MARKING THE LAMBS.
It is most important that the lambs should suffer no check during their growth. For this reason (says Dalgety'a Roview) they should bo marked beforo they are too large, about three to four weeks being the best ago. This necessitates a second marking at tho end of the lambing, but if general marking is dono at that timo some of tho lambs will bo very large, and they will lose a good deal of blood- The wounds of the large lambs take a long timo to heal, and a decided check in growth is occasioned. Great care should bo exercised in catching tho lambs for marking or bruising will result. It has been shown that from 10 to 15 per cent, of the lambs rejected at the meatworks are animals with big joints and torn muscles in tho hindquarters, duo to being caught by the leg and wrenched when tho bones and muscles were immature. On account of the tendency for the young flesh to bruise very easily the lambs should be handled as little ns possible, especially near the time of marketing.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20716, 8 November 1930, Page 20
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