Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-12-28
Frua the Coun,r Gsu,lsn.n.
winter LanS, Dad their Managenent

Frusn the Couu,y Gsa,lsu.n.
Winter Lambs and their Management.
"Ae,'dent. will happen to the best resu.
la,rd amilic. " or communicated they
very frequently occur in the nsishbcrbcod
Of e,rolc-- hrmrr.-accidcnt BY which
bucks. which IL j. the duty Of those iarmer.
70 kecp a; home, set into the aocks Of those
selt1m Or never remis, IN such matters.
bringing tbs latter unreasonable e,re- in the
form o. lamb in che winter. Not only care.
bat loses. are thu. brought about, Tor i, y
lar morr ihcult ,o raise lambs dropped 10
FctruAry, than tho-c which f,ll upon the
green aud tender turf Of May the proper.
iiouAte mortality i. t,n.f5li increased. and
the trouble and expense in like ratio aug.
meutei
n aonSc-i (ai home OF abroad however.
has brought u winter lambs, how shalt we
'' make the best of IT." ItvecIr~,i more
thaa tao or thrSe. they are worth saving
how bc,; can we manage the natter some
hints derived iron eIpcricncc may prove &C.
crptable @ our readers. for. ASIDE from the
rcc1ni,ry Jos, IN the case, il i.a thought
W, would take considerable pains TO escape.
that lambs have dici from neglect, or tia,
any aoimal under our care. bad ben made
to ,uAcr from any evil in our power to turn
aside.
AT shccp. and breeding eve. in pariicu.
lar. should be kept IN good order through
the winter. II thls has been ATTENDED %,
there is nothing % DO with th,'. from
which early lamb. are expected. bat to give
thea = quiet, sheltered gard by themselves,
aud p1r,ion Of such food as will promote
the secretion Of milk. We would rive. 30
fore wcAnlns. sliced roots aud good hay. OF
good o'orr hay, early Gu, and well cured,
without roots. Auj should depend on these
20 a considerable cIten, afterwards Water
should Be supplied irsluenuy, aud nothing
should be allowed to irishtsn OF disturb them
unnecessarily.
For fcw DAYS after lsmbing. the eve.
should have warm drink-some farmers
said meal Of corn, or oats and corn ground
together, while other. give. .IoPs-the ma
jority, however. feed the sams a. before.
The point seems 70 u. 10 b. 10 supply
plenty u nutritious f1oi-no; too rich,
however, as We may Lose our sheep by over.
fcciins. Ia one case. some years ago,
unslc sheep had twin lambs in February.
They both lived. and ihrove wcll-the
sbcsp herself seemed doing finely, but sud.
dsuly ~as attacked By some disease ot the
brain aud died. Her food had been plenty
of good hay, and a pint of .cAlicd cat neal
Per day. We could discover no cause for
her death. bot have been chAry OF .lop.
ever since. though in no other ease have ~e
knowu like result, The LAM. hrod on
rood clover hay, bat were rather s,un,ed in
growth, especially the one which did not,
Ike the other. suck every eve which would
permi, it. approach.
The readiness with which lambs learn 10
eat hay, and the fac, tha, they will live up
On IL atsir weeks old without other food.
suggested ,bc plAn Of fencing OF a corner OF
the pen, to which they could 50 at pleasure.
AMI keeping a small rack supplied with the
be.i and ereenc.t cured hay to b. had. Thi'
isgd. considerably 10 their aiyancensut.
and Il they are designed zoe the butcher.
they can h-re bS fcd grhin and iA,tened.
siiIl allowing them to so to their dams At
pleasure.
Winter lambs, IL well cared for. will be
more valuable neIt sheerins.iins than
srrinc.lamb.-tvery two, perhaps, will be
worth enough TO make up Tor the los sf tho
third. which. DO all We can, has been ths
rate oi our tax 70 the clreie-sness Of other.
wise excellent neishbors Las, season, cut
Of forty lamb. coming 10 spring. we los, les
than out OF fitecu the present winter, some
of tie ewes seeming 10 have no milk, aud
-ous d the lambs being 80 weak rs to make
lit,lo effort to fnd II; though our Sock is
pronounced by all who sec i, iu good eOoai'
,on. A nsiehbor tells Us OF raising tea out
Of flteen lsmbs coming in the winter, some
year, ags. with no other care or shelter
than the lse-sidc Of hay-'taek-the wealth
,r proving Sery favorable for the FIRE. week
Of their lives. Such !. not often the result,
nor would we even advise the risk.