124 Sheep Management. 



sheep is from four to five ounces and for a lamb 

 somewhat less. This salt is dissolved in warm 

 water and given in a drench. If the bowels do 

 not move in from five to six hours a second dose 

 may be given, adding a little castor oil to it. In 

 some bad cases an injection of warm water with 

 a little soap in it is helpful in getting the bowels 

 to move. A dose of epsom salts is also beneficial 

 for a sheep that has contracted a bad cold. 



Little lambs sometimes become constipated from 

 their mother's milk, in which cases one-half to one 

 teaspoonful of castor oil given the youngster once 

 or twice will remedy the trouble. 



COLIC, OH "STKinCIIES." 



This trouble is caused by the sheep eating fro/en 

 roots, corn silage that contains a great amount of 

 aeid or which has been fro/en a little, or any 

 other food that chills the stomach of the sheep. 

 The symptoms of colic or so-called stretches in 

 sheep are: stretching the body much longer than 

 it really is; turning over on one side, then on the 

 other; lying down for a few minutes, and then get- 

 ting up again; stretching the body out again so 

 that the sheep appears to be sway-backed. 



A tablespoonful of sweet spirits of nitre given 

 in a little water will relieve the sheep of its pains. 

 Sometimes a second dose has to be given if the 

 sheep is not relieved of its distress by the first dose. 



