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or triplets, the writer has seen cases where the legs 

 and tails of the two or three lambs were entan- 

 gled, forming a round ball, so to speak. In any 

 of these cases the lambs will have to be taken from 

 the ewe. A person with a small hand can do this 

 work most successfully. After the operator has 

 disinfected his hand thoroughly in order to pre- 

 lect himself and the ewe against blood poisoning, 

 and has softened his hand with sweet oil or lard, 

 he will turn the lamb to its proper position, which 

 should be head and front feet first in the passage 

 way. He must exercise great care not to injure the 

 ewe after he has inserted his hand in the womb, 

 or inflammation will set in. 



In some cases, the ewe with her natural pres- 

 sure makes it impossible for the operator to insert 

 his hand, and he may almost give up hope of sav- 

 ing the ewe and lambs. Yet at this critical moment 

 the operator must not lose his head. Two men 

 should be called in to assist him. Place the ewe 

 with her head in a corner so that she cannot go 

 forward. The two men will each now take hold 

 of a hind leg around the thigh and elevate the rear 

 of the ewe. This will hasten parturition. The 

 pressure by the ewe will then cease and the lamb 

 or lambs that have been pressed forward up to the 

 narrow passage will naturally, on account of the 

 elevation of the rear end of the ewe, drop back 



