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Show 1 Spring Lambs. ! A good start is essential to success. ! and ewes should be in condition to mamt-; mamt-; facture a large quantity of milk: t'u y I therefore must not be too poor. The only food the lamb can take for a few weeks is milk, and to provide a god supply of this the ewes mujt be fed with suitable food for its production. As with cows and other animals required to yield milk, it is necessary that the'nioilu r - should receive nitrogenous food: cousu-' cousu-' qiiently high quality cakes, peas, beaus. Dran and oats are all specally valuable at this time, but it hoVinfrequently happens hap-pens that when the Uow is unduly increased in-creased the mother provides more than the lamb can take, consequently she is not properly milked out; the milk thus goes bail in the udder, and unless watchful watch-ful precautions are taken she suffers from mainuiitis or garget; oats should therefore be used with care and discre- tion. f ' Until the lambs can feed-on their own account, the mothers should convert into milk, or partially digest, a pound weight of strong corn per day, besides making milk from additional food; as the lambs begin to pick about for themselves the corn may be gradually drafted from the ewes' trough to the lambs' trough, but it is more necessary to consider what is the best form for corn to take. A well known authority cites very finely ground linseed cake and the husk of peas as excellent ex-cellent for keeping lambs healthy. Where green fodder has not been provided, pro-vided, the best substitute is found in very finely sliced roots, which should be given at very frequent intervals, aud then only in small quantities, otherwise they become stale and fhe. lambs will not be tempted to eat theni The ewe and lamb both reqnire hay good hay in fact, on the ordinary farm the best hay should be set apart for the lambs which are to be forced. It is almost impossible to succeed iu fattening lambs without good hay |