. The winter lamb . sture the rye, rape andnew seeding of grass during the day, and put them on the shortgrass at night. The best way of all is to bring them to the barn forover night, they will have shelter in case of sudden storm, and any-way when the lambs are a few weeks old you will want to teachthem to eat grain; the barn is the place to do this. They should 14 have a room or space all to themselves; it should be shut off fromthe main building by a door that slides up and down. This door should have a space for a creep that can be opened and shut inde-pendent of the door. When all the la
. The winter lamb . sture the rye, rape andnew seeding of grass during the day, and put them on the shortgrass at night. The best way of all is to bring them to the barn forover night, they will have shelter in case of sudden storm, and any-way when the lambs are a few weeks old you will want to teachthem to eat grain; the barn is the place to do this. They should 14 have a room or space all to themselves; it should be shut off fromthe main building by a door that slides up and down. This door should have a space for a creep that can be opened and shut inde-pendent of the door. When all the lambs are in their room, shutthe door and make them stay there until they have eaten all The creep can then be opened so they can run in and out tonibble at the hay. This method is much more effective in results ob-tained than using the creep alone. With the latter only many ofthe lambs, especially the younger ones, will spend most of theirtime creeping in and out, while the others eat all the feed or muss. A GOOD TYPE. what they do not eat. Another advantage with Dorsets is that lesshorns are broken, the lambs never rushing and crowding throughthe creep, it is very easy to teach the lambs to go into their ownroom. At first you may have to catch a few, but they will soonlearn to run right in, one following the other. The time the ewes and lambs can run on pasture will of coursevary with the seasons. But as long as they are on pasture onefeed of grain per day will be sufficient. And the way the lambswill grow with the pasture and the one feed will be a revelation toall who have only handled spring Jambs. 15 GRAIN FEEDING BEFORE LAMBING. If ewes are in good heart it is never necessary to feed grain be-fore lambing unless in small amounts. It is not often safe to feedmuch grain to the pregnant Dorset ewe. The result of too muchgrain feeding is apt to be a weak lamb, hard to induce to live,whereas Dorset lambs are when their mothers are rightly managed,the strongest, lamb
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