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pressing parasite, such as stomacli worm or 

 nodular disease, and in that case are hai"dly 

 worth fattening at all. In his own practice he 

 has abandoned feeding native lambs entirely 

 since his own lambs, bom upon the farm, are 

 fat and sold before July and those he can buy 

 give him almost certain trouble. 



It may be said, however, that if one is to 

 feed native lambs he should select them if pos- 

 sible with an eye to getting the good ones, those 

 in health. These are easily discovered. They 

 show their health by the vigor of their action, 

 the quickness of their movements, the bright- 

 ness of their eyes and if examined closely the 

 pinl<^ss of their skins. Those that ai'e droop- 

 ing o*- that show white chalky skins, signs of 

 diarrhea and they have dead-looking fleeces 

 are surely infected with worms and if they can 

 not be discarded they should be treated before 

 being put on feed. 



It is not well to turn feeding lambs out on 

 pasture when they are brought home. They 

 will g^in little on pasture in the fall, unless it 

 be some special sowed crop such as rape or 

 vetches, and to turn the lambs on the grass pas- 

 tures usually results in gnawing the grass to 

 the ground without putting on any gain as 

 compensation. It is therefore best to put them 

 directly into the -feed lot and to begin feeding 

 them on dry hay, or other forage. 



NECESSITY FOE DIPPING. 



Earlier in this book directions are given for 

 dipping and the reasons why. We will here re- 



