The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-02

shespest box. The ends are the same s.ss q
Ne 2, except that six Stats are used.
These are excellent for handling sonstoaa
cucumbers. apples, and anything of that size-A
TIE american Farmer.
Rearing Lambs by Hand.
IL is only valuable lamb that will repay The
master for bringing it up by hand himself and
the hired help or children will generally feed
it so injudiciously as to render it nearly WORTH
less. We made it q rule OF our flock, whether
a lamb was to be reared by hand or not, that 10
should receive nothing whatever but fresh ewes
milk into its stomach for the first day, and she
longer cows milk can be withheld the better.
If no fresh eve has supply to spare. make ne
scrupls to draw on one that soon will be- fresh,
either by milking or by putting the lamb 70
her for few minutes. Cows milk IL too con-
stipating. especially if not fresh. Under thu
best circu instances, constipation is the greatest
bane of the young lambs life, and it il well to
allow the cosset. once day for week or two,
to have its I'LL of the freshest ewes milk OBJ
tsinable as corrective or purge.
If young lamb is fed few times with o
teaspoon it may be taught to suck leather in
the bottom of trough, which saves trouble,
though care must be taken not to allow the
leather 30 become sour aid foul. Some are OBJ
stinate and must have the bottle. Sucking in
the natural process and is much better than
drinking, a. it causes the milk to be- swallowed
more slowly and to be more thoroughly mingled
with saliva, which In q very necessary preliru-
mary of digestion.
It Is sometimes desirable where young lambs
are fed on cows milk. to keep milk warm for
some length of time. This can be easily Sc
complished by having double tin can made.
leaving q space of an inch between she cute.
and the inner walls 10 be filed with sand. The
top and bottom should be soldsrsd securely to
both walls after the sand is put in. tube an
inch long must be placed on top and open int
the inner cavity where the milk is kept. 0ncs
warm the sand aud it will keep the milk warm
for some hours.
Lambs fed on cows milk are very prone q
constipation. which, as above remarked, IL the
greatest difficulty to bs overcome by the shep-
herd who has his ewes lamb on dry feed. We
give the following suggestions, based on years
of experiences:
/. Give cows milk only as a last rssort A
eve may generally be forced to adopt q strange
lamb in time. 1t is better to contend With hsz
for three weeks to make her own it rather than
entail on oneself the trouble of feeding it BY
hand for months. which is generally more
labor than tbs lamb is worth.
2. If cows milk must be used, let Il be from
= fresh cow. diluted QUE third with water and
sweetened with pure, white sugar.
8. If fed every hour at first, after the frst
two or three days il is not easy to give lamb
s"o huou, p'ostueu oniy tue bowels sfo AsRs
In proper condition. More lambs die from Gen.
stipation and starvation than from oyerfced.
ing.
4. If constipation has already set In, do not
dose the lamb with black mOlasses msgnesia,
lard, etc. Give il an enema with q bulb syringe.
very carefully, with bioOd-warm water, Arss
billing the tube with castor oil. If necessary,
RI peat the operation.-ARericdn Sheep Breeder
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