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have a room or space all to themselves; it should be shut off from 

 the 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, shut 

 the door and make them stay there until they have eaten all their 

 feed. The creep can then be opened so they can run in and out to 

 nibble at the hay. This method is much more effective in results ob- 

 tained than using the creep alone. With the latter only many of 

 the lambs, especially the younger ones, will spend most of their 

 time creeping in and out, while the others eat all the feed or muss 



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what they do not eat. Another advantage with Dorsets is that less 

 horns are broken, the lambs never rushing and crowding through 

 the creep. It is very easy to teach the lambs to go into their own 

 room. At first you may have to catch a few, but they will soon 

 learn to run right in, one following the other. 



The time the ewes and lambs can run on pasture will of course 

 vary with the seasons. But as long as they are on pasture one 

 feed of grain per day will be sufficient. And the way the lambs 

 will grow with the pasture and the one feed will be a revelation to 

 all who have only handled spring lambs. 



