REARING HOUSE LAMBS. 171 



hardy animal, and if sheltered from the cold winds and rain 

 it will withstand a low temperature keeping warm and com- 

 forable by nestling together in their woolly coats. 



In the house shown, there are two rows of pens for 

 lambs at one end, and a long pen for ewes with new-born 

 lambs which should stay with the dams a few days, until 

 fully hardened to the separation. This ewe pen is forty by 

 twenty feet, and has a hay rack around three sides. It will 

 hold a hundred ewes without crowding, by the use of the 

 adjacent space which is divided off from the rest of the 

 house by hurdles. This easy kind of fencing is shown by 

 illustration, and it may be moved about without difficulty and 

 set up by wiring the ends together by a loop. If set in 

 s-traight rows the lower ends of the stakes are pointed and 

 driven down int& holes made by an iron bar in the earth 



floor. They may be set as 

 . fl TT p ( shown in one place in dou- 



_JJ jj ^^^ ble rows, thus forming an 



|| excellent feeding rack for 

 i hay. The shepherd will 

 II very soon find ways to 



LK- H n~~^ adapt the principle on 



HURDLE. which this house is con- 



structed to his special needs 



and vary the arrangements to suit these. By providing feed 

 racks in the addition to the house, in the manner of a shed, 

 with a low sloping roof, a considerable addition may be 

 made to the capacity of the house. 



At times it is necessary to hold the ewes for the lambs to 

 suck, and while it is generally the case that the shepherd 

 knows his sheep by their complexion as one once paid yet it 

 is desirable to mark them in some easy way. This is done 

 by numbering the ewes and their lambs with a red stamp 

 on the right ear, so that in case of need the ewe ajnd her 

 lamb may be recognized. The instinct of a ewe is so acute, 

 however, that she will easily find the lamb by the scent 

 of it. It is quite frequently the case, however, that a ewe 

 will be quite neglectful of the lamb, and to insure the due 

 attention to the lambs, is by far the most important part of 

 the shepherd's business. Ccaistant attention is the secret of 

 rearing early lambs if profit is expected. 



