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when no longer needed. But, by whatever means it maybe done, 

 the lambs should be supplied with some additional concentrated 

 and nutritious feed. As a gentle laxative in case of constipation, 

 a few ounces of linseed oil-cake-meal will be found sufficient, and 

 far better than physic. Linseed oil, (raw), or castor oil, a tea- 

 spoonful of either at a dose, will be found safe and effective for 

 either constipation or diarrhea, unless of a serious character. 

 As lambs progress towards the period for weaning, the extra 



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food should be gradually increased, unless they can be removed 

 to a good pasture of short, tender grass. In this case even a small 

 allowance at night on their return to the fold will be beneficial. 

 The weaning should be very gradually done. The sudden remov- 

 al of the lambs from their dams is injurious to both. It too ab- 

 ruptly deprives the lambs of their most easily digested and most 

 agreeable food. It forces them to load the stomach with food for 

 which it is hardly yet prepared, and suddenly arrests their growth 



