LAMBS’ TAILS
Lambs’ tails were doubtless designed for a purpose, but that purpose has cither been lost in the rubbish Of ages or is too subtle to be readily discerned. A lamb neither switches flies, swims nor hangs from the branches of a tree by its tail. The appendage is in disrepute, and each spring something called a campaign is made to cause all lambs to part with their tails. Yet each summer when lambs come to market theg drag their tails behind them, and the tails drag down the price. No money is made more easily than that hy cutting off lambs’ tails. Of course, there is a limit to the amount that may thus be acquired—a lamb has only one tail, and nothing is gained' by cutting it off twice —but the extra price a bunch of trim lambs brings pays for the operation. This is not the time of year to de-tail lambs, but it is the time to notice what may be gained by this job.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 2565, 24 December 1924, Page 9
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170LAMBS’ TAILS Manawatu Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 2565, 24 December 1924, Page 9
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