WESTERN LAMB FEEDING. 251 



and ear com, fee cost dropped to $3.50 per 

 hundred. 



There are troubles that come to weak West- 

 em lambs upon their first introduction to the 

 Eastern feed lot. Sometimes they devielop sore 

 mouths in a very contagious form. The rem- 

 edy is to rub off the scabs with a .com cob and 

 cover the sore places with a little undiluted coal 

 tar sheep dip. This remedies the disorder in 

 short (Order. It is wise to take it in hand early. 



Sometimes, if the yards are a bit muddy, sore 

 feet develop. Th'ese ought to be promptly 

 treated, either with blue vitriol or butyr of 

 antimony and the yard made dry. Air-slaked, 

 dry lime scattered where they will get it on 

 their feet will help. 



Now we have the lambs used to their new 

 home and fed up on alfalfa until they are 

 strong again; we are ready to introduce them 

 to grain feeding. It is a good practice to turn 

 them out of doors while we put in feed for 

 them, leaving them out until the racks are ail 

 filled. If oats are plentiful and cheap enough 

 we can give the first grain food of oats, mixed 

 with bran. There is nothing better than this. 

 Scatter the grain very thinly along the bottoms 

 of the racks, having first cleaned them out well. 

 A quart to a rack will be an abundance, less 

 will be better. 



Put the hay in after the grain, loosely. Be 

 careful with nice bright early-cut clover and 

 alfalfa not to feed too much; they will waste it. 

 They may as well eat it up almost clean. 



Let the lambs come in. Throw open several 



