52 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. 



cake and spoil the udder. Often it takes a num- 

 ber of days for the lamb or even for two lambs to 

 use up all the milk. All this surplus milk should 

 either be taken by another lamb or should be 

 milked out as long as necessary in order to keep 

 the udder from caking. 



ASSISTING THE EWE IN LAMBING. 



In spite of the fact that the shepherd has given 

 his flock the proper feed and an abundance of ex- 

 ercise, it sometimes happens that a ewe is abso- 

 lutely unable to deliver her lamb or lambs. The 

 ewe may have difficulty in delivering a lamb either 

 because the lamb is unusually large, or because 

 her passage way is too narrow, or because the 

 lamb lies in the wrong position. Young ewes, 

 lambing for the first time, have the most trouble 

 in this respect. 



When a lamb has come forward far enough so 

 that its nose and front feet are at hand, but its 

 head is unable to pass through, the ewe must be 

 assisted. Sometimes the lamb can be brought for- 

 ward by pulling on its front feet, but this alone 

 will not in all cases be sufficient. It often becomes 

 necessary for the shepherd to place one of his 

 hands on the outside of the vagina right back of 

 the lamb's head and press and squeeze the lamb's 

 head through. Another good way recently discov- 



