Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
uHE SHEEP FOLD.

FlTOm the Western Rural we compile
the following:
Look carefully after the ewes and the
lambs. The,onc should be kept i'm good
health and the other well protected.
Sheep cannot pull stumps nor eat
stones, but they can do about everything
else that tbs necessary, to do to clean up
a piece of land.
Me soc ut stated that IA dog'was sold
recently for Sc, 900 and yet it is likely
that the animal would kill sheep as
quickly ,as any otherdog would.
The slowest movement forward in
tnMttOn connected withsheep hnsbandry
is in Reclningit protection from the raw
ages of dogs. Itlis; aoshame that it is so.
Climate has much tonO with the quail
Day ,Of wool. The North is an ideal al" 40
for sefGtu.- TfYoU1 and apples grow best
in a cold climate.
The time may come when .HrOMing
wool of itself will never again pay, but
we do not believe that, producing both
wool and good mutton Will ever fall to
pay
The better management cof>sheep dur
ing the hast few years has resulted In
m ueh less DISEASE among flO0ks. Moore
green food in winter and better shelter
have been the chief improvements.
WIN too much corn scour lambsp Il
say it will not, II properly fed, says a
writer In National Stooltman. IwillGive
nv experience of FIVE yeare' feeding. /
feed my lambs from the thine i wean
them, commencing with bran, ,one gill
per day, aud gradually increasing, mix
| ing la oats: so by the time j stable them
feed ONE pint per day, oats and bran.
Then begin mixing in corn, and by che
! first of February j feed all corn, one and
half pints per day. a still in
crease, and by the first of March feed
one quart With plenty of good clover
hay and good clean water they will be
ready for market by the first e April.
1t is not unusual when twins arrive.
| SAYS a writer. that the first one born has
| had the advantage Of q superior start In
the struggle for existence which il ae-
serts after birth. If the eve has an
abundance Of milk there is enough for
| both: but II not it won't do any harm
to assist the weaker one to get its
share and give it a very little new cows
milk and as much sweetened water. Do
this for few days and, In the meantime,
gradually increase the ewes food so as
| TO induce good milk flow. For such
ewes warm bran slOp will not come
amiss. Remember that success in any
avocation comes from attention to de-
| tails.
! Instead OF taking the weak lamb take
the strongest one, and II you have a eve
that has lost her lamb give it TO her, SAYS
a writer Ia the National Stookmdn But
| you must tie her In small stall and get
| IL to suck. Sometimes a lamb will not
sack strange eve, but in a few days
| (by keeping them together) they get the
same smell, az sheep tell their lambs by
their smell. DO not let the mother be
near the lamb, 30 she can hear II, or il
| will not suck the other. III a eve loses
her lamb, / milk her twice a day until
another has twins, then make her take
one OF them. In few days let them out
together In lot with rope around the
ewes neck to drag, so that II she tries to
run from her lamb she tramps on the
rope and II stops her, and the lamb can
suck. IL the farmers wives would look
after the young stock they could save
many dollars. Women are better adapt
ed 10 taking care Of the young than men,
as a woman has more patience. often
take weak lambs that the eve has not
enough milk for aud let them suckle a
COW. But do not let them have too
much. Should you have TO raise one by
hand, teach IL 10 drink the same as a calf.
Feed about four times day, always Civ
ing new milk