SHEEP DOCTOR. 



DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



THE LAMPING SEASON. 



The ewe ^oes with lamb for five months. To enable 

 the ewe to produce her Iamb with comparative safety, 

 >he should not be too well fed. Toohio:h condition will 

 dispose to fever ; on the other hand, with too poor keep, 

 the ewe will not have sufficient strength to go through 

 the process safely, nor will she have milk enough for 

 the lambs. 



At night, particularly, they should be folded in some 

 sheltered place. 



The ewe, and especially if she was in high condition, 

 is occasionally subject to after-pains. Some of the 

 country people call it heaving. Twenty drops of lauda- 

 num should be given in a little gruel, and repeated 

 every second hour until the pains abate. It will always 

 be prudent to bleed the ewe, if she is not better soon 

 after the second dose of the laudanum. 



Attention should now be paid to the Iamb, and it re- 

 quires it even more than the mother. It is want of care 

 that causes the loss of more than four-fifths of the dead 

 Iambs. The principal evil is exposure to cold. 



The operation of castration is a very simple one io 

 the vsheep, and yet is often attended with danger. The 

 younger the lambs are the better, provided they are not 



