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Show I LAMB-SKIN DECEIVES EWE IN ADOPTION OF ORPHAN Now that lambing-time is near at I hand, sheep owners will soon be j I faced with the orphan-lamb problem. prob-lem. ' Several methods of handling these . unfortunate little beasts are out-' out-' lined by Prof. A. C. Esplin of the U. S. A. C. extension service. II may be that some ewe has lost hex lamb about the time the orphan is born. If so, the dead lamb should be skinned and its pelt kept on the orphan for a few days, advises Professor Pro-fessor Esplin. The scent from the pelt will cause the ewe to think the orphan is her own lamb. Should it happen that the ewe lost her own lamb some time before a certain lamb became an orphan, she mav be I induced to become its foster mother by rubbing sassafras oil or kerosene on the lamb and also on the ewe's jface and nose. I Every shepherd should endeavor to keep a lamb with each ewe that is able to raise one. Should there be no orphans at the time a ewe loses her lamb it is advisable to place with her one of a pair of twins belonging be-longing to some ewe that is unable to suckle two lambs well. |