PROGRESSIVE SHEEP RAISING 



A First Aid It is suggested that the following should be 

 Outfit kept on hand for treatment of ewes and lambs : 



1 . Liquid sheep dip to be used as a disinfectant. 



2. Epsom salts, castor oil, and raw linseed oil to be 

 used as physic. 



3. Tincture of iron, gentian and ginger to be used as 

 a tonic. 



4. Soap to place in water intended for injections to 

 relieve constipation. 



5. Tincture of iodine to be used on swollen udders and 

 on navel cords to prevent "navel ill." 



6. Swan-bill nipples for feeding milk to young lambs. 



7. A metal syringe provided with a large nozzle and also 

 a small one suitable for giving injections to young lambs. 



8. A glass graduate for measuring doses of medicine. 



Caring for As lambing time approaches, pen the ewe 

 the Ewe at night where she can be watched till the 

 lamb is a few days old. 



It must be kept in mind that the ewe frequently requires 

 help when giving birth to lambs. If help is given, great 

 care should be taken to disinfect the hand and do not 

 tear the parts of the ewe. 



If the ewe seems to have no appetite six or eight hours 

 after the lamb is born, raw linseed oil and epsom salts 

 should be given. Two ounces of oil and four ounces of 

 salts make a good physic. A teaspoonful of gentian in 

 half pint of warm water three times daily makes a good 

 tonic. 



Caring for See that the lamb finds the teat, and if it 

 the Lamb is strong nothing more is necessary. A weak 

 lamb should be helped till it is strong enough 

 to find its food. 



If the lamb is disowned, confine it and its mother in 

 a close pen, and smear some of the mother's milk on the 

 lamb. Twins should always be put with the ewe both at 

 the same time. 



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