Show tor for dr galen wilson the noted no led writer and sliced brooder breeder was re recently applied to by a new beg bc aar in the sheep bushue business a tor for advice cil vice the inquiry and which are interesting and instructive n tive aro are reproduced from wool markets ina and sheep as follows fbI lows 1 I have lately engaged in business th the ing 13 g have seven h head cad of 0 ewes and three lambs anil and rt get two will to stia ewes and three the latter registered lambs morel bore rore Q ones I 1 th now have are 6 ticks can I 1 exterminate wit vt 4 and how will the aielts ill the tic atchi ka start in the pasture and get 4 trouble years it if I 1 turn to pasture in ats r rid of 0 them the these are tile the before I 1 X gt et L first I 1 ever owned and I 1 will be sheep sheen pleased please have you give an article to 0 run telling how ho t to my flock to a success 0 th the ewes I 1 a seven now have are grade ahro as are their lambs I 1 apshire i want to late a flock 0 50 to head alcum accum to be pure bloods ilow how finally ill an ca can n I 1 them to secure the manage most profit rr ont making inquiries to get a right st start art is earnest that you love sheep all n and a guar gaar ansco ot of success to get rid of 0 when you sheer tile the ewes in the lip dip both owes ewes and lambs in spring any of 0 tho the dips on the market it till dip all sheep sheen onri pays well to ta sheep sheen onri both spring v and IM fall ticks will not infest a pasture held fields they are unlike the scab insect ri about that and several species of tile inter sl rial nal parasites you have selected select tel ed you your v breed row now use none but 1 pure ure brel rams and chall change go every season for rams not ot of family relation ship I 1 think sheep more sensitive bad effects 0 ot f inbreeding than to i other any aa i domestic animals I 1 saw a flock that had bad been bred in and in for four our leagons and about halt half ot of the last it t lambs crop were idiots observe they them ales a tow few years and all ot of your flotie will be strong and vigorous purs pure bloods you have sheep of 0 english Engli sli blood and tor for best success you should give them english care it you do not i they will ill deteriorate this care t means good pasturage in summer anil and cultivated succulence like rape lo 10 for weather in late summer and un all there 13 no doubt but that rape ram s a valuable addition to odder fodder palate cor sheep in ill this country for winter feed cinter hay is best but as sheep like a variety some other kind ot of hay r corn fod fodder der and straw may be alt altena erta ted with it some kind of 0 succulent teed feed in winter is almost a necessity lor for I 1 the english breeds and it Is better for all other breeds than dry feeds 1 1 alone for succulence either corn cora silage beats or turnips will answerl but preferably all three tor for variety A very little grain ot of any kind is fed in winter sheep should have hare accosts to t salt every day in the year salt Is ia a great worm preventative and goes tar far as a remedy never pasture sheep on i low wet ground nor where they can call get stagnant water to drink their L drinking water to be pure and so situ f abed tuat that they can call got get it without wetting their feet they are about as ai afraid or of this 2 they are of a dog 11 who ever saw sheep wade into water to drink as other animals do wet feet tends to cause hoof all in sheep and they know it instinctively and aid avoid stepping into water when ble sheep of english blood should le be housed from very cold weather and aad i from all severe storms their wool is not greasy to aid in shedding rain their fleece wets weta through easily and I 1 with this wet they must feel like a man with a wet overcoat on aiala f lambs cambs are to be castrated cast rated vicea i hen two or three days of age they feel it less then than later A few days after this their tails can be amputated it if both are done at the same time the shock is greater now that you are commencing the business I 1 trust you yea will resolve to have your nock flock tame and ia do f cile have them as the holy writ says sly my sheep know my voice anil and they follow me nothing bothin Is said la in the bible about driving IP sheep yet ill iff this country as in no other it is nearly all drive drive it Is the nature of sheep to follow driving vor worries rles them tact and worried sheep lose flesh the greatest creat great cst proof of a person being a qualified ened shepherd Is that his sheep heid heed hs his voice and follow him this is e easily accomplished bring UP a comet sst lamb amb or two or teach two or three hr et to drink milk when running with their danisi dams |