Show 4 IT it 4 HOW TO RAISE WINTER LAMBS one on rr cent real blied flied on oil the lie investment many i a farmer who can no longer longora make f money nt at jiin grain farm fannins tannins in z will be b able to come out even eren by rearing winter lambs for market in telling ins his readers how to raise the lana limbs lisand and thern them for market Prof professor emor stewart vart ment montio ioui iM the caso of one man who made almost per cent on his investment besides having left a large quantity of valuable ablo manure ai the owes for dorthi this i purpose must amt be got with lamb in guminer iu summer miner the period of gestation with the sheep is five months if therefore laines are wanted for jaza jan t i SHEEP BUIS nary the ewes elves must int be put with tile the rams in august durin during the tin time lothe the mile male runs with the ewes anil and until cold weather they way may be simply allowed to run in the open pasture aej any mad elI tely good pasture will do even scraggy hill ground it is well to buy from drovers or farmers the ewes elves wanted any number from twenty five to sevi several urail hundred according to tho the accommodations for them thein can be procured the best market lambs lamba so far fair as a anabo anybody ly now noly knows which are the best seem to be ta obtained from a 1 cro arroa of it i ramm ram with itha 1 birge merino ewe at least these are ara aai a good as any lambs have leave frequently been put on the market as early aa january anil and these bring the most profit of call all ill 11 that case however they must be dropped iu ill october or early in november 1 eight I 1 to ten weeks or three months old according to size and condi condition is a good age at which to market them tile first illustration shows the outside of the barn into which the owes should be placed at the ble beginning inning of cold weather it is one story with bise ment in tho the upper part the hay is put with one oae part partitioned for the grain floor containing three abreo bins each with its ts own kind of grain the three kinds 0 me IV weighed on scales in the barn and mitch evenly the second picture shows tile ground plan of the barn bam the pirt part in which the sheep heep stay the barn represents represented will FP P T P 1 ir to AL AC ac DA A P P Vw awa A GROUND hold sixty five or seventy elives they aro arc put fifteen to eighteen in a 1 bunch into the jl pens P which are arc 16 feet square reeding racks R are placed at the ends of the pens with troughs tro beneath bengalli bene alli is 18 inches from the alie ground A pump bringing water from tho the well or tank should IL be iu in the he barn bam Ile between tween the pens the r racks c are edo double redouble uble an alley way A runs the len lenth length th of the barn the alley is ii 4 feet wide and affords room for feeding troughs forthe for the lambs tas T as well lovell as aa a play place tile the pens are 9 feet high bight and must be well boarded or battened to keep out alie cold an all even temperature of 50 begs is best the racks and fences between the pens are anade to alide up and down to admit fresh budding bedding when necessary in ILL the middle of the ground plan view is seen ceen i 0 this is the bottom of a lanuto that extends to the cupola of the roof it is 5 feet square at the bot bottom tolia and 4 feet at the top ilay slides down through it from tile fodder floor and foul air escapes through ii it to the top the cupola is provided with a blit ting that is clotted closed altogether by means of u 6 cord in extreme cold weather A bt stairway airway leids leads from tho the grain fluor floor to th the e basement eves 0 that bring twin lambs are not desirable tor for the mothers of market limbs lambs as they cincot fatten tile the young animal fast enough ewes 3 or 4 yeura years old should le bo belec selected ted A month before the tune time of if bIllit shutting ting up tile the ewes elves in the fold begin to feed them a little grain whet when they are tit at length shut up altogether shear the wool oil them at once tins will prevent the accumulation of sheep ticks licks which would be a great pest in their cori confined fined situation the tha lambs are dropped do not feed the ewes corn you do not want to little fatten kheiri give them m other kinds to of f grain c clover hay bay fodder of corn and all the roots root 9 finch us its beats carrots and turnips thal they will cat after the limb lambs i come change e this diet but to corn cori wheat beat bran ran iod acid oil ill weal with bleet corn silage iii blead ul of llie ilie routs roots mix thu tho corn COMI oil oil weal and arau airan tit in equal weights weigh |