Rearing the Lambs. 



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lambs should not be marked when very young, be- 

 cause the ear label, they believe, will make the 

 lamb's ear hang downward instead of remaining 

 erect. This idea is false. At this Station all lambs 

 are marked either the first or second day after 

 birth, and they surely carry their ears just as high 

 and erect as if they had no label in them. Where 



PLATE 26. Marking the lamb with the Dana ear label. 



marking is done when the lambs are very young 

 it saves the owner much time and prevents mis- 

 takes. It means a great deal of work later on to 

 find the ewes and lambs that belong together if 

 marking the lambs is postponed, and moreover 

 mistakes may have already been made in regis- 

 tering such lambs. It is much better to mark them 



