CARE OF THE EWE AND YOUNG LAMB 137 



not to get the ridges sharp and tall. Mangels are 

 more productive than swedes but are not so rich 

 and are unsafe to feed to rams. Carrots are more 

 trouble to grow than either but are the best when 

 grown. 



Many distressing troubles come from sudden in- 

 crease in the grain ration of the ewe after lamb- 

 ing. It is a very inducing cause of garget, or it 

 may stop the flow of milk altogether, or it may cause 

 founder, stiffness of joints and great lameness. 



TKOUBLES OF YOUNG LAMBHOOD. 



The lamb has his trials and dangers too. Sup- 

 posing that he gets accidentally shut away from his 

 mother for some hours, until he is very empty and 

 she very full of milk, if then he gets sudden access 

 to her he will usually die from the overburden of 

 milk taken in. When the shepherd discovers that 

 ewe and lamb have been separated for several hours 

 he should catch the ewe and milk her nearly clean 

 before allowing them to come together. 



Then there are contagious sore eyes. These are 

 caused by a germ. There are probably several kinds 

 of germs that do the mischief, and the result is an 

 inflammation and- weeping of the eye with conse^ 

 quent distress and lack of thrift. The cure is for- 

 tunately easy. Taking some one of the coaltar 

 dips, and diluting with water nearly as much as for 

 killing scab, the head should be well wet and care 

 taken that some of the fluid actually reaches the eye. 

 It may be painful for a moment, but it works a 



