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Contents 



Delayed Lambing . 



Avoiding Disturbances of the Ewe 



Assistance in Lambing 



Natural Presentation 



Wrong Presentation 



Still-bom Lambs 



Removal of the After-birth 



Possibility of a Second Lamb . 



Assisting the Lamb . 



Attention at Birth . 



Marking the Lambs . 



Weak Lambs .... 



The Division of Ewes and Lambs 



Dry Ewes 



Treatment of Unkindly Ewes . 



Care of Twins .... 



Hand-feeding Lambs 



Foster Mothers 



Feeding Grain to Lambs 



Food Previous to Weaning 



Quantity of Grain to Feed 



Feeding Ewes that are Suckling Lambs 



Castration of Lambs 



Docking the Lambs . 



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CHAPTER X 



SuMMEK Management op the Flock .... 202-218 



Salt and Sulphur 203 



Fresh Water Required 203 



Pasturing Horses with Sheep 203 



Application of Tar 204 



Shade in Pastures 204 



Changing the Pastures 205 



Guarding against Worms 205 



Summer Grazing Crops 206 



Weaning 209 



Time for Shearing 212 



Manner of Shearing 213 



