Show i Ii LIVE i stOl STOCK y t I LAMBS LAl AT WEANING TIME TIl REQUIRE CARE Lambs are no longer of ot that class r of f live stock that can be bo left to fend for tor itself They assume rather the nature of ot the white hope of or the live livestock Et stock world under present market con con- conditions con conditions Lamb profits In tact fact act may be Ie the only genuine profits proUts to bo be cre credited to tor r farm stock this fall raIl returns from oth oth- oth r lines having t to be largely charged cd to n n maintenance They will then well welI repay a little extra attention through the Jle summer and particularly at wean wean- weanIng weaning w ing Oftentimes the lambs are nrc not set sep sep sep- separated separated from their mothers early nough The Tho ewes reach a point where they no longer give much milk and the lambs lambs lamba depending more than tJI ley y should upon what little they can cannet get ct annoy them by persistently want want- wanting wanting ing to nurse When a ewe Ve without much milk nurses J a 11 pair of ot robust lambs Iambs weighing OJ 03 pounds or more more she goes through a pretty rough experience experience experience ence that Is la none too good for her udder because the lambs in suckling hunch at the We udder so 80 hard bard that the rear parts ports of or the tIle ewe are almost lifted tram the ground In hot bot weather It If only a little milk is Ls to tD be had It does oc 3 a big lamb old enough to wean vean little good to keep thrusting its no nose so after the tIle teat under tile the hot hanks of the ewe ewe- Both mother and lamb are better batter off If It separated There Is laa s sa a 0 natural weaning period that Is there comes comes comes-a a time when the tIlO owes ewes will wean the lambs but they ought to bo be weaned before tills this time comes If the lambs are weaned fairly early and placed on pasture or forage that has hos not been grazed by the sheep they ore are less likely to become badly Infest Infest- Infested Infested Infested ed with parasites parasites- This Tills Is an Important Important tant consideration In places where parasItic troubles must be kept con con- constantly constantly constantly In mind If It tile the weaning Is la not delayed beyond the proper Ume time tIle the ewes will wOl have hava time to r recuperate and andSet get gat In prope proper condition fair fo or the breed lag breed tag season If possible all of ot the Ule should be e weaned at lIt the tIle same time but In inease ease rase there are some seine very late ones they should ba bet allowed to sta stay with willI their mothers until they are of or suf suf- sufficient sufficient age nut ant to be checked in Ih growth or stunted by being deprived of milk |