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mal by holding the hands under the flanks. Have 

 the animal face a corner so she cannot creep 

 away on her front feet. 



With the fingers cleansed and disinfected, form 

 them into a cone. For a lubricant as well as a 

 deodorant, one part of oil of eucalyptus in sixteen 

 parts of raw linseed oil is very good. If the 

 lambs are dead, injecting a lysol solution into the 

 vaginal cavity will mask the odor. Repel the 

 lambs, and lubricate the vaginal canal thor- 

 oughly. Now rotate one lamb until as near a nor- 

 mal presentation as possible can be obtained. A 

 small piece of twine or rope can be attached to 

 the feet, and with traction exerted slowly and 

 carefully, the lamb may be pulled out. 



When the lambs are taken away, the uterus may 

 be flushed with a good antiseptic solution, and 

 the ewe let down. If she is very weak, a stim- 

 ulant should be given, and a warm blanket thrown 

 over her. Many a valuable ewe can thus be saved. 

 Unfortunately the veterinarian's fee for services 

 in cases like this is ordinarily more than the ani- 

 mal is worth. This low value of the ewe is the 

 greatest hindrance to the handling of parturient 

 cases in sheep. Under certain circumstances it 

 might be well for veterinarians to make some spe- 

 cial arrangements, as to charges for this work, 

 with the owners of bands where a large number 

 of ewes are to lamb at about the same time. 



4. Decomposition of the Fetus. 

 In many cases a veterinarian is called upon to 

 pass judgment as to whether or not a ewe is preg- 



