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camp will pick up any freshly-born lamb and while the 

 ewe is carried along with the herd this man will follow 

 with several lambs. When they reach the bed ground 

 the lambs are placed in a small corral, the mothers 

 picked out of the herd and placed with them, and by 

 morning they have generally owned their progeny. 



Lambing in Tents. In Oregon and some of the 

 other northwestern states a system of corral lambing is 



A Lambing Tent in Oregon. 



followed, owing to the danger of storms during that 

 time. In this case a large tent is erected inside of which 

 the ewes are placed that are likely to drop their lambs 

 during the night. This tent is large enough to accom- 

 modate a good many sheep and often two sheet-iron 

 stoves are used to keep the interior at a comfortable 

 temperature. The lambs are carefully watched and each 

 band is kept close to the tent so that in the event of a 

 storm they may have the benefit of the shelter. In this 



