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ADOPTED LAMBS. 



If a ewe loses her lamb she may become a step- 

 mother. A lamb may then be taken away from 

 another ewe that has more than one lamb, and 

 given to the ewe which has lost her lamb. This 

 can easily be done by skinning the dead lamb and 

 putting the skin on the lamb that is to be adopted. 

 The odor of the skin of the dead lamb will make 

 the ewe believe that it is her own. This skin must 

 be removed in from 48 to 54 hours, or it may cause 

 the lamb's own skin to decay. 



Another way is to hold a ewe about every two to 

 three hours and let the lamb suck, and she will own 

 it in five or six days. The ewe that is to adopt the 

 lamb should be put into a small enclosure or tied 

 with a halter so that she cannot bunt the lamb, 

 as otherwise she may kill it. The writer has often 

 taken lambs that did not get any too much milk 

 from their own mothers and has let them drink 

 the surplus milk of ewes with an overflow. 



NEWLY LAMBED EWES. 



All newly lambed ewes should be examined for 

 a few days, both in the morning and the evening, 

 to see whether the lamb or lambs are taking all 

 the milk out of the udder. It is peculiar that 

 some lambs will only suck on one side of the udder, 

 and the milk which is left on the other side will 



