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shepherd is necessary. Cow's milk is used for nursing, and with 

 a good, quiet cow the lambs can run right to her. Feed a variety. 

 The lambs will not eat as much from a self-feeder as when fed 

 three times a day/' 



Prof. G. S. Humphrey, of the Wisconsin Experiment Station, 

 records that six grade ewes, four of which showed a mixture of 

 Dorset blood, pastured during the summer and bred to a Dorset 

 ram, gave birth to seven lambs. At -lambing time the ewes were 

 kept in a warm pen. They were fed on bran, oats and oilmeal 

 2:10:1 with clover and alfalfa hay, cabbage, roots and silage. 



The lambs were fed on alfalfa hay and a mixture of bran, 

 oats, cornmeal and oilmeal, 4 :2 :2 :1. The average weight of the 

 lambs at birth was ID. 7 lb., the average age when marketed 75.2 

 clays, and average weight before shipping 60.4 lb. The calculated 

 net profit per lamb was $6.43, 



Making Early Lamb. Photo by "Shepherd Boy." 



