Show SAVING ORPHAN LAMBS LA tile the experiment station has re bently made an extensive study of the question of feeding orphan lambs the work was done by dr W V E carroll animal Ilus husbandman bandman at the experiment experiment station who is now in france doing nutrition work in the sanitary corps of the army with but few changes dr carroll found that mr air AV S hansen of col linston had a very practical system and at the same time one that was very efficient in saving motherless lambs in an actual test practically 90 per cent of a lot of orphans were raised the ration recommended by dr carroll is as follows until the lambs are about three weeks old they should be led fed tour four times dally daily one halt half pint of milk being i given each lamb at each food feed from this age to two months gradually increase the feed to one pint three times dally daily at about six weeks of age the lambs will begin to eat grain and from then on it should be kept before them in a trough after two months the ration should be increased gradually to one quart of milk night and morning and a feed of grain at noona noon about one h hilt alf pound each fresh fi esh lay hay should be kept before the lambs at all times time and as soon as pasture is available they should have access to this the feeding device consists of a A rigid set of stanchions attached to a support tor for holding the feeding dishes these dishes are the 0 ordinary two quart graniteware granite wara baans and are held in holes cut in a bord with sloping sides to fit the pans for convenience in ili feeding the stanchions are placed between t vo pens so that at feeding time a agte can be opened and enough lambs admitted to fill the stanchions at er being fed they are passed on into the second pen and another bunch admitted the work wo rk is published in detail as circular no 33 entitled A method of feeding orphan cambs iambs it is being distributed by the experiment station at logan to all requesting a copy the circular is well written and contains a number of pictures showing the feeder in operation it also contains a set of plans showing the exact construction of every part of the feeder |