The lambs have the shelter of a lambing shed for a few days.
Turnips before lambing, if given in liberal quantities, are an unsafe food.
"Suppose," he continues, "that in a country infested by wolves, you have a flock of sheep, keeping the wolves off during the lambing season will not afford much protection if you withdraw shepherd and dogs during the rest of the year."
In 1862 the agitation against the Chinese assumed importance, and the attitude of the miners at Lambing Flat was so threatening that a large force, military and police, was despatched to that goldfield in order to protect the Chinamen from ill-treatment by the miners.
The rationale behind giving the annual booster just before lambing is to protect the lamb by way of the ewes colostrum.