Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-30

to commence. The work OF handling the
flock will be greatly reduced, the ewes will
own their lambs better there will be a
better supply of nourishment for tho
lamb, the death rate will be lessened 2S
to 80 per cent. which means a big profit
in the business. Under the most syste-
matte and carefully planned management
of the flock, during the Landing period,
the fiockmaster is going to have his
hands full.
Give the Lamb "A Chance.
Imagine a flock Of 1900 ewes. and on
going out in the morning to the corral
you fnd any place from 100 to 200 new
born lambs running about, bleating wildly
for they know not what; If the mother
sheep is sufficiently alert and attentive
she viii follow the little stranger about
until she gets its attention and gets 1t to
understand that she is Its rightful pro-
tector and guardian. Scores of these
lambs. however. get lost in the flock, the
mothers get bewildered and don't know
their own lambs: sometimes two ewes
want the same lamb and the natural on
spring is disowned and pushed aside,
Again there are scores of unnatural
mothers who desert their lambs, and re-
fuse to own any lamb. thus making q
surplus of foundlings on the hands OF
the shepherd. This wild excitement that
prevails in the breeding flock for fully a.
month is enough to drive any nervous
person distracted. Do the best you can
and there are a lot OF foster lambs ON
hand to be killed or fed on the bottle. q
business which hardly pays unless a IL
to assist the POORLY supplied lamb until
its mother can fully care for it. In small
farm fiocks where there is only one or two
hundred ewes in the flock, this work can
be handled without much loss, but where
the eve flock reaches up into the thou
sands, kind Of wholesale management
| must be resorted to. and the division OF
the ewes with their new born lambs IA a
| necessity OF separating them from the
main flock This division Is best carried
on by numbering the eve and the lamb
as the pairs are found, starting with /
and running up to 200 at least: then
change the color of your paint and conn
mence again with one and SO on until Won
get flock Of ewes and lambs as large as
you desire Then start another flock. The
main thing is 70 get the eve and the
lamb to know each other; when this il
zone your labor with that pair is usually
over with.
II is good idea to have a woven wfra
corral for the lambs and ewes; this does
away with the possibility OF lambs getting
out and wandering on or being taken by
wolves or dogs A wire fence of this KIND
two and one-half or three feet high, with
three or four strands OF barbed wire above
makes good renee for sheep corrals. The
sheep business does not require much ex-
penslve preparation. but Il does REQUIRE an
abundance OF convenient corral and shed
accommodation so TO be able to sort
over and properly classify your flock for
advantage in administering needed care
and attention.
Care of the Lamb Flock.
The lamb nock should be given extra ad-
vantage In all that tends to rapid growth
When the lambs are two weeks old they
commence 70 feed on tender grasses and
II given an opportunity win eat bran
shorts. meal. etc. This Is the opportune
time TO make your fock industry profitable
to the highest degree II the sheep busl-
ness Is worth pursuing. Il is worth getting
all out OF IL that Is IN H. No farmer win