. The winter lamb . re exactly parallel. Theymay be made so by careful use of the file. The points of the lettersshould indent evenly a thick piece of paper. Next,.plenty of Indiaink should be used. The points should be firmly pressed in and im-mediately the ink must be rubbed into the wounds. The advantageof the tattoo mark is that it does not deface the ear, is absolutelypermanent and can not be transferred by any trickster from onesheep to another. Tattoo markers are make by F. S. Burch, 178Michigan Street, Chicago, 111. The first cost is rather heavy but inthe long run there is a saving as
. The winter lamb . re exactly parallel. Theymay be made so by careful use of the file. The points of the lettersshould indent evenly a thick piece of paper. Next,.plenty of Indiaink should be used. The points should be firmly pressed in and im-mediately the ink must be rubbed into the wounds. The advantageof the tattoo mark is that it does not deface the ear, is absolutelypermanent and can not be transferred by any trickster from onesheep to another. Tattoo markers are make by F. S. Burch, 178Michigan Street, Chicago, 111. The first cost is rather heavy but inthe long run there is a saving as the ink is cheap. WEANING. Dont be in a hurry to wean lambs that are to be kept. Thereis nothing like mothers milk, unless it is more mothers milk! Letthe lambs have access to all the bran and oats they can eat, all thegreen feed and the mothers milk too. You can shorten the time ofdevelopment at least one year by liberal feeding. It takes less feedto make a sheep if it is fed in one year than if it had been fed in. 25 two years. When the lambs are separated fromtheir mothers take away the ewes, the lambsfret very little. If there is yet milk in the ewesremove it a few times, not quite clean. DIPPING. A man ought to bathe once a year, wheth-er he needs it or not. So of the sheep, dipthem once a year, whether they need it or are almost surely a few ticks, maybe a few lice on costs but a trifle. Provide a steel tank, galvanized. Sinkit in the floor of your sheep house. When not in use cover it withgood planking. A tank six or eight feet long will answer for a smallflock and as they are all narrow it takes but little stuff to fill the draining pen long and narrow so that as the sheep walk upone at a time they may be let out ahead. Pen with movable hurd-les or panels. Half a day with three active men will dip a flock ofa hundred. The carbolic dips are safe and good. There is no prof-it in ticks, though there is much money in them, at present I MATI
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