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AS THE EWE LAMBS 



it is well to have some close pens for use in cold weather, these may 

 be made of matched lumber six or eight feet square and a very little 

 ventilation will suffice. By putting a ewe in here and hanging up a 

 lantern above her, her lamb will not chill in the coldest night. Some- 

 times one can tell when a ewe is about to lamb and separate her 

 from the flock. This is not always practicable, however, for many 

 ewes will apparently be all ready for weeks and others that have 

 made little show will lamb before them. Let them alone at lamb- 

 ing time, yet keep near by and watch them. If they have not been 

 frightened by dogs or crowded through gates they may not have 

 wrong presentations and the lambing give no trouble, especially if 

 the ewes are strong but not too fat and have had plenty of out-door 

 exercise is the danger of trouble lessened. Yet now and then a lamb 

 will be presented wrong and your help will be needed. The right 

 presentation is head first, front feet on each side. Hind feet first can 

 be taken with no harm to lamb or ewe. Other presentations must 

 be straightened out. Don't wait too long to do this, be slow, care- 

 ful, think what you are doing, use plenty of lard on your hand you 

 may save a valuable ewe and her lamb too. 



A CHILLED LAMB 



will be found now and then. If it is too stiff to suck take it at once 

 to a large bucket of hot water, not warm water, but hot as you can 

 bear your hand in. Immerse him all but his nose. Put in more hot 

 water after he has cooled it off. I have revived them after they 

 were apparently dead. Dry thoroughly, perhaps give a wee drop 

 of whiskey, then the mother's milk. Don't ever give anything but 

 the mother's milk if you can avoid it. If you must give cow's milk 

 dilute it half with warm water and add a tiny bit of sugar. A lamb 

 that can't have a good lot of some ewe's first milk is not apt to live. 



Another handy thing for lambs not so badly chilled is a half 

 barrel with a lantern or jug of hot water in it and a blanket thrown 

 across it. When the ewe has twins you can keep one warm while 

 she is licking off its mate. Once dry and full of milk there is not 

 much danger of chilling in the most severe weather. 



In lambing a lot of ewes in cold weather one loses very few 

 lambs if he will go to the fold at 10 in the evening and again at 4 in 



