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grease his hand with lard or vaseline and avoid as 

 far as possible any rough treatment or injury to 

 the delicate parts. The writer has taken several 

 lambs away with hind feet first without diffi- 

 culty, but should the head be turned back it must 

 be straightened before delivery is possible. 



There will be much more difficulty with young 



SOUTHDOWN EWES. 



ewes than with older ones, so that the inexperienced 

 shepherd is wise if he begins with ewes most of 

 which have lambed once or twice before they came 

 to his care. 



In very cold weather the lambing barn should be 

 made as comfortable as possible, without depriving 

 it altogether of fresh air, and even then when twin 

 lambs are born there may be need of assistance or 



