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Show B! Lambing Problems, B There are about three well-defined B methods, each having strong, support- LLLM crs, for the time and placn of lambing Bl ' The early lamb, which must H come during Novernber or early win- Hf :' ti'r and ho Mb enough to kill so as to Hk ' ( get tliu Chr'stmus aud Kister markets BU ! in tnt 'Hr(T dbles. Tills needs a cer- HH j; . t.iin class ot ewes, preferably with HBl3 Dor-el and Merino blood, who aro H 1 . lluslicd.so as to breed early. This Is a game which should not bo tried unless un-less the breeder has had experience and can raise a good variety of feeds. I have seen lambs which have dressed from thirty to thirty-live pounds (that includes the pelt, liver, heart and kidneys) fed eleven different kinds of feeds bo bring them to early quick maturity for the knife. 2 The March and early April lamb, born In the barn and which has reached a good age by the time he goes to grass. This, perhaps, is the most common date of arrival In New England. The great advantage Is that you can have all the lambs ewed and sucking before going to pasture, but of course the ewes must be fed grtm and succulent foods during, and some bime be for lambing begins. 3. In large Hocks bhe grass lamb, perhaps, Is the easiest although there will always bo some ewes which will not own their lambs, and having them out In tho open is a great nuisance to have bo suckle them and to have them staked ont by themseves. |