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up with the broth, thicken this to the consistence of cream with 

 fine wheat flour, boil for a quarter of an hour, then cool and 

 give altei'nately with the milk. At this time the milk may also 

 be thickened with flour ; and as the puppies grow, and the milk 

 of the bitch decreases in quantity, the amount of milk and thick- 

 ened broth must be increased each day, as well as more fre- 

 quently given. Some art, founded on experience, is required not 

 to satiate the puppies ; but, by carefully increasing the quantity 

 whenever the pups have finished it greedily the last time or two, 

 they will not be overdone. In no case should the pan containing 

 the food be left in the intervals with the puppies, if they have 

 not cleared it out, as they only become disgusted with it, and next 

 time refuse to feed, A sheep's head will serve a litter of large- 

 sized puppies two days up to weaning, more or less according to 

 numbers and age. 



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Tlie Khelping-place, up to the third week, may be confined to 

 a square yard or two, floored with board as already described. 

 After the third week, when the puppies begin to run about, 

 access should be given them to a larger run, and an inclined 

 plane should be arranged for them to get up and down from their 

 boarded stage. If the weather is cold, the best place for a bitch 

 to whelp is in a saddle-room warmed by a stove ; or an empty 

 stall, with a two-foot board placed across the bottom, opposite the 



