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'Tain’t necessary that I remind you that ’tis cold but frequently1 many of us seem to forget that livestock anti poultry still need water and *will drink it in cold weather* as’such is essential for economical |igh production. If you don’t think so just shut the (water off, or just limit the supply available for cows in milk or hens in production.
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'Tis lambing-out time. Don’t let the chilly weather keep you away from those ewes, now that lambs are coming a^id you have a good part of a gear’s work behind you, which has been directed at having a good lamb crop (IV4 lambs per ewe). Generally speaking a ewe doesn’t lamb between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., so sleep or stay by the Are during this time and be out there cheeking the ewes often the remaining hours. Better allow some extra grain too while the snow is here—doing so can well mean“stiff lamb disease or “pregnant ewe disease.”
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