HOW TO CARE FOR BREEDING EWES 



By C. L. Freed, Lancaster, Ohio 



My grain feed consists of two parts oats, one part corn. Breed- 

 ing ewes are also fed some bran and oil meal. I take good care 

 of my sheep and lambs at lambing time. Protect the ewes and 

 lambs from cold winds and draughts, and arrange their quarters 

 so that no lamb can get out under or fast in anything. I usually 

 have pens 3^ x 4}^ feet long for the ewes with young lambs 

 and twins. Shear all tags well away around udder before lamb- 

 ing. See that the young lamb drains both sides of the udder, 

 and when there is an orphan carry it along with the use of bottle 

 and cows milk until a foster mother is available for it. Put 

 it with her in a pen and make her own it. 



BE ON THE JOB AT LAMBING TIME 



By John Foster, Williamsburg, Ohio 



Lambing time is a very critical time and a man must be on 

 the job and know what to do. There are many Httle things 

 to learn connected with the sheep business. Sometimes a ewe 

 will have twins and, feeling sore and sick, has a desire to walk 

 off and leave them. Your attention is needed to gather the 

 little fellows up and place them in a small pen with her so that 

 they are separated from the flock. Nine times out of ten she 

 will raise the lambs. I have saved many a pair of lambs that 

 way. Another thing which happens very often is that a wax 

 forms in the end of the nipple and the little fellow has not the 

 strength to pull it out. 



ONE EAR OF CORN AND PASTURE FOR EWES 



By W. D. Spence, Fairbury, Illinois 



Start with ten good mutton ewes and a pure-bred ram. About 

 August 1st I begin feeding each ewe an ear of corn a day on 

 pasture. This seems to make them mate earlier and my lambs 

 arrive about February 1st. 



After the ewes are bred I let them clean up stubble fields, 

 fence corners, and weed patches, until after corn husking when 

 they go to the stalk fields, where they stay until almost time 

 for the lambs to come. Put them in a shed in stormy weather. 

 Give them good care during lambing and feed both ewes and lambs 

 a little grain. 



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