Show r DRENCHING LAMBS AND BREEDING EWES Stomach worms get In their d deadly odly work with lambs during hot weather During July Tuly August and September these young ounG animals should bey bl drenched wIth the bluestone treatment every few weeks The treatment according ac- ac cording to Prof n. n S S. Curtis of the North Carolina State college consists of 1 per cent solution of of cupper copper sulphate sul- sul phate thoroughly dissolved In water and given at the rate of two ounces ounces per dose ThIs Is approximately one one- third the amount In a common bottle of soda water and this can be used as asa asa a safe guide In The older sheep should receive receive n a somewhat larger dose but there is s not the same ame danger of worms in the old sheep as asIn In lambs states Professor Curtis All the lambs for market should be besold besold sold early in n July leaving only the ewe lambs whIch wIll be saved for future breeding Sheep growers should keep In mind that It If they are to have an early lamb crop the mature ewes must be bred bredIn In July says Professor Curtis Curts Late lambs are never profitable They fall to develop properly In hot weather and finish at n a time when the market marketIs Is low Ewes should be bred to lamb lambIn In and February Professor PrOf Curtis states that any breed bleed of sheep will breed early If properly handled The lamb should be removed In early July and the ewe turned on fresh pasture with little grain fed Ced to her She will soon gaIn flesh and will breed easIly A ewe losing in weIght will not breed according according ac- ac cording to experImental tests |