Show i M CARING FOR BREEDING EWES Gr Greatest Certainty of Impregnation Is la Attained When Animal Is InI Increasing In In- I 1 creasing In Flesh f The relation between the nature ol of the lamb Iamb crop and the management ot of the ewes at the time Ime of mating Is closer than than Is usually supposed says saysa a n. sheep grower in tho Iowa Home Home- stead When tho the ewes are at such Such uch a time or when they ther are on pastures pastures pas pas- pas pas- tures Lures dry and dead impregnation is less certain than when the opposite conditions prevail When the ewes are falling failing In flesh at such a n. time it becomes even less certain The greatest certainty In breeding t Is attained when the ewes are increasing increasing ing In flesh The renovating reno influence Influence Influence ence which at such time comes to the System extends to the g generative organs or- or gans gars and this adds not only to tho thor certainty of conception but It tends to hasten the time of breeding When the lambs are weaned wean weaned d the ewes are usually thin In flesh The better their milking properties the thinner they are likely to be because of the amount of daily dally ration that has been converted Into milk If th the ewes I are arc then put upon suc succulent pastures the they at once begin to regain the flesh that has bas been lost It Is when they are aro thus building up the system that the breeding season comes on The relation between the quickness or slowness with which It comes is d de de- pendent on the character of the food The richer it is in proper elements of nutrition the sooner will tn the ewes come tome in n heat Usually the uncertainty in breeding Is greater with ewes one year earold old that have never produced produce lambs than with those that are arc older This is owing to the fact chiefly t that at such ewes are aree liable to carry much flesh especially if it the they have been fed on nourishing pastures all aU through th the season The remedy in this case cas case would be oe to confine confine con con- fine them to pastures su succulent and a 3 little lacking In ip quantity If such could be te found a as for Instance young winter winter win win- ter rye where the short growth would force them to do much traveling The aim should be to have the ewes In good condition at the time for format mat mat- Ing lug Where they are not they do not produce as many lambs nor is it like like- likely ly that the lambs will be so Aso strong The ewes require more food also to I carr carry them properly through the wIntel win ter tel It is an easy matt matter r to lay flesh on a ewe before she Is pregnant than subsequently when a part of the food Is used used used- In sustaining the fetus |