfectant on con- 

 secutive days. 



Feeding the Lambs. 



Lambs will begin to nibble grain in feed troughs with their 

 mothers at about ten days of age. Lamb creeps with slats placed 

 eight inches apart should be constructed in pens. Corn meal, with 

 some oil meal mixed with it, is palatable to lambs. Only a little should 

 be fed at first. The feed trough should be cleaned out at least twice 





Fig. 22. A lamb creep. 



daily, and the refus grain fed to the ewes. As the lambs begin to eat 

 they should be fed regularly and liberally. A grain mixture of five 

 parts corn meal and one part oil meal may be fed. If the lambs an 

 to be sold early, corn meal alone, with alfalfa or clover hay, is a g< 

 ration. 



The ewes and their lambs should be given green pasture as early 

 as possible. Rye sown in August of the previous year will make 

 suitable green feed by the first of April. The ewes should be fed in 

 such manner as to give the lambs a good start before they are placed 

 on permanent pasture and weaned. 



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