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lambs without difficulty, the first milk comes, and the lamb as 

 well as the ewe is doing nicely. The owner, in order that the 

 ewe may give an abundance of milk, places the ewe on a full 







Fig. 



156. — Lincoln Ram Champion at International Live Stock Show, 

 1906. Photograph from National Stockman and Farmer. 



The native home of the Lincoln breed of sheep is in the county of Lincoln, in 

 England. This breed is particularly noted for its large size and great length 

 of fleece. In weight the rams average about 300 pounds and the ewes 

 275 pounds. The wool often attains a length of 18 to 20 inches, and at 

 shearing time gives a fleece weighing 10 to 12 pounds, for the ewes, and 12 to 

 20 pounds, for the rams. 



grain feed at once, perhaps feeding corn alone, as the grain; in a 

 few days milk secretion stops, the sheep has fever, the flesh of the 

 udder is red, and on pressure is dented with the hand. The sheep 

 seems in great distress and may soon die. If she lives, the udder 

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