Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-05-05
Treatment o, Young sheep.

Sheep can stand any amount Of cold
dry weather. because they are clad In
the warmest Of wooden goods but soak
this up with water and 1t will soon
cause disease and death in the nocK'
says writer in Kansas Farmer W
out and Jump into the pond your
self, and then lie down till the warmth
of the body dries the moisture all up
and you will see how it goes yoursen.
A perfect roof and a well-drained YARD
is a necessity with sheep. AS
always have my lambs dropped III
February and March. | find 1t con-
venient to feed the lambs by them
selves, so in one corner of my shed
have lamb creep" 1t is made 30
lambs can go in at will, while the
grown sheep cannot, and shelled corn
and other feed is kept in there TOT
the lambs A lamb will cut its Jaw
teeth on shelled corn, and when only
one week old will consume quantity
that is simply surprising. 1t is SAID
that sheep do not need water rms
is mistake. They should be regu-
larly watered with clean water, and
thus avoid indigestion and other trou-
bles. One ram for 100 ewes is sufficient.
He should be well fed with a rotation
of palatabe food that would not cause
him to get too fat, but would give him
strength and vigor. The usual way Is
10 keep the ram up in the day time
ami 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 flock, or else many lambs will get
lost, and many more disowned by their
dams. This is a risk | cannot at
ford to rum 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 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 l usually visit the
shed just before l retire and as
soon as l 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 theil
dams, must be carefully removed from
the rest of the flock for several days.
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 beer
always used to- This is another i'm
portant little thing, as to remove {
eve from the rest will cause her to b'
uneasy, easily frightened and always
worried. The first two hours OF {
lambs life are the important ones, anC
if you see that they have sucked anC
are quite dry they are all right. TWEEN
ty good ewes ought to drop thirty tt
forty lambs, and while some will b.
lost, yet large mortality is unneces
sary if one understands his business
When lambs are dropped early, whel
the sheep are confined to the yard, AM
also when sheep are well fed on milk
producing food. the eve will rarel.
disown her lamb, but should this occur
or you wish to put lamb on anothe
J sheep the two must be separated from
the rest, then put some pine tar on tn
ewes nose and the top of the lamb
head, and the scent being the same a
the one constantly in the ewes nos
/ she will usually own it. Any stron
scent, such as turpentine, camphol
ETC., will do, and l have often simpl
! used the ewes milk to rub on, wit
success.
ManurIal Value OF Feed Stuffs.