ON LAMBS. 



Q. At what age are lambs fit for eating ? 

 A. They are eaten at three weeks or rather a month, 

 at six weeks, and at the latest, two months old. 



Q. What precautions do lambs require before they 

 are weaned? 



A. Such as have been kept under cover on ac- 

 count of severe cold should not be kept too warm : 

 air should be given them, and they should be made to 

 go out as often as possible, to strengthen them. 

 When a lamb is eight days old, he can follow his 

 mother near the fold : when the lambs are sick, they 

 should be treated according to their age and diseases. 

 Q. When should lambs be weaned ? 

 A. At such time as the milk of the mother begins 

 to dry : the lamb is then about two months old. 

 It is in the month of May for the lambs which 

 come in February, or in the beginning of March : if 

 they come sooner, they should be allowed to suck 

 longer, in order that they should have good feed, 

 when weaned. For example, when a lamb comes in 

 December, he cannot have good grass in February, 

 in countries where the winter is severe ; it is there- 

 fore necessary to wait until the month of March or 

 April to wean him. There are people, who do not 

 wean their lambs, until shearing : some do not know 

 their mothers after shearing their fleeces ; it happens 

 oftener, that the mother does not know its lamb, but 

 with difficulty, after it has been shorn : if the lamb re- 

 mains with the ewe, she weans it herself, when her 

 milk fails or she is disposed to take ram, when she 

 discards and drives it from her; sometimes the 

 lam bs dislike sucking, when there is good pasture. 



