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condition. It does not care to walk even a shori 

 distance and lies down every twenty to thirty 

 feet, and sometimes oftener, when it is driven. 

 This condition is due to an overheated, so-called 

 "burned out" stomach caused by eating too much 

 heavy grain. While a certain amount of graia 

 may bring on this trouble in hot weather, in cooler 

 weather this same amount, or even more, would 

 not hurt the lamb in the least. 



REMEDY FOR FOUNDER. 



A foundered lamb should be removed from the 

 rest and placed in as cool quarters as can be given 

 it. The grain allowance should be discontinued, 

 and it should be fed on green feeds, such as rape, 

 cabbage, turnips, and green clover, with perhaps 

 a little good hay. The lamb should remain in 

 these cool quarters until the feverish condition has 

 disappeared. While there is scarcely any medi- 

 cine that will help the lamb so affected, yet a quar- 

 ter of a teaspoonful of saltpeter given twice a day 

 in a little water may prove of some help. A dose 

 or two of physic is also beneficial. 



TRIMMING THE LAMBS. 



Lambs do not necessarily need to be trimmed 

 until they are brought to the barn, which, as al- 

 ready mentioned, is about September 1. On any 



