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and cool summer weather prevails. Lambs 

 bom in May, June or July seldom amount to 

 much, owing no doubt to the fact that they 

 are almost sure to become infested with para- 

 sites. Between April and September, then, 

 there should be no lambing done. E-ather than 

 to lamb out of season the ewe should be al- 

 lowed to go over open and she may be bred in 

 the spring for fall lambs. 



FALL LAMBS. 



The best sheep are developed from fall-born 

 lambs. They may begin to come in September. 

 From this time on till winter the conditions 

 are excellent for their growth and develop- 

 ment. The weather then is favorable, food is 

 abundant, the ewes are easily made to milk 

 largely and instead of the weather becoming 

 warmer and more oppressive it becomes stead- 

 ily more and more stimulating to the lambs. 

 And, best of all, there is little danger of para- 

 sites at this time. The fall lambs come out 

 in spring half matured and able to go safely 

 and healthfully through the trials of summer. 

 Or if they are sold at the market they bring 

 long prices in winter time. It is not altogether 

 easy to get ewes to lamb in the fall. Certain 

 breeds refuse altogether to do this, but with 

 some of the Merinos and their grades and the 

 Dorsets and Dorset grades it is not so diffi- 

 cult of accomplishment. To get the ewes to 

 breed in spring the conditions of fall must 

 be complied with as nearly as possible. 



First, the ewes must have their lambs of the 



