The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-05

A contributor TO American sheep
Breeder says: Let us first consider the
mother. From her the lamb gets. By all
ODDS. the most important. the most In
dispensable part Of his food She d.
gests the crude. raw food stuns a. her
large stomach and prepares the con-
eentraled, easily uigested and perfect
mothers milk. In the abundance and
regularity Of this supply Of milk de-
Ponds your hopes Of good lambs. You
must feed the mother generously: yet
the food must be Of the right sort % be
turned readily into milk. and this
brings rs 10 consider what milk II
made OF and why. Not 70 go specific
ally into details. the milk Is very rich
IN heterogeneous materials. In what We
cail protein. This protein is the stun
that muscle and hrain-siun aud nerve
stun and blood IS made OF. II Is exact
y what the young animal needs 70
make bis frame grow and build up his
young tissues. Now 20 produce this
milk In abundance the eve must be
Ted foods that have IN them the ele-
mena OF milk. They must be foods
that are somewhat rich IN protein. or
course. there Is Eat In milk. and the
animal system burns a good deal Of
.a4Yon. 60 We don't want a food FREQ
from the siarchy principles that arc
made Of carbon: yet Tor milk produc-
'lon' you do need a greater proportion
OF protein 20 starchy food or fat-form-
lhs foods than II you we're fattening
'Ne mother. This bars out the large
use OF corn IN the diet. Corn viii not
MAKE mix satisfactorily. no matter In
WAT amounts Il be fed. have tried Il
ny keeping ewes on full diet Of corn.
win clover hay. too. but the lambs did
not generally thrive. ! DID not expect
uhem 20 thrive. I was fattening their
mothers Tor sale. Nov there are any
number % combinations OF foods that
viii be good for the eve. but We viii
consider what Is eaEies, and cheapest
70 you. Nix up the following .xturc.
by weight. 100 ne. cornmeal. 100 lbH.
wheat bran. % lbs. o..meal. shovel IL
over until well mixed. then give the
ewes little a u. Each day Increase
'he amount that you give them until
They have all that they will eat. then
/ would make a self-feldcr. II I were
you and let them run 10 d an the time:
iAey Ike TO eat little and often. they
VIII not eat too much while sucking
theif lambs after once accustomed 70
IT, u b true that they viii rapidly
gain IN flesh sometimes when fed Ills
ration. Well II not too valuable. keep
up the food Tor a few weeks. or less,
ailer the lambs are sold and sell the
mothers too. Now the lambs viii be
getting what milk their mothers are
capable OF getting. ye; they will soon
want to be eating themselves. know
Of 70 better food for them than this
SAME mixture that have advised for
TIE cweA Let them have all that they
viii cat o. q. and they and their moth
eu Will want clover hay OF the best.
and 10 abundance. too. Have Il 20 that
they can all get Il. but not get on Il
with tLelr dirty little feet. A lamb IL
more dainty about his eating than a
baby. To have the lambs DO their best
they must be allowed 20 eat az their
table IN q SEPARATE pen from the ewes.
20 that whenever they feel hungry
there will be nothing to prevent their
eating In peace. There ought 10 Be
plenty Of sunlight. too. IN which they
can DC and sleep Some way or other
you must see that they are perfectly
happy no fear. no disturbance. no
gwakcnlus from sleep. no dog running
through them. 90 hunros unsatisaed.
no this; uaassgasll Il IS the happy
lamb thar Slows and causes your bank
account 90 Grow. ] think thar lambs
that are 90 spend their lives on the
farm rather tlan coming 90 an early
death 40 the butchers blcck viii need
qul,e a diaereut treatment from the
one outlined Above. / would not feed
nearly so g.golg, would llke TIE eve to
10 her best in miik-g.ylng. but the
isub had better have but ultle corn. n
any.