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the lips of the vagina, tying it loosely enough to permit the passage of urine. 

 If this does not suflSce, tie a waxed cord round the womb close to the breech, 

 and let it slough off. 



MANAGEMENT OP NEW-nORN LAMBS. 



If a lamb can help itself, never interfere with it. If it is weak, hold it on 

 its feet and let it suck. Rubbing it on the rump, loins, &c., with a finger is 

 mistaken by it for the licking of its dam, and greatly encourages its efforts. 

 For those cases where the dam has no immediate supply of milk the sucking 

 bottle should be in readiness, with .an artificial India-rubber nipple on it ; this 

 article is now made and sold expressly for the purpose. I'he milk of a new 

 milch cow is alone suitable, and it should be given at its natural temperature. 

 If the lamb is found soon after it is dropped, let it suck as much as it will, and 

 foui or five times again during the day and evening. If the lamb has been 

 dropped some hours and is very hungry, it is not safe to allow it to fill itself 

 at first. 



CHILLED LAMBS. 



If a lamb is found chilled by the cold — unable to move or to swallow, it 

 should at once be put in a bath of water about as hot as can be comfortably 

 borne by the hand, or placed in a warm oven, or in the absence of the pre- 

 ceeding, held over a pan of coals and turned and kneaded by the hands until 

 it revives sufficiently to swallow. Then give it a feed of milk containing from 

 half to a teaspoonful of gin or other spirits, according to the size of the lamb 

 and the apparent necessity. If a lamb is becoming chilled, but is still able to 

 swallow, the above stated dose will promptly restore it. 



CONSTIPATION, DIAJIUHCEA, ETC. 



An injection of warm milk, with a sufficient infusion of molasses to give it 

 a chocolate color, is by far the safest and most effectual remedy for constipa 

 tion in young lambs. Hold the lamb up by the hind feet, so that its fore ones 

 just touch the floor, and then with a small syringe administer half a gill or a 

 little more of the above-mentioned fluid. If dung is not soon discharged, 

 repeat the operation. The diarrhoea of a sucking lamb rarely requires atten- 

 tion, but if it does, a spoonful of prepared chalk in a little warm milk should 

 be given at intervals of a few hours until it is checked. The first yellow ex- 

 crement sometimes adheres about the vent so as to prevent subsequent dis- 

 charges or render them very difficult. It should be removed and the parts 

 rubbed with dry clay, chalk, or in the absence of anything better, dirt. If 

 the lamb has difficulty in making water, a little pumpkin-seed tea removes the 

 difficulty. 



CUTTING TEETH. 



If the lamb appears to suck with difficulty or reluctance, its mouth should 

 be examined, to see whether the front teeth are through the gums. If not, and 

 the gums arc inflamed and tender, they should be opened over the teeth wiA 

 a sharp knife. 



SWELLED NECK. 



When lambs are born with the glands of the neck enlarged, a strip of woollen 

 cloth should be bound round the neck and wet a few times a day with a strong 

 solution of camphor. If this is not found effective, wet the cloth with tincture 

 of iodine. 



RHEUMATISM. 



Lambs sometimes are bom with stiff necks, or their necks become stiff sub- 

 sequently. Some, particularly about the period of being turned out to grass. 



