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a few good ones among them, some that are about 

 perfect. Perhaps at the middle of the trough we 

 can see two or three, or maybe more, that look 

 somewhat different from the rest. They are short- 

 legged, blocky fellows, straight as a string on top, 

 with sides from one end to the other just as 

 straight and square as a timber coming out of a 

 saw mill. They have short, thick necks, and carry 

 nice, short, broad heads. The pleased shepherd 

 realizes that they are unusually well-built lambs 

 and will add some good material to his breeding 

 flock and raise it to a higher standard. If perhaps 

 he happens to be an exhibitor of sheep bright 

 prospects loom up before him. He now feels as- 

 sured that he has a good chance of winning some 

 prizes with them at the county or state fairs, or 

 perhaps even at the great International at Chicago. 

 Remember, fellow sheepmen, that prize winners 

 have to be built right, or rather, born right. Feed 

 alone cannot and will not make them right. 



THE LAMB CREEP. 



The feeding of the lambs should be commenced 

 just as soon as they will eat. This can best be done 

 by means of a lamb creep, which can be set up at 

 one side, corner, or end of the barn. The creep is 

 very simple in construction and almost anyone can 

 erect one. The material needed consists of two 



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