cleaned, and a little raw linseed "oil smeared on the arm. The lamb 

 should be first placed in position and then gradually drawn out, care 

 being taken not to rupture the uterus or vagina by severe or quick 

 pulling. After this operation the ewe should be flushed out with a 

 .one-half per cent, solution of a coal tar disinfectant. The solution 

 should have a temperature of 90 F., and be administered by means 

 of a funnel attached to a one-half inch rubber tube. Experience in 

 this operation may save many ewes and lambs. 



Treatment for Lambs. 



After birth the ewe should at once begin to dry off the lamb by 

 licking. If twins are born she may neglect the first born. In such 

 a case, or in severe weather, the shepherd should take the lambs into 

 a warm room and rub them dry. If the ewe refuses to lick the lamb 

 she may often be induced to do so if a pinch of salt is sprinkled over it. 

 The lamb should attempt to get its first meal on its own initiative ; if 

 it is too weak, assistance should be given. After the lamb re- 

 ceives its first meal, it is able to resist cold to a remarkable degree. 



The ewe recognizes her lamb at first by its smell, and for that 

 reason she should be compelled to own her lambs at once in case of 

 twins or triplets. Some ewes will not own their lambs ; in such cases 

 they should be held while the lambs nurse, and be confined with them 

 separately from the flock until they will own them. A ewe that has 

 lost her lamb can be made to adopt others if the skin of her own 

 lamb is tied over the back of the adopted lamb, or if her own milk is 

 sprinkled over it. In case a ewe gives an insufficient amount of milk, 

 she should be fed a grain mixture of equal parts of oats, wheat bran 

 and oil meal in liberal amounts, to stimulate milk secretion. 



Some lambs are born apparently lifeless,. or are chilled at lambing. 

 They may often be revived. For weak lambs remove the phlegm from 

 the mouth and nostrils, and start artifical respiration by breathing into 

 the lamb's mouth. Then holding it with one hand upon its belly ; 

 pat it with the other just back of the shoulders. If lambs are chilled, 

 rub them vigorously or place them in a pail of water as hot as the 

 hand can stand, and rub dry. Such lambs should be wrapped and 

 placed in a warm place. A few drops of whiskey given to the lamb in 

 warm ewe's or cow's milk will serve as a stimulant. 



Still born lambs are lambs that are born dead. If for any cause 

 the ewe is unable to give birth to her lamb, the lamb will die and 



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