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their feeding. Draughts and lying on wet floors 

 in barns are also responsible for this trouble in 

 many cases. To avoid milk fever feed the ewe 

 but little grain for three days after lambing. The 

 danger of milk fever is over after this time, and 

 the ewe may gradually receive her full allowance 

 of grain again. Roughage and succulent feeds do 

 not cause milk fever and may safely be fed both 

 before and after lambing. 



CAKED UDDERS. 



A bad chill or cold, or a wet floor, as well as im- 

 proper feeding, is enough to cause inflammation 

 in the ewe's udder. The best remedy for caked 

 udders is as follows: Upset the ewe and bathe 

 the udder with warm water for about five min- 

 utes by means of a woolen cloth. When thor- 

 oughly bathed, gently rub it dry with a dry cloth, 

 and rub in some melted pure hog lard, using it 

 as warm as the ewe can stand. This should be 

 done at least three times a day. Mercurial oint- 

 ment, or so-called "blue ointment," can also be 

 highly recommended. A hot woolen cloth held on 

 the ewe's udder three times a day has also given 

 good results. The milk that has caked in the 

 udder must be milked out as thoroughly as pos- 

 sible each time the application of water and lard 



