The Red Cloud chief., 1882-06-01
Spring Care Of Breeding Ewes.

The care of breeding ewes relates not
only to their own welfare. but that of
their lambs. The successful growing
IF lambs has the most important bear
inc upon the profit Of the sheep bust
Ness.
The lamb depends for.its growthupon
its mothers milk, and this milk is pro-
duccd from the food. When the early
lamb raiser takes this business view Of
il. he is successful. In growth of ami
mails. il is so much food for 50 much
growth-and there is no getting some
thing for nothing-there must always
be an equivalent.
Let us see how great n demand there
is upon the dam. Alamb intended for
the early market. should reach a weight
Of forty pounds or more II the end of
three months. The growth Will usually
be: First month, ten 10 twelve pounds;
second month, thirteen To fifteen
pounds. This will require the dam TO
yield from three 10 four pounds Of milk
per day. A good milking eve. with
good keeping and comfortable quarters,
viii yield this amount of milk; and then,
il the lamb has a good constitution. il
will make the monthly gains mentioned
in steady. natural growth.
The eve cannot yield this necessary
milk without generous feeding OF rich.
milk-producing food. A large mixer
will Weld this amount for a. shor; time
on n poor diet. but it is produced by n
rapid waste of her own flesh. and she
soon fails of in milk, and decreases
rapidly in value: while the lamb. de-
prived of its full r%ations. is checked at
once in growth. and only starts again
after il il able To- eat fodder or grass.
This sort of lamb is not wanted for the
spring market, and can only be sold
after il has \ summers run on good
pasture. Bat then it brings only Si.75
to -. %. instead of selling for Sc to $40
ut three months old. And al this loss
is occasioned for the n Of a little cx-
ira food { o the eve during the first three
months after yeaning. One-half to n
pound of new process linseei meal
would have KEEP; the eve healthy and
strong. with such yield of milk that the
lamb would have grown into fine pro-
portions. attracted the eve Of the
butcher, and secured a liberal price.
And this extra food would cost about 81.
a sum fully compensated by the better
condition of the eve herself. besides
paving four-fold in the value Of the
lamb.
When the eve has jus: food enough
to keep her from losing flesh without
yielding any milk. = great change is
produced by feeding SO small an extra
mount As mentioned. This all goes 10
the production of milk. and the milk q
the growth Of the lamb. We mention
inseed meal, because this contains 50
large q proportion of muscle-:orming
matter. and phosphate OF lime TO grow
the bones. or, in other words. contains
just what . poor diet lacks. But this
extra food nav be made NJ OF two parts
OF bran or miidiings BY weight and one
Of corn. or corr and oats, half and hall
or one of cot;on-seed meal To two IT
corn. Corn alone has too much starch
to produce the best result; but one pis;
Of corn with nice clover hay answers
very well. The sheep grinis better
than the on. and masticaies cor quite
well. But no valid xcuse can be given
for poorly feeding breeding ewes Sue
cess never comes 10 \ poor feeder. To
him who literally gives. shall come 3
liberal reward--NGssosas L;re Stock
.Joavuai