Show L as I 1 F E y Q iff ivf ra im arst tt ot TREATMENT AND CARE OF SHEEP overfeeding Over feeding stimulates too great flow of milk thu the treatment and carp care of the owe soon after himbing Is of great importance overfeeding Over feeding stimulates too great a milk how flow which may cause digestive trouble in the lamb or garget in the lie ewe A ewe wilt will hardly eat too much liay bay and tills this need not be ilmi limited ted but it Is better to give no grain until the lamb can take nil all the milk roots or mangels ingels in addition to hay make an excellent feed nt at this time as they tire are very mild and coo cooling to the system if the ewe to la troubled with garget or caked coked udder she should have immediate attention garget was formerly merly thought to be due to the lamba not taking all the milk however it Is now considered a germ disease ile heavy ivy feeding of grain to milking ewes overtaxes overtaxed over taxes the digestive orgal organs and is in ili part responsible for the disease sometimes it is brought on also by colds chills etc due to ewes being compelled to lie ile on wet ground no prescribed remedy lias has proved an effective cure As soon as the disease appears give a dose of epsom salts and bathe the udder with hot water to which one ounce of linking baking soda has been added then dry the udder thoroughly and apply a mixture of lard and turpentine which should be nixed mixed to the consistency of cream and be well rubbed into the udder milk illk the ewe thoroughly and manipulate the udder several times a day in bud bad cases nothing seems to check the disease after the lamb Is taking ail all the milk the ewe should be well fed about one and one half pounds of grain and three pounds of bright clover or alfalfa with two or three pounds of roots or silage make a full feed tills this ration should be continued until the flock la Is turned out to gross grass I 1 is as good milk flow Is essential to the production of strong vigorous lambs lamb when about 12 to 14 days old the lambs will begin nibbling at hay or grain arnin As gains may be made very cheap nt at this time the lambs should be encourage encouraged to take all the liay hay and groin they will eat besides the mills milk from their mothers tills this may be done by means of a creep which is a small pen constructed so as to admit the lambs but exclude the older sheep it may be made of slats like a picket fence spacing them seven or eight inches apart according to the size of the ewes the creep should be put at a convenient place in the barn so that it will be easy for the lambs to enter it clover or alfalfa hay should lie be before them thein tit at all times A good grain ration tor for young lambs Is chopped oats cats ant and wheat bran two to one young lati tanas olis are sometimes troubled with sore mouths A very good remedy Is to wash the affected parts with a two per cent solution of tile the cornmon common coal tat tar dip at the same time scabs may be found on oil the teats of the ewes if these occur they should receive similar treatment an ali epidemic of sore eyes may find lodgment in the lamb flachs tile same treatment as for sore mouths months should be given and care taken that the solution gets well into the eye |