TROUBLE WITH LAMBS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1775, 13 June 1913, Page 8

TROUBLE WITH LAMBS.

Replying to a query as to the best .thing to, bo done to lambs wMch, though W good feed, aro scouring and falling-olf |in condition/ tho veterinary adviser to (the "farmers' Union Advocate" says:— . "T.Te fil-st thing to do is to change the ■lambs to another paddock. It is posbible that the scouring may be due to umple digestive trouble, but it is far more likely that the cause lies in small worms being present in the fourth stomnch, causing the trouble known as parasitic ' gastritis. ■ This trouble moat frot| lieiitly occurs in pastures which. are inclined' to bo vet or which aro situated in district) where the rainfall is fairly ipit'n'.hil, and where good subsoil drainage ! <loes not exist. Change the animals on to the driest and best-drained paddock available. Also, if they will take it, a jittlo nourishing, easily-digested, (by feed twill help them a lot. For this purpose cither good oaten chaff, hay, crushed oats, 'FUcrosinb, etc.,' Will answer well. A littic salt can bo added with advantage. , Trequeiitlv change of pasture, especiallj |if dry'feed bo also taken, will bring about [recovery, but if" it does not a few lialiteaspoonful doses of lysol, well shaken up with half pint, of milk or gruel will bo of value. But while medicinal treatment helps, tho proper condition of tho rpasturc os regards moisture, together uitn Igood feeding are essential. Tf the lambs? lore dosed, Do sure to take everjr car© la i&dministering the medicine. It is a very •easy thing; to choke a lflinb ling It, if great' caro be not taken:"

RANGITIKEI DAIRY CO. The Eangitikei Dairy Company has nowbeen in operation ten years, and from the commencement of operations there has been ample evidence of progress. In the firßt five years the amount paid out to suppliers reached .£5000; during tho second half, however, and closing with tho season just ended, the cheques paid out aggregated .£13,761. These figures demonstrate tli© advance dairying lias made in tho Rangitikei.