86 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. 



milk and this milk is not removed. While some 

 ewes, as elsewhere stated, do not furnish their 

 lambs very much milk at weaning time, others 

 still have an abundance. Some ewes may be dried 

 up in a few days, while others require a couple of 

 weeks time to dry them up. In either case they 

 should be given just as much attention as is given 

 to cows when they are being dried off. The re- 

 duction in milk may be hastened along by putting 

 the ewes on scant pasture for a few days. 



The method of drying up ewes practiced by the 

 writer is as follows: On a nice, cool morning 

 when there is a prospect of having cool weather 

 for a few days the lambs are all separated from 

 the ewes. The ewes are then put on scanty pas- 

 ture. The next day all the ewes are collected to- 

 gether in a fence corner in the field. One is caught 

 and milked out, two hands being used to hasten 

 the work, as is shown in the preceding illustra- 

 tion. Milking the ewe with two hands is ac- 

 complished by bringing her rear up against a 

 fence, so she cannot go backward, and placing the 

 two knees against her shoulders to prevent her 

 from going forward. When partly milked out, 

 just enough to keep the udder soft, she is turned 

 loose and the next one is treated in the same way, 

 and so on until all have been gone over. After 

 two days' time they are again milked out in the 



