158 SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA. 



and was inexpensive. By this means foot dis- 

 orders were eradicated from the flock after 

 having caused much trouble. 



In the trough was placed a simple lime 

 whitewash, in which was sufficient blue vitriol 

 to give it a blue color. This effectually pre- 

 vented the spread of the disease and cured 

 many cases in their incipiency. 



In no other business is it more true that "a 

 stitch in time saves nine" than in the care of 

 sheep. 



It is unfortunate that the average American 

 shepherd "sells out" when foot disease 

 strikes his flock when he can sO' easily control 

 and eradicate the disease. Troubles must 

 come in all endeavors, sO' when one has been 

 suffered and the remedy therefor found it 

 is not a reason for abandonment of enterprise 

 but the more reason for continuance, rather 

 than to "fly to troubles we know not of." 



ADVENT OF LATE LAMBS. 



There are situations where it is desirable 

 that lambing should be delayed until grass 

 comes. When forage and grain are scarce 

 and the means not at hand to well nourish the 

 ewe after lambing until grass comes, when in- 

 deed gr-ass is the chief asset of the shepherd, 

 it is wise to time the lambing so that the lambs 

 will come at about the same time as the grass. 

 Indeed a lamb dropped then will make a far 

 better growth than one dropped weeks earlier 

 from a poorly-nourished ewe, half starved by 

 its mother because she cannot give it much 



