494 handy-booe: of husbandry. 



Epsom salts 8 ounces 



Niter i ounce 



Carbonate of soda 2 ounces 



Water . . I pint 



*' mix, and give two wine-glassfuls at the same time the former 

 " mixture is given. Let both mixtures be kept in separate bottles, 

 " and well shaken before given. The bowels being operated 

 " upon, omit both former prescriptions and give the following : — 



Niter ^ ounce 



Carbonate of soda I ounce 



Camphor I dram 



Water 8 ounces 



'' A wine-glassful to be given twice a day. 



" Feed the ewe principally upon gruel and milk, or linseed 

 " porridge. Parturition having taken place, the uterus should be 

 " injected with a solution of chloride of lime, in the proportion 

 " of a dram to a pint of warm water, and repeated twice a day 

 " while any fetid discharge from the vagina remains." 



" Prevention. — The most important feature connected with our 

 " subject is the prevention of the disease, for it most interests the 

 "• breeder in a pecuniary point of view. I would recommend as 

 " most important during the last five or six weeks' gestation, regu^ 

 *' lar and nutritious feeding, regular exercise^ dry and extensive 

 " folding. If turnips be the article of food, let there be given in 

 "addition a few oats, linseed cake, with hay and straw chafF; let 

 " a well-sheltered and dry fold be arranged at a short distance 

 " from where the ewes are fed during the day, wherein to lodge 

 " for the night ; the driving to and from these folds will give exer- 

 " else., a circumstance tending much to promote health in the pregnant 

 " ewe ; if the system of heath or pasture feeding is practiced, night 

 " folding is then equally necessary. The night fold in common 

 " use — that formed by building straw and stubble walls, with 

 *' sheds attached, the front of which has a southern aspect — 

 "answers admirably. Further explaining the comforts of the 

 " pregnant ewe, I will add, in the words of the poet, — 



