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spring or early summer. This breed of sheep is 

 therefore best adapted to the raising of winter 

 lambs. 



There is another breed of sheep, the Tunis, which 

 it is claimed will breed in the spring like the Dor- 

 sets. However, the writer has had no experience 

 with Tunis sheep and is therefore unable to make 

 any statement concerning their merits in this re- 

 spect. 



While it has been said that Dorset ewes will 

 breed in the spring and summer, it can also be 

 said that some of them will breed twice in one 

 year and thus drop two crops of lambs. At this 

 Station some years ago a Dorset ram was crossed 

 on grade Shropshire ewes, and the majority of the 

 ewes from this first cross bred like pure-bred Dor- 

 sets in the early spring and again in the fall. In the 

 accompanying illustration are shown two of these 

 grade Dorset ewes and their lambs. The writer 

 especially remembers one of these grade Dorset 

 ewes which for two years in succession bred twice 

 a year, dropped two lambs each time, and raised 

 them all. 



CARE OF DORSET EWES. 



Dorset ewes before they are bred in the spring 

 should be in good flesh and should be sheared as 

 early as possible in the season. When the desired 

 breeding time approaches a good, strong, vigorous 



