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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 10 
\LIVE STOCKS 
P AND DAIRY. 
FEEDING FOR LAMBS. 
Every experienced shepherd will easily 
recall how many lambs have been born so 
weak that they have survived the moment 
of birth but a few hours or days, having 
so little vitality as to be entirely unable 
to reach the ewe’s udder. The starved 
little things have been unable to stand, 
or so weak as to be helpless, or the ewes 
have had no milk for them. Thus we 
have been able to make a pretty certain 
rule as to the proportion of lambs reared 
to those born, and the loss in this way 
will average, with us, at least 25 per 
cent. 
Under different management and ex¬ 
perienced and thoughtful care, the Eng¬ 
lish farm shepherd will rear from 100 to 
150 per cent of successful births to the 
number of ewes. This proportion is 
sometimes reached with U3, but 50 per 
cent may be taken as the average. This 
annual loss, compounded—as it may rea¬ 
sonably be—annually, goes to show how 
it is that the rearing of the sheep with 
us is not nearly so profitable as it should 
and might be, and the cause of it all is 
the want of due care of the ewes. 
Our climate is exacting. The cold calls 
for more food to sustain the functions, 
and the resulting necessary vital heat 
of the ewes, counting in the growth of 
the fleece as one of these sources of this 
indispensable warmth, and the needs of 
the lamb are not supplied as they should 
be. We read of numerous inquiries for 
feeding rations for milch cows, but we 
never are called upon for advice as to 
feeding the in-lamb ewes. These take 
their chances, which are all against the 
strong, hearty lamb, which will take 
care of itself after the first hour of its 
life, outside of the ewe. 
Seven Sheep, One Cow.—What the 
shepherd should do is to consider the 
need of his ewes as to the product of 
milk, quite as much as the dairyman 
studies the rations for his cows. Seven 
sheep may be reasonably taken as the 
equivalent of one cow, and if he will 
study this matter, think of what is ad¬ 
vised in regard to the feeding of a cow in 
full milk, divide the ration in accordance 
with this proportion, and add a little 
more to it, from this time on, he will be 
in the safe way to rear 100 lambs from 
100 ewes. He may do better than this, 
if he has been in the habit of getting so 
much, by a little more generosity to his 
flock. 
It is commonly thought that this is 
doing well; and so it is for the common 
habit of feeding ewes at this time of the 
year, and until yeaning time. But we 
may all do better than this. One reason 
why the sheep is not considered a profit¬ 
able kind of stock for the general farmer 
is that due thought and care are not 
given to it. If only this matter were 
studied as the dairymen think of their 
business, it would be a simple matter to 
make the sheep “the most profitable 
animal on the farm ”. 
Shelter first, then feeding, are the 
necessary conditions for the welfare of 
the flock. Just now is a good time to 
think of these things. But the feeding 
must be based quite as much on scientific 
principles as is that by the best dairymen. 
Failure as to this will first be made known 
by the loss of lambs, and in every such 
case, the reason for this may be learned 
by examination of the fleece at shearing 
time by the weak spots in the wool— 
each one telling the story of some neglect 
by which the due growth of the fleece 
was checked. If the feeding has not 
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been good enough, or sufficiently good, 
to sustain the growth of wool, the 
growth of the lamb and its vitality at 
its birth must not have been provided 
for. H. STEWART. 
THE EYE OF A STOCK BREEDER. 
Among the qualities that go to make a 
breeder, I think that the first essential 
is the eye. There are many men who 
actually do not seem to be able to see a 
fine point in anything ; they can tell a 
big cow from a little one, and a black 
one from a red one, but that is about as 
far as they can go. One might just as 
well put a color-blind young woman to 
trimming hats as to put one of these men 
to breeding purebred cattle. 
The other day, a neighbor, a man over 
60 years old, and one who has always 
kept a dairy, came into my stable, and 
seeing a fine young bull that I bought 
to head my herd in the future—and one 
of which I am especially proud—looked 
him over and, after giving a grunt of 
dissatisfaction, made the remark that I, 
probably, would like to get rid of that 
little pot-bellied fellow. “ He don’t look 
much like this one ”, he said, turning to 
a long-legged, round-barreled animal, 
which I am heartily ashamed of owning. 
You see that such a man as that never 
could succeed as a breeder. 
First, a man must be able to choose his 
type. Next, he must make the type he 
chooses foremost in his selections. For 
instance, if a man has the means to go 
into very fancy Jerseys, to sell upon their 
fancy points rather than their ability at 
the pail, he should, in choosing a bull, get 
the finest one he can, and then with as 
good indications as may be for produc¬ 
ing milkers afterwards. On the other 
hand, if his main point is producers, he 
must make that point paramount. If his 
cows are inclined to be short-teated, he 
should choose a bull from a cow with 
extra good teats, and the bull should 
have large rudimentaries, etc. 
YOUNG BREEDER. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNE. 
Horse Out of Condition. 
My horse seems weak, and is very poor; he 
seems to have a good appetite all the time, but 
the feed does not seem to do him any good 
What is the trouble ? H. w. s. 
New Jersey. 
I ought to know more of the history 
and symptoms of this case. Your descrip¬ 
tion is too brief and indefinite to enable 
me to advise more than a general course 
of treatment. Night and morning, give 
three tablespoonfuls each of sweet spirits 
of niter and liquor acetate of ammonia 
diluted in one-half pint of cold water, 
as a drench. At noon, give one of the 
following powders in the feed; Pow¬ 
dered gentian and ginger, of each eight 
ounces; powdered nux vomica and dry 
sulphate of iron, of each three ounces ; 
mix and divide into 16 powders. 
Chronic Bronchitis or Tuberculosis in a Bull. 
I have a Jersey bull that, for lack of stable room, 
I let run out last Winter. In the early Spring, he 
had a hard, dry cough, which gradually became 
moist, and now he coughs up large quantities of 
tough phlegm. The cough is hoarse and hollow 
like a person who has a deep-seated cold. When 
I grasp his windpipe as close to the lungs as I 
can get, he flinches and has a spell of coughing. 
He has run down in flesh, in fact has become 
very poor, and his appetite is bad. What shall I 
do for him ? o. T. H. 
West Virginia. 
I fear this animal has been allowed to 
run so long without treatment that it 
will now be of little value. It is, also, 
quite possible that the bull may have 
tuberculosis. If possible, you should 
have the animal personally examined by 
a qualified veterinarian. If there is no 
available veterinarian to whom you can 
apply, try the following course of treat¬ 
ment: Give twice daily as a drench, 
sweet spirits of niter and liquor acetate 
of ammonia, of each one ounce; fluid 
extract of belladonna, one-quarter ounce; 
mix and dilute in one pint of cold water. 
Alternate with the above one of the fol¬ 
lowing powders, twice daily in the feed : 
Dry sulphate of iron and powdered nux 
vomica, of each three ounces ; gentian, 
eight ounces; mix and divide into 24 
powders. _ 
The best medicine known to the medical faculty 
for healing diseased Lungs Is Dr. D. Jayne’s Ex¬ 
pectorant. 
Forsick headache take Jayne’s Painless Sanative 
Pills— Adv. 
LIVE-STOCK FEEDERS 
should see that a guaranteed analysis 
accompanies every bag of 
Cotton-Seed Meal. 
It is the only safe way to avoid adulterated 
Meal. Every bag shipped by the American Cotton 
Oil Company contains a red tag guaranteeing 
not less than the following analysis: 
Ammonia. 8.50 per cent. 
Nitrogen . 7.00 “ 
Protein.43.00 “ 
Crude Fat and Oil. 9.00 “ 
See that the name of The American Cotton-Oil 
Company is on the red tag attached to bag. 
Send your address for free information about 
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