The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-09

Treatment OF Young sheep
Sheep can stand any amount Of cold
dry weather. because they ara clad n
the warmest OF woolon goods. but soak
this up with water and Il will soon
cause disease and death In the flock.
says a writer IN Kansas Farmer. Go
out and Jump into the pond your
self, and then he down tlll the warmth
OF the body dries the moisture all up.
and you viii see how It goes yourself
"A perfect roof and a well-drainod yard
Is a necessity with sheep. As l
always have my lambs dropped In
February and March. I End II con-
Venient TO feed the lambs by them
selves. 80 In one corner OF my shed
have a lamb creep" II is made 30
lambs can go In at will. while the
grown sheep cannot. and shelled corn
and other feed Ia kept In there for
the lambs 4 lamb will cut It's Jaw
teeth on shelled corn. and when only
one week old viii consume a quantity
that Is simply surprising II is said
that sheep do not need water. This
Is a mistake. They should be regu-
larry 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 n rotation
OF palatable food that would not cause
him TO get too fat. but would give him
strength and ylgor. The usual way Is
TO keep the ram up In the day time
and 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 10 green. Il takes
I the constant care OF n shepherd with
the flock. or else many lambs will get
lost. and many more dlaownod by their
dams. This Is risk cannot af-
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 IL a large factor In the
net receipts from the hook. When a
man tells you be raises thirty lambs
from twenty ewes. you can set Il 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 Landing time usually visit the
shed Jus; before / retire aud aa
soon as get up IN the morning. some
times Ia the night also. Most every
morning one or more pairs OF twins
viii be found. and these. with their
dams. must De carefully removed from
the rest Of the Gock Tor several days l
divide my sheep yard BY a fence. and
cause The hay rack 90 make the diyi-
sion In the shed. and the young lambs
and their mothers are kept on one side
J by themselves. and yet they are In the
same shed and eat out % the same
trourhs and rack that they have been
always used 10. This Is another i'm
! portnnt little thing. as 20 remove a
/ eve from the rest will cause her 10 be
uneasy. easily frightened and always
. worried. The FIRST two hours Of a
b lambs NE are the important ones and
b II you see that they have sucked and
r are quite dry they are all right TWcn-
. ~ good ewes ought 20 drop thirty 10
y forty lambs. and while some wiu be
e lost. yer a large mortality ia unncccs-
h sary ~ one understands bis business.
+. when lambs are dropped early. when
q the sheep are confined 90 the yard. and
s also when sheep are well led on milk
a producing food. The eve viii rarely
x dlsowu her lamb. but should this occur
a OF you wish TO put a lamb on another
a 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. aud the scent being tho same a.
the ono constantly In The ewes nos'
Il she will usually own IT, ANY sironl
. scent. such as turpeutnc. campaor
!. etc.. viii DO. and ! have often simpl
l. used the ewes milk 10 rub on. viii
~ success.