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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
September 24, 
SEASONABLE SHEEP NOTES. 
Very often the question of profit, 
much or little, or none at all, is deter¬ 
mined with a flock of sheep, by their 
treatment during August or early Sep¬ 
tember, not because of any great thing 
done, or left undone, but because of 
failure to attend to some of the little 
things, which left undone make serious 
loss in the end. Therefore by calling 
attention to some of the commonplaces, 
I may be able to help some one to a 
profit on the right side of the ledger. 
Weaning the Lambs. —The sooner 
this is done after haying is over the bet¬ 
ter, for both sheep and lambs. The 
latter hang on the ewes, and keep them 
reduced in flesh, and what they get in 
the way of milk at this season can be 
better supplied by fresh young grass. 
Very often one will have a piece of after 
feed, next a field of corn. So long as 
there are no old sheep with the lambs 
the latter can safely run there, and 
they will not injure the corn, as long as 
it is uncut. On this fresh feed they 
will grow rapidly. If ewes are to be 
retained for breeding, the “firstlings of 
the flock” and those which conform 
most nearly to the type desired, should 
be selected, and marked so that they 
can be always distinguished and no 
offer, however flattering, should be ac¬ 
cepted for such, if one intends to im¬ 
prove his breeding flock. If the lambs 
are to be fattened during Winter, noth- 
to judge at a fair. In such cases the 
dirty wool should be clipped off, and the 
affected places washed with a carbolic 
dip, which is both a disinfectant and a 
healer. In extreme cases, or if the dip 
is not at hand, use turpentine. It is al¬ 
ways wise to have the sheep full when 
turning into fresh feed. Sometimes it 
is even better to leave them for a time, 
and then take them out before they 
over-eat. In case they do bloat, a ball 
of gas tar about the size of a hickory 
nut, put down the throat will usually 
give quick relief. This is better than 
tapping with a trochar, although the 
latter is by no means a difficult opera¬ 
tion, or dangerous one. Make the inci¬ 
sion with a round instrument on the left 
side, a little over half way from the 
point of the hip bone, diagonally toward 
the rib. In this hole insert a tube, 
which will let the gas escape. The in¬ 
cision will quickly heal. As a matter 
of fact every stock keeper ought to have 
a trochar and shield, for just such 
emergencies, but I have done the trick 
with a lar£e awl and a goose quill. 
If the sheep are in pastures without 
shade or shelter from the sun, they will 
suffer from the fly which lays its eggs 
in the sheep's nostrils, and from which 
hatches the grub in the nea<3. These 
flies do not molest the sheep when they 
are in the shade, hence the importance 
of a dark or shady place where they 
can go in the middle of the day. One 
will often notice the sheep running 
about as though some one had fright¬ 
ened them, and beating the side of the 
face with their feet, a sure indication 
A PAIR OF LEICESTER SHEEP. Fig. 395. 
ing will pay better, after the grass be¬ 
gins to get short and frosted in early 
November, than to place troughs in the 
field, and get them in the way of eating 
a little corn. I am sure one pound of 
grain at this time will make as much 
growth as two will after they are on 
Winter feed alone. They will then 
come to the barn and continue to grow 
on the dry feed without the loss of a 
day, without having to learn to eat grain 
which they had never had. 
Care of the Ewes. —For the first few 
days after the lambs are taken from the 
ewes the latter will be better to run in 
scanty feed, in order that their milk flow 
may decrease. It is a wise precaution 
to bring them up after the second day, 
and milk them out, otherwise they not 
only suffer from the swollen udder, but 
the teats are liable to become inflamed 
and permanently injured, and at lambing 
time the milk cannot be drawn out. 
Then as soon as they are dry they 
should have fresh feed, which will set 
them growing. If they go into Winter 
quarters in good flesh they will require 
much less feed than if they are thin. A 
ewe, like a dairy cow, must lie in good 
condition at time of parturition if she is 
to do her best. It is much cheaper to 
keep them in flesh, than to build them 
up. Very often, particularly in times of 
drought like the present, the sheep suffer 
for lack of water. No sheep will do 
well without water. True, they will 
live on the dew, but it will be as Dr. 
Watts says in the old hymn, “at a poor 
dying rate.” Barren ewes, or those 
lambing very late, are many times those 
too debilitated in the Fall to breed. The 
only barren ewe I had last year was one 
which got run down last Fall from an 
attack of scours. This leads me to cau¬ 
tion against suddenly turning the flock 
from old hard, on to fresh succulent 
feed, particularly young clover, which 
is likely to derange the bowels, and 
even after they recover, there is danger 
of their becoming foul around the tail, 
particularly if they get very wet, and 
maggots will breed there in a few days. 
I saw two such last week which I had 
that they are being annoyed by the flies. 
An occasional smearing of the nose 
with tar, or the placing of tar on a 
bar where they have to rub the noses 
over it to get salt is an excellent prac¬ 
tice. Any ewes whose countenances 
show age, or whose mouths are broken, 
as well as those inclined to lose their 
wool, would better be fattened and sold 
while they will bring a fair price rather 
than to attempt to keep them “one year 
more,’ at the risk of losing them, or 
their shearing so little as to be unprofit¬ 
able, or perhaps after rearing a lamb, 
being so poor as to be impossible to 
fatten at all. edyvard van alstyne. 
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