CARE OF THE EWK 



slightly warm, thin oat-meal gruel well salted. The lamb will be 

 benefited by a teaspoonfui of castor oil, given in new rnilk, if the 

 first evacuations do not pass away freely. These are apt to be 

 very glutinous and sticky, and by adhering to the wool to close 

 the bowel completely unless removed. Warm water should be 

 used to soften and remove these accumulations. The anus and 

 surrounding wool should then be smeared with pure castor oil. 

 If the lamb is not sufficiently strong to reach the teats and suck, it 

 should be assisted once or twice. Any locks of wool upon the 

 ewe's udder, that may be in the way, should be clipped. If the 

 lamb is scoured, a 

 teaspoonfui of a 

 mixture of one 

 pint of peppermint 

 water and one 

 ounce of prepared 

 chalk should be 

 given every three 

 hours, until it is 

 relieved. When 

 the ewe refuses to 

 own the lamb, she 

 may be confined 

 between two small 

 hurdles, as shown 

 in fig. 13. Two 

 light stakes are 

 driven in the 

 ground close to- 

 gether to confine 

 the ewe's head and keep her from butting the lamb. If she is 

 disposed to lie down, as some obstinate ones will do, a light pole 

 is passed through the hurdles resting upon the lower bar beneath 

 her belly. Thus confined during the day, she is helpless, and if 

 the lamb is lively, it will manage to get its supply of food. The 

 ewe should be released at night. One day's confinement is often 

 sufficient to bring an obstinate ewe to reason. 



A twin lamb, or one deprived of its dam, that may need to be 

 reared by hand, may easily be fed upon cows' milk. A fresh 

 cow's milk is the best fitted for this purpose. Ewe's milk is richer 

 in solid matter than that of the cow, and the addition of a tea- 

 spoonful of white refined sugar to the pint of cow's milk will 

 make it more palatable to the lamb. At first not more than a 



Fig. 13. HURDLES FOR EWE. 



