72 SHEEP DISEASES. 



in a little warmed water is good. In the several 

 large sheep raising states that have lately gone 

 "dry" aromatic spirits of ammonia may be sub- 

 stituted. The latter will also keep longer around 

 a sheep camp. Spirit of camphor and sweet 

 spirit of nitre both contain large amounts of alco- 

 hol, and may be employed as stimulants. 



When a lamb must be raised by hand, remember 

 ewe's milk is much richer in fat and somewhat 

 richer in casein than cow's milk, as the following 

 table will show: 



MILK ANALYSIS. 



Ewe Cow 



Water 80.82 87.27 



Casein 4.97 3.02 



Albumin 1.55 0.53 



Fat 6.86 3.64 



Sugar 4.91 4.88 



Ash . 0.89 0.71 



100.00 100.00 



The specific gravity of ewe's milk is about 

 1.0341. No water should be added to cow's milk 

 to feed an orphan lamb, but rather the richest 

 whole milk that can be obtained. If the ewes have 

 been fed oil cake the milk is increased greatly in 

 fats, often causing scours in the lambs. 

 '1 When the lambs are about two weeks old, on a 

 bright, sunny day, the males should be castrated. 

 Select a clean, dry place for this work, and with 

 disinfected hands and knife, hold the lamb, and 

 cut off the lower third of the scrotum. Pull the tes- 

 ticle and entire cord out. In older lambs the cord 

 may be scraped off. If everything is kept clean 

 no further attention is required. Keep the lambs 

 by themselves for several hours^as they will lie 



