The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-05-15
Treatment OF Young Sheep.

dry weather, because they are clad in.
. the warmest Of wooden goods, but soak
this UP with water and it will soon.
cause disease and death in the flock,
says writer in Kansas Farmer. Go.
out and jump into the pond your.
SELF, and then lie down till the warmth
Of the body dries the moisture all up,
ana you will see how it goes yourself.
A perfect roof and well-drained yard
Is a necessity with sheep. AS l.
always have my lambs dropped in
FEBRUARY and March, find it con-
Venlent to feed the lambs by them
selves, so in one corner of my shed
nave ''lamb Creep 1t is made so
lambs can go in at will, while the
grown sheep cannot, and shelled corn
ana other feed is kept in there for
the lambs. A lamb will cut it's jaw
teeth on shelled corn, and when only
one week old will consume a quantity
that is simply surprising. 1t is said
that sheep do not need water. This
Is mistake. They should be regu-
tarly Watered with clean water, and
thus avoid indigestion and other trou-
pies. One ram for 100 ewes is sufficient
He should be we'll fed with rotation
OF palatable food that would not cause
MIN to get too fat, but would give him
strength and vigor The usual way is
TO keep the ram up in the day time
ana allow him with the flock at night
AS all OF my lambs are dropped before
grass comes, this happens in the ward
or shed, where care can be readily
supplied. When the lambs come later
on when the pasture is green, it takes
the constant care of a shepherd with
the hock, Or else many lambs will get
lost, and many more disowned by their
dams. This is risk I cannot at
ford to run, and the man who practices
this will probably tell you that he does
not raise many lambs, has no luck, and
that there is no money in sheep. This
Is another of the little details of the
business, and is a large factor in the
net receipts from the flock When a
man tells you he raises thirty lambs
from twenty ewes, you can set it down
that they were dropped in the shed
when he could give them his personal
care, when the rush of blowing and
planting had not yet arrived. Dur
ing lambing time I usually visit the
shed just before I retire and as
soon as get up in the morning, some
times in the night also. Most every
morning one or more pairs of twins
will be found, and these, with their
dams, must be carefully removed from
the rest Of the flock for several days. I
divide my sheep yard by fence, and
cause the hay rack to make the divi-
sion in the shed, and the young lambs
and their mothers are kept on one side
by themselves, and yet they are in the
same shed and eat out of the same
troughs and rack that they have been
always used to. This is another i'm
portant little thing, as to remove a
eve from the rest will cause her to be
uneasy, easily frightened. and always
worried. H The first two hours OF a
lambs life are the important ones, and
if you see that they have sucked and
are quite dry they are all right. TWEEN
ty good ewes ought to drop thirty to
forty lambs, and while some will be
lost, yet large mortality is unneces-
sary if one understands his business.
When lambs are dropped early, when
the sheep are confined to the yard, and
also when sheep are we'll fed on milk
producing food. the eve will rarely
disown her lamb, but should this occur
or you wish to put a lamb on another
sheep, the two must be separated from
the rest, then put some pine tar on the
ewes nose and the top Of the lambs
head, and the scent being the same as
the one constantly in the ewes nose
| she will usually own it. Any strong
scent, such as turpentine, camphor
| etc., will do, and have often simply
used the ewes milk to rub on, with
j success.