. Productive agriculture . These qualities are essential to- se-curing the best results with sheep. • Cir. 6s. Advantages from the Use of Pure Bred Ram. 222 PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURE Docking Lambs. — All lambs should be docked when aboutten or twelve days old, in cold weather if possible. The tail is cut off with a sharpknife at the thirdor fourth joint fromthe body, where theskin on the underside of the tail be-gins to be coveredwith wool. The skinshould be slippedas far as possibletoward the body ofthe lamb before cut-ting. The woundshould be disinfectedwith a 5 per centsolution of carbolicacid
. Productive agriculture . These qualities are essential to- se-curing the best results with sheep. • Cir. 6s. Advantages from the Use of Pure Bred Ram. 222 PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURE Docking Lambs. — All lambs should be docked when aboutten or twelve days old, in cold weather if possible. The tail is cut off with a sharpknife at the thirdor fourth joint fromthe body, where theskin on the underside of the tail be-gins to be coveredwith wool. The skinshould be slippedas far as possibletoward the body ofthe lamb before cut-ting. The woundshould be disinfectedwith a 5 per centsolution of carbolicacid, and then cov-ered with pine tar. Dipping Sheep.—Sheep may be profit-ably dipped twice ayear, once just afterthey are shearedand again in theautumn. The coal-tar preparations areprobably the best and cheapest dips. The directions for theiruse are generally printed on the cans. Ordinarily one part ofdip to one hundred parts of water is used. Dipping overcomessheep scab and sheep ticks. According to Farmers Bulletin,. Courtesy of Universily of Missouri. Fig. ioo. — This good 6o-pound Iamb sold for perhundredweight when three months old. SHEEP 223 No. 713, sheep scab is caused by a small parasitic mite. Thefemale mite deposits 12 to 15 eggs which hatch in 3 or 4 days,mature in 7 or 8, and begin to lay eggs, the whole Kfe cycle beingcomplete in 12 days. When dipping sheep, care should be takento have the dip warm, about 100° to 105° Fahr. After the sheephave all been dipped they should be kept in a warm, dry placenot exposed to drafts. Feeding Sheep. — Sheep need feed for both flesh and , mixed with legume hay, is generally fed in the UnitedStates as far west as Colorado; farther west wheat or barley isused instead of corn. Lambs weighing from 60 to 80 poundsmay be given the following daily ration: Shelled corn to pounds Clover or alfalfa to pounds Com stover, corn silage, com, and oat straw may furnish thecarbonaceous part of the feed. Cl
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