276 DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



to the knife, the arteries being taken up and secured by means o* 

 ligatures or the searing iron ; the business to be done in fair wua 

 tlier, when not too warm ; the gelded Iambs, &c. should be kepi ir 

 a dry shelter and quiet situation for a few days. 



Sore nipples. Lambs very often die of hunger from their dams 

 refusing them suck. The cause of this is sore nipples, or some 

 tumour in the udder, in which Violent p^in is excited by the stiik- 

 jiig of the lamb. Washing witn s'ig?- n* lia'i'cxd wa^r c soirita, 

 TviJ. remove the complaint. 



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