CARE OF THE EWE AND YOUNG LAMB 125 



and the ewe being unable to see will be more tran- 

 quil. When there is need of another such pen it is 

 set up alongside the first one and thus on until a 

 row has been erected across the end of the building. 

 If there be need, another row can join these. 



The observant shepherd can usually foretell the 

 advent of a lamb, for the ewe shows by her appear- 

 ance and her actions that she is expecting it. Be- 

 cause of her instinct, indeed it is not unusual to see 

 her hunting anxiously about for the lamb before 

 it has been born at all! It is wise to place her by 

 herself before this event occurs, if it can convenient- 

 ly be done. 



CAKE AT LAMBING TIME. 



There should be small difficulty in the ewe's de- 

 livery of her lamb if she has been rightly fed and 

 treated. There will probably be no occasion for in- 

 terference of the shepherd, yet he should be watch- 

 ful, and when she has been in distress for some time 

 without effect he should not hesitate to go to her 

 assistance. The difficulty may be one of wrong 

 presentation. Naturally the lamb comes with front 

 feet first, and nose just between them. Even when 

 the presentation is right the shepherd may be of 

 great help sometimes, if the lamb is of large size, by 

 gently manipulating the parts, pulling a little at the 

 lamb and pushing the external parts of the ewe back 

 until the head is free. Then the nose may be wiped 

 so that the lamb can breathe and in a moment, after 

 the ewe has again begun her labor, you may gently 



