. Breeding Shropshires. Shropshire sheep. Ear-Marking the Young Lambs Some piire-hrcd iioekmasters experience difficulty in keep- ing the young lambs properly marked so it can be readily told which dams they belong to. Of course some people can tell just which lambs belong to different ewes but to depend upon that very long after the lambs are born is very uncertain. However, the cartilage of a lamb's ear until it is quite well grown is not very strong and tags should not be put in the ears because sore or improperly formed ears might be the re- sult. Therefore, the use of tags for real young
. Breeding Shropshires. Shropshire sheep. Ear-Marking the Young Lambs Some piire-hrcd iioekmasters experience difficulty in keep- ing the young lambs properly marked so it can be readily told which dams they belong to. Of course some people can tell just which lambs belong to different ewes but to depend upon that very long after the lambs are born is very uncertain. However, the cartilage of a lamb's ear until it is quite well grown is not very strong and tags should not be put in the ears because sore or improperly formed ears might be the re- sult. Therefore, the use of tags for real young lambs is not to be recommended nor should anyone depend upon remember- ing where every lamb belongs but the safe and sure method is to punch small notches in the youngster's ears and then the tags can be correctly inserted whenever you are Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chandler, Fred Moore, 1882- [from old catalog]; Chandler, Howard Alva, 1886- [from old catalog] joint author. [Chariton? Iowa
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