Show stock W VERY DESIRABLE RATION FOR EWES whole oats and wheat bran two to one starts milk two or three weeks previous to lambing ig bekin begin giving the ewes grain at the rate of about one half pound bound per heart t per day A very desirable ration Is whole oats and wheat bran two t to one one that will start the milk flow and ewes are not aatto apt to disown their lambs As soon as a ewe shows symptoms of lambing she should be placed in a pen by herself so that she may not be disturbed in case of twins tho the first lamb dropped cannot wander away and perhaps perish before the shepherd can get there to set things right after a day or two when the lamb gets strong and becomes well accustomed to its mother the ewe and lamb iamb should be put with the part of the flock that has lambed lambea it will not be necessary very often for the attend attendant antto to help delivery but he should shoula assist before much strength Is exhausted in laboring faulty presentations and dead cambs iambs within the ewe occur occasionally in case of the former there are no set rules to be followed but the shepherd should always aim to get the lamb in its natural position before attempting to take it out by force A dead lamb within a ewe should be rumored and the womb flushed out with a war warm solution of car carbolic bolle acid and water I 1 to if the ewe Is too weak to attend her lamb when born the shepherd should remove the raucous mucous from its nostrils rub it dry and try to get it to nurse A little warm milk will work wonders in the way of supplying warmth and strength to the newborn new born lamb iamb when the lamb Is weak abak and chilled at birth a handy device to have at hand Is a half barrel with d a jug of hot water placed in it the iamb can be readily warmed by curling it around the jug and covering the barrel with a blanket in case of twins one can be kept warm in fit this way until the other Is delivered when a lamb becomes severely chilled more energetic measures are arc necessary Im immerse the e lamb in water as hot as the bare hand can stand keeping the nose above tile the surface and adding more hot water when necessary to maintain the regained temperature when the body heat beat Is restored rub it dry and allow the lamb to suckle A teaspoonful of cream with a little hot water may b be e helpful sometimes constipation follows this treatment and an injection of warm soap suds Is recommended |