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one of them may perish before it is made dry and 

 given milk to supply inward heat. It is an excellent 

 plan to have at hand a tub or half barrel; a salt 

 barrel sawed in two serves well and in this have a 

 jug of hot water. The lamb may be laid in this tub 

 and covered with a blanket until its mother can give 

 it her attention. Or a chilled lamb, if only slightly 

 chilled, may be warmed in this manner. An excel- 

 lent plan and simpler if the shepherd is at hand 

 when the first of twins is born is to lay it in a tub 

 on two or three inches of wheat bran and cover it 

 all but the nose with more bran. It will keep as 

 warm as toast there and the bran will help absorb 

 moisture. Then when it is given to the ewe she will 

 lick off the adhering bran without injury to herself. 



Supposing that through some accident the new- 

 born lamb has gotten thoroughly chilled; the best 

 manner of warming it is by immersion in water as 

 hot as one can bear his hand in. This will soon be- 

 come cooled and more hot water should be added, 

 taking care of course not to scald the lamb. When 

 warm and revived it should be wiped dry and taken 

 to its mother and held till it is filled with her milk. 

 The writer has in this manner revived lambs seem- 

 ingly dead. It is not wise to give cow's milk if that 

 can be avoided, and if necessary the cow's milk 

 should be diluted with some quite warm water. 

 Some shepherds give a drop or two of whiskey to 

 a chilled lamb and it may sometimes prove bene- 

 ficial. 



The next day after the lamb is born the ewe 



