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the barn and over the ewe's face and wool. There 

 will also be no lost blood to be restored by feed, 

 since it requires just so much blood to maintain 

 a lamb. While the healing process of the tail is 

 somewhat slower than if cut with a knife, never- 

 theless, taking all into consideration, this method 

 proves more satisfactory in the end. In warm 

 weather, just as in the case of cutting with the 

 knife, put pine tar on the wound, in order to avoid 

 maggots. 



On the western ranges where large numbers of 

 lambs are raised annually a general so-called 

 "round-up" is made, at which castrating and dock- 

 ing is done at the same time. The ranchman saves 

 time and labor in doing this work all at once, but 

 this is no reason why the smaller flockowner 

 should follow his example. When both opera- 

 tions are performed at once, it naturally gives the 

 lamb a great shock and setback. The large flock- 

 owncr of the West may perhaps save enough time 

 by performing both operations at once to pay for 

 the loss of lambs, especially since range lambs are 

 not worth so much per head as the better grade of 

 lambs owned on the smaller farms. The smaller 

 flockowner, however, cannot afford to follow his 

 example. 



