Show docking of lambs great help at time of selling lF farmers who ire are engaged in the sheep industry often forget to dock and castrate their lambs live stock commission men and packers ar are staunch supporters of castration and docking of lambs for market purposes and pay more for animals which have received this attention castration of lambs Is a simple operation ard and it if performed at the proper time the lamb does not mind it and there is little risk attached says prof phil A anderson andersen animal husbandry nan man at university farm at st paul alinn the operation should be done when the lamb it Is ten days to two weeks week old older lambs can be unsexed lingered but with more risk use any good disinfectant havone lianda hands and knife clean the lower iane one third of the scrotum Is removed and the testicles forced out the th spermatic cord should be drawn out with the grigers and cut off with a knife in a scraping manner in order to prevent excessive bleeding after tile the operation Is completed apply a disinfectant it blow flies are abundant apply a little clean pine tar lambs that have not been docked present a poor appearance when marketed but the main reason for docking Is that lambs on summer pasture often scour such conditions invite the th blowfly blow fly and maggots and often the lamb Is lost |