Shelter Your Lambs

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 65, Issue 5, 16 November 1942, Page 295

Shelter Your Lambs

THIS illustration of . a mothering pen used by a farmer in the Methven District will interest many readers. If turned with its back to the prevailing wind, or drawn up in the shelter of a plantation or hedge in the same field as the flock, the benefit to be derived from it is obvious. Lambs may be placed in. shelter almost as soon as they are dropped, and all delay and trouble in carting them home to the house or shed is made unnecessary. .It has been found that weak lambs sheltered in this pen with their mothers overnight are invariably thriving in the morning. It is inexpensive and simple in construction, and easily moved from field to field. Taking into consideration the time saved in transporting the ewes and lambs, as well as the value of the lambs so saved, it appears that the initial cost of the pen could easily be saved during the first spell of rough weather. —R. INCH, Fields Instructor, Ashburton. Pig Industry Broadcasts TTNDER the auspices of District Pig Councils concerned broadcasts will be delivered in December as follows: — IYA, —December 17, 7.30 p.m., “Whey Feeding,” by the Supervisor, Waikato District Pig Council. 2YH, Napier. —December 10, 7.20 p.m., “Autumn Feeding,” by I. W. Outram, Supervisor, Tairawhiti District Pig Council. 2ZA, Palmerston North. December 15, 8.30 p.m., “Pig Clubs and District Pig Councils,” by H. H. Marsdon, Supervisor, Wellington District Pig Council. 4YA, Dunedin. —December 14, 7.15 p.m., “Pig Recording,” by the Supervisor, Otago and Southland District Pig Council. CobaH Deficiency in Sheep and Cattle As the result of investigations into the prevention of bush sickness by the use of cobalt, it-is now possible to recommend to farmers in the districts concerned, methods by which they-can economically prevent the incidence ofthe disease. These recommendations are made jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the Cawthron Institute, and are available in a bulletin issued free by the Department.