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sorts "i" devices are used for this purpose. 1 1" a ewe re 



fuses to own till' little one the herder takes it 11]) 111 Ills 



;inns and carries it to tin- main corral or pens. There 

 very .small pens just lariM- enOUgb !'>r one CWC have been 

 huill, and in these the ewe and little <me an- placed. 

 Sometimes a small pit or li"le is dni; into which the 

 ewe and lamb arc- put and an old sheepskin or iMinny a< 1. 

 placed over it. In the darkness the lamb will probably 

 liml what is necessary to satisfy its hunger and in a few 

 hours they ran be taken out and turned with the baud. 

 As fast as the ewes claim their lambs and seem to be 

 content they are pushed carefully together and thrown 

 into a small band, called the "wet band," but for some 

 days they are handled very tenderly and moved as little 

 as possible. 



Sometimes the mother dies and there is an orphan 

 left on the herder's hands. If lie has some old sedate 

 ewe he probably coaxes her to take the orphan in addi- 

 tion to her own. A^ain a ewe with twins will not be 

 tfiviiitf milk enough for both. If a herder is looking after 

 his band lie will have one eye on some ewe whose lamb 

 has died. I'.y means of the dark pit or the small pen he 

 will force- her to mother the weakling. Sometimes he 

 will skin the dead lamb and fasten its hide to the twin, 

 and the ewe, knowing her lamb whollv bv the SCnSC of 

 smell, noses the dead one's hide and accepts the stray 

 without further ado. Where COWS 1 milk is available 

 many an orphan lamb is raised on the bottle or bv other 

 artificial means. Metal barreK supplied \\ith a line of 

 nipples set around the outside are- Idled uith milk and 

 the lambs taught to g<t to it for food, which thev 

 readilv do. 



Marking, Castrating and Docking. This process is 



