Managing the Farm Flock 



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bowels are normal. Examine her udder, and milk her if the lamb does 

 not take all the milk. Give her all the pure water she wants, but not 

 in large quantities, unless it can be kept before her all the time. She 

 should have good feed, such as clover hay and oats, but not much grain 

 for two or three days. After the lamb is a week old, the ewe must have 

 plenty of good feed, until grass. Wool locks should be clipped from the 

 milking organs, so young lambs will not be sucking one of them instead 

 of the teat. 



The shepherd need not be worried if the ewe refuses to eat immedi- 

 ately after lambing. If sheep receive good feed and have plenty of 

 exercise, health will be good or normal, but if the bowels should become 

 irregular from improper care or feeding and there seems to be an imme- 

 diate need, one-third pint of raw linseed oil may be given, or more if 

 needed. 



A ewe torn inwardly, or failing to cast afterbirth should be washed 

 out daily with injections of boiled water, after the water has cooled. 

 Ewes with swollen udders should be removed to comfortable quarters 

 and carefully milked. Their lambs should be fed by hand on warmed 

 cow's milk until the udder is normal, to avoid poisoning the lamb. The 

 lamb should be kept in an adjoining pen where the mother can see it 

 and smell it, otherwise she may disown it. If the lamb's teeth make 

 the teats sore, the ewe should be milked, and soft soap may be rubbed 

 on the teats to keep the lambs from injuring them, or the lamb taken 

 from the ewe for a few days, until the teats are healed up. 



When the lamb is born, place it and the mother in a small pen. 

 Little attention need be given the 

 strong lamb whose mother has 

 plenty of milk. If the ewe has no 

 milk, it is best to take a little from 

 one that has more than enough for 

 her own lamb. The next best thing 

 is to feed whole cow's milk, using 

 about two tablespoonsful every two 

 or three hours. The milk should be 

 warmed, and to accomplish this, 

 place a bottle in a pail of hot water. 

 Pail and bottle should be taken to 

 where lamb is to be fed, and the 

 milk should not be hot, just milk 

 warm. 



Chilled Lamb 



If the lamb is weak, get it to 

 nurse as soon as possible by hold- 

 ing it to the teat. If it refuses to 

 nurse, then feed it until it gains in 

 strength and develops an appetite. 

 If the lamb is chilled, place all but 

 the head in warm water and keep 

 pouring in more as the water cools, 



Taking Care of the Orphans is Onljr One of the 



Things Necessary to Save a Big 



Per Cent of Lambs 



