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and ready to come forth), she should be left awhile to 

 her own efforts. Should her pains be protracted, the 

 shepherd must lend assistance, or the lamb will be dead 

 ere it is brought forth. The ewe should be gently laid 

 upon her side : the shepherd should then draw one foot 

 forward after the other, and then by a steady pull draw 

 the lamb away. Tf the lamb is wrongly presented, then 

 comes the difficulty and danger : the shepherd has to 

 push it back most frequently into the lamb-pouch, 

 there turn it, and by the ewe's pains, and his guidance 

 and help, it is often brought away without much damage. 

 The ewe, in all cases of severelabour, should have a small 

 table-spoonful of laudanum administered, to keep her 

 from paining till the parts become easier, followed in a 

 day or two by a small dose of Epsom salts, and warm 

 cordial drinks or gruel, and suitable food, such as hay, 

 chaff, and sliced turnips or carrots. 



Ill case of Fevers or Inflammation after Lambing. — 

 In the first case, it is not often right to resort to bleed- 

 ing : gentle purgatives and diuretics are best, with saline 

 gruels and mild food. In the latter case lambing oils, 

 aa a rule, do far more harm than good. I never knew a 



case of the internal application of these " sheep oils'' 

 to be of much service, and have long since discarded 

 them altogether, and resort to hot fomentations in cases 

 of apprehended gangrene, and to cold water and cool 

 dry lairage for subduing inflammation. The cold water 

 should be poured gradually from an elevation, over the 

 loins and hinder parts for several minutes together, and 

 be often repeated till the inflammation subsides, taking 

 care that the ewe is not exposed to draughts or heats . She 

 must afterwards be nursed with great care, and that for 

 a lengthened period. 



The Lamb. — This should be cleared of all adhesions 

 around the nostrils as soon as it is born, and very soon 

 afterwards suckled. It will then, in mild weatiier, bear 

 many privations. The ewe's udder should be cleared of 

 wool, to prevent its being drawn in by the lamb. The 

 castration should take place about fourteen days after 

 birth, on a mild, damp morning. As the ewes lamb 

 they should be drafted off to other pastures, and the 

 lambs ought there to have access to a fenced en- 

 closure, where they can enjoy a ration of corn and cake 

 to themselves. P. F. 



ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



Monthly Council. —Wednesday, February 0th, 

 present, the Earl of Powis, President, in the Chair, 

 Lord Berners, Lord Feversham, Lord Macclesfield, 

 Lord Tredegar, Lord Walsingham, Sir John Johnstone, 

 Bart., M.P., Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Bart., M.P., Hon. 

 W. G. Cavendish, M.P., Hon. Col. Hood, Hon. A. 

 Vernon, Mr. Raymond Barker, Mr. Barthropp, Mr. 

 Bramston, M.P.,Mr. H. Brandreth, Mr. Caldwell, Col. 

 Challoner, Mr. Exall, Mr. Frere, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, 

 Mr. Hamond, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Wren Hoskyns, 

 Mr. Howard, Mr. John Hudson, Mr. Jonas, Mr. Lawes, 

 Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Shuttleworth, Professor Simonds, 

 Mr. Thompson, M.P., Mr. Torr, Mr. Owen Wallis, 

 Mr. Jonas Webb, Mr. Burch Western, Mr. Henry 

 Wilson, and Dr. Voelcker. 



The following new members were elected :— 



Abrabam, Rev. T. E., Barton Place, Milden Hall 



Cartwright, John, Shre*sbury. 



Cooke, William C. E., 26, Spriug Gardens, S. W. 



Congreve, Thomas, Leamington Hastings, Ragby. 



Fiddes, Thomas F., Handbridge, Burnley 



Galpin, Mr. George, Kingston Farm, uear Dorchester 



Gregory, George, Crowhurst, Battle. 



Greene, William, Ditcham Park, Petersfield 



Hack, James Carter, Springfield, Chelmsford. 



Hall Dare, F. M., Ilford Lodge, Essex 



Jay, Mr. John, of New York. 



Lambert, Robert de. Common Head, Staveley, near Kendal. 



Mac Rae, Dr. Archibald, Brynach, by Beauly, Inverness-shire. 



Palmer, Thomas, Stoke Chingland, Callington. 



Richardson, T. M., Hibaldstow Grange, Kirton-in-Lindsey. 



Tennant, Joseph Mason, Headlingly, Leeds 



Tenuant, Thomas, Blenheim Terrace, Leeds 



Thoma?, John, Bletsoe, Bedford. 



WitheringtOD, Mr. C, Bradfield, near Reading. 



On the proposal of Mr. Jonas Webb, seconded by 

 Lord Feversham, the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham was 



unanimously elected Vice-President in the room of the 

 Earl of Hardwicke, resigned. 



Finances. — The Hon. Col. Hood, who had been 

 elected Chairman of the Finance Committee, presented 

 (he report. The Secretary's receipts during the past 

 two months had been examined by Messrs. Quilter and 

 Ball, and were found correct. The balance in the hands 

 of the bankers on January 31st was £3,600 5s. 2d., in- 

 cluding a contribution of ,£1,500, which had been re- 

 ceived from the Leeds Local Committee. 



Journal. — Mr. Thompson, M.P., Chairman of this 

 Committee, explained that the illness of a contributor 

 prevented his laying on the table the forthcoming num- 

 ber of the Journal, which will probably be issued during 

 the ensuing week. 



Chemical. — Mr. Wren Hoskyns, Chairman of the 

 Committee, presented Professor Voelcker's Annual 

 Report (to be read at the meeting on Wednesday, the 

 20th instant), containing the result of analysis made for 

 members, of Soils, Manures, and different Feeding 

 Materials, and detailing the results of other Laboratory 

 investigations during the past year. These have formed 

 the subjects of three papers contributed to the last No. 

 of the Journal : 



1. On the Composition of two varieties of Kohl Rabi. 



2. On the Chemical properties of Soils. 



3. On the Composition and Nutritive Properties of Mangel 

 Pulp. 



Also of two papers, which will appear in the forth- 

 coming Number : 



1. On the Composition of the Yellow Lupine.'and the Soil 

 adapted to its cultivation. 



2. On the Apatite Beds of Norway, Spanish Phosphorite, 

 Coprolites, Rock Guano, and other Phosphatic Materials now 

 used for manuring purposes in this country. 



