CARE OF THE EWE AND YOUNG LAMB. 121 



will consume and that they may eat it regu- 

 larly care should be taken to see that every 

 lamb is there at feeding time. If a few troughs 

 are set close by in which a few handfuls of 

 oats are strewn that the ewes can get, the shep- 

 herd can readily call the whole flock up at 

 feeding time and the lambs will rush through 

 their creeps to get their corn while their moth- 

 ers are munching the sparing allowance doled 

 out to them. 



Gains on grass when lambs have had a 

 good start in winter are surprisingly rapid. 

 By the first of June the February lambs will 

 often' weigh -80 lbs. and drafts may be made 

 and sent away if it is convenient to market in 

 that manner, or all may be kept till they aver- 

 age about 80 lbs., which will be early in June. 

 If carefully managed there will be no culls and 

 all will be gone and the cash in the owner's 

 pocket before the dread of parasites comes. 



Salt is an essential to the sheep and it is 

 well to accustom them to the use of it and keep 

 it at all times before them. It is especially 

 useful in spring when grass comes and no 

 doubt checks many bowel troubles when they 

 have access to it. 



SUMMER SHADE. 



Shade is essential in our climate of the corn- 

 belt. Even in April sheep will begin to seek 

 the shade during the warmer parts of the day 

 and by May and June it is very necessary. 

 Where" the pasture is near the barn the cool, 

 dark lower story, where were the winter quar- 



