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or more, to accomplish what she has done with the help o 

 the shepherd in less than a minute. The head being free, 

 the shepherd should now take the lamb's feet and pull them 

 cut straight, one at a time; after this, by taking both feet 

 in one hand and pulling the lamb in a circular direction 

 toward the ewe's udder, it comes away easily. As soon 

 as the lamb is born pull the hind legs through your hand 

 and rub the mucus, that comes off the lamb's legs, on the 

 nose and mouth of the ewe. This will arouse her maternal 

 instinct and is sometimes the means of saving much trouble 

 later on. Now put the lamb where the ewe can perform. 

 her maternal duties of cleaning it. I have always con- 

 sidered that a ewe is very apt to forget her offspring by 

 not seeing it sooner after it is born than they sometimes, 

 do when left alone by themselves to lamb; especially is 

 this true where a ewe has had a difficult time in lambing,, 

 and being left so weak as to be unable to rise and take 

 care of the lamb while the mucus was yet fresh and warm. 

 It is always advisable that just the moment a lamb is born 

 the shepherd or attendant should free the lamb's mouth 

 from the thin mucous membrane that usually covers it. 

 Sometimes the neglect of this is the cause of a serious loss 

 of lambs, through their becoming suffocated. It is attention- 

 to such little details as these that swells the percentage of 

 the lamb crop, and surprises the careless shepherd when 

 he hears of big lamb crops. 



Troubles in Yeaning. 



The most trying season in the life of a ewe is when 

 about to give birth to the offspring. This, of all others, 



