Show idaho sheep man Is proponent of early lambing the thel belief tha that lewes will breed only in cool autumn weather has been exploded by E F F rinehart Rl veteran extension livestock specialist with the university of idaho mr rine hart contends that the theory just correct and he has proven it in the M and cessia county dietr district ct of south central idaho mr rinehart says that early lambing has proved successful and profitable in that part of idaho although the practice began in county a lot of people in cassia county and even over as far as twin falls jerome and gooding counties are re trying it out with consider ne able success the expert made his comment recently after cassia county shipment of lambs that averaged avi 99 ibs lbs each and me netted t ted 2730 each although the lambs were born in december and january customary lambing time Is I 1 much later than that mr rinehart Rl ay says that put part of the success of 0 the lambing operation li is in the feeding method the lambs dont follow the ther ewes out to the pastures at all ILU but remain in the pens on kutik dry feed while the ewes are out on grass r a gs the lambs soon quit fret fi ting n g abou their mothers and make good gains on dry teed feed there Is an advantage to their being away from the ewe part time they gel get used to this and when loaded lor for market they ship well and shrink lesa less than lambs anat have been on grass buyers like this kind of lamb and the yield from them he lie points out that early lamb ing ewes are likely to lamb about the same time year after year flock handling in this way ay proves pr oves more profitable than w if good go d pasture has to be provided for f 0 both the ewes and lambs its still true that early pastures may be washy and the lambs w will ill not gain as much as those kept on dry feed you can have a 0 larger farm flock this way than you can have when the flock Is managed according to old methods |