Show FA FARM LIVE STOCK C CARE ARE OF EWES IMPORTANT Aril animate mals in poor condition and lack ing in algor will produce small weak lamb lambe prepared 1 by br I 1 h alt of t aarl vulture tile care of the flock before lashins has line un important relation to the fidan lunn cial return returns which may ratty bo be expected fruin front the lumb crop ewes which are ar iti in poor condition and lacking la in vigor will produce a large percentage ol 01 email si nall euk lambs such require inure more care und feed to develop rapidly enough to reach the market early when vallen the prices ore are usually highest if the ewes ore are thin in flech at lambing time they will not produce a rood good flow of milk thin this retard retards growth and stunts the lambs A email small thin lamb nearly nealy always sells as a cull on the market there Is usually a large supply of pf cull cults with littile demand domand consequently culle culls always alays pell for tho the lowest price sheep producers will find that it pas pa well from a standpoint to have tho the ewes in strong vigorous condition at lamb ing time if rood good pasture la Is available it Is comparatively easy to keep the flock in good condition fall wheat or other pasture with ith clover or alfalfa hoy hay for dry mackerl an excellent ration for pregnant ewes and the exercise which they get while grazing will bring them to lambing in a vigorous condition where clover or alfalfa IB Is not available to supplement the posture pasture out straw or corn com stover with approximately one quarter pound of cotton seed meal per day may be fed fedl whore where there Is no pasture and it to 1 necessary to feed throughout gout the winter season a ration of three to four pounds per head hend per day oc of clover or alfalfa hay alone may be used approximately I 1 one quarter to one half pound of corn should be added three to four weeks before lambing A more economical ration which may inay be used Is two to three pounds of alfalfa or clover hay and two pounds of silage the tillage must be of good quality and arnot not frozen or moldy salt should be kept before the flock at all times an unlimited supply of fresh water should also be available it Is important that the ewes get a moderate amount of exercise and where the flock is not on pasture the rough feed should be placed some distance from the sheds or bum bam so that the flock will get exercise in going to and from their feed cam must always be token taken that pregnant ewes are not chased by dogs or jammed through narrow gates or doors as any rough treatment will cause a large per cent of loss of lambs and perhaps of ewes the shepherds problems for the lambing season auevery are very largely soled if it be he has brought the ewo ewe flock to the beginning of at the season in good flesh and thrifty condition in addition he has made the first step towards producing a product that will bring the largest market returns DOCKING LAMBS WHEN YOUNG if treated when about three week weeks old shock does not cause serious setback if lambs are docked and the males castrated when they are from ten days to three weeks old the shock from tho the operation will cause less setback than at any other age it Is advisable to perform the operation in the forenoon of a bright worm warm day and to watch the lambs giving attention to any that may become weak from loss of blood the pen should be well bedded with bright straw and the operator should bo be sure that his hands are clenn and the knife thoroughly disinfected infected dis copperas for worms many a farmer Is wasting time and feed on hogs with it the hog stomach worn oral W a keep the tile hops hogs in a th thin and sickly condition in spite of the beat best feed and care that con can be given such hogi will consume as much touch if not more feed than a thrifty hog and will bring but half balf the return yet the tile remedy is lne c pensive and simple shut the hogs in a yard where they cannot get got anything to drink then twice a day give them swill in which copperas has litis been dissolved one teaspoonful to each hog allow them to drink all they bf make ake the swill of something hogs are particularly fond ot of as they do not like the taste of copperas if made roade too strong ASSIST CONTROL OF CHOLERA carcasses aea of victims of disease sho should ulal to 60 burned all dous should bo be confined authorities versed in the control of cholera urge that all ani malit which dl die e on the farm and the offal otral from slaughtered animals be burned to ashes or burled buried at least four feet deep since they attract dogs which may carry infection if cholera exists la in the tile all dogs should be m n it to in quite truo true that clothes do not make inake some women thoy they do not wear enough tl ioro waa WAS a timo time whoa wh a the average collar woe wais not overly clean but that wa was before |