Show LI s 0 TREATMENT AND CARE OF SHEEP Overfeeding Stimulates Too Great Flow of Milk The treatment nod core care of oC the ewe sort m after 1 ml lal g la Is of ot great greal nt Im Importance Overfeeding stimulates too ton great real a n milk low which may cause dl estl e trouble In the lamb or garget garge In the lie ewe A ewe will hardly eat eatton too ton much hay liny find and this need not be limited but It Is Ig better to give he no ran grain until the lamb Iamb can take nil all the milk Hoots or mangels in addition to liay 1111 make an nn excellent teed feed at nt this thi ns as they lire are very ery mild and cool cool- coolIn cooling In ing in 10 o the system It If the ewe ce Is troubled with garget arset or cala caked d udder she should have dm- dm Im I mediate attention Garget target wa was wag for tor- formerly tori formerly i merly n thought to be Le due to thE Hie lie not taking tn all the milk h however wc er It ItI ItI ItIs Itis ItIs I I Is now con considered n a germ disease heavy feeding of oC grain to milking y etves ew s overtaxes o the digestive e organs and is ds In part responsible for or the dlease Sometimes It Is i brought on niSi also b by colds OIl chills etc due to ewes being compelled to lie on wet ground No o II prescribed remedy lies has proved an e cure As soon SCion as ns the dIsease appears give ghe a dose of epsom snits salts and bathe the udder with hot water to which one ounce of n ba baking soda has been added Then dry the udder thoroughly and apply a mixture of lard and turpentine which should e be ct to time the lie consistency of oC cream and be well rubbed Into the udder ulMer Milk the C ewe P thoroughly an and manipulate th the udder several times a n day In bad cases nothing seems stems to check the disen e A After fler the lamb Is taking nil time the milk the ewe should be well fed About one and one one half pounds of oC grain and three pounds of oC bright clover dver or alfalfa with two or three pou mourns 13 of roots or silage make a n full feed feell This ration should be continued until time the lie flock Is turned out to grass lU lUId ab good Id milk flow low Is essential to the of ot strung strong vigorous lambs hen about 12 to 14 19 da days das s old the lambs will begin nibbling at hay or grain As gains ma may may be made very ery cheap at nt tills this time the lambs should he be encouraged to take all nil the hn hay and grain they hey will eat besides the lie milk from their mothers This Tills may he bedone done by moans means of oC n a creep which Is Isa isa Isa a small pen constructed so as us to admit the lambs Iambs but exclude the older sheep It may lie he made of sluts slats like n ft picket fence spacing them seven Even or eight apart n according to the size lit of the ewes The creep should be he put pul at a n convenient place In the lie barn so that It will be cas easy for or the lambs to enter It It Clover or alfalfa hay should be before them at all nil times A good groin ration for Cor young lambs Is chopped and wheat bran two to toone toone toone one Young lambs are sometimes troubled with sore mouths A very ery good rem remedy t edy y Is to 10 wash the parts with witha ft a two per r cent solution of the time com common mon mOil ln coil coal I tar dip At the hC snipe time stabs nh may be he found on the lie teats tents of at time eW ewes S If IC these occur they should reecho similar treatment An tn epidemic of sore siro e eyes es may find lodgment In the lamb iamb nocks flocks Time The same sallie treatment as liS for sore mouths should I he IK given und and cure carl taken that time tile solution gets well Into the lie ey eye |