Sheep management, breeds and judging; a textbook for the shepherd and student . o theabundance of outdoor life and exercise the eweshad. LAMBING TIME, THE SHEPHERDS HARVEST. Lambing is perhaps the most critical time of theyear for the shepherd. At this season he is ex-pected not only to be on strict duty during the daytime, but must also sacrifice a good share of hisnights sleep. The experienced shepherd knowsthat his success and the percentage of lambs raiseddepend in a great measure upon how closely hewatches with his flock at lambing time. In Eng-land, for the sake of encouraging the shephe
Sheep management, breeds and judging; a textbook for the shepherd and student . o theabundance of outdoor life and exercise the eweshad. LAMBING TIME, THE SHEPHERDS HARVEST. Lambing is perhaps the most critical time of theyear for the shepherd. At this season he is ex-pected not only to be on strict duty during the daytime, but must also sacrifice a good share of hisnights sleep. The experienced shepherd knowsthat his success and the percentage of lambs raiseddepend in a great measure upon how closely hewatches with his flock at lambing time. In Eng-land, for the sake of encouraging the shepherds totake the best care of their flocks and new bornlambs, the owners pay an extra percentage for alllambs raised, in addition to the regular monthswages. EWES WITH TWINS AND TRIPLETS. As a result of proper mating and the thrifty con-dition of both ram and ewe at the time of breed-ing in the fall, a great many twins and even trip-lets may be expected. When the lambs begin tocome, with their arrival all sorts of troubles pre-sent themselves, not nearly so many, however, with. Winter Care and Feeding. 47 the man who understands his business as with theman who is a beginner in the work. It is not wiseto let ewes with twins or triplets remain with thewhole flock. In fact, it is much better not to let anyewes remain after lambing with those that havenot yet lainbed, as the ones which have lambedneed more feed. Ewes with twins or triplets, whenleft with other sheep, often disown one of theirlambs. In the majority of instances the strongerlamb comes first, and soon after birth it looks forits first meal. Its mother, however, is in pains todeliver another lamb, and therefore she will notmove away from the nest which she has selectedfor lambing, which is generally in one corner ofthe barn. Thus the mother does not follow hernew-born lamb, but the other inquisitive sheepflock around to see the newcomer and often leadit away. The new-born lamb thus loses track ofits mother, and the mothe
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