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is moist and cold, the mother should be assisted, if 

 necessary, in drying her lamb, by wiping it with hay 

 or linen. Ewes with their first lambs are more lia- 

 ble than others, to neglect them. To make them 

 more attentive, they should be separated from the 

 flock, and shut up alone with their lambs. When 

 a lamb does not of himself search for the teat to 

 suck, he should be forced to it, and some of the 

 milk should' be drawn from the teat into his mouth. 

 When a ewe repels her lamb, and hinders it from 

 sucking, or avoids it, she should be held, and one of 

 her hind legs raised, so as to place the teats within 

 reach of the lamb. 



Q. How many lambs will a ewe produce at a 

 birth ? 



A. Commonly one, sometimes two, and very rare- 

 ly, three ; there is a breed of sheep, which yean 

 twice in the year. It is said, that the ewes of Juliers 

 and Cleves produce twice a year, and have two or 

 three Iambs at a birth ; and that five ewes would pro- 

 duce twenty-five lambs in a year. 



Q. What is proper to be done, when a ewe makes 

 more of one lamb, than another of the same litter ? 



A. If the mother is fat, and the teats are well fill- 

 ed, if the season begins to be good for pasturing, two 

 lambs may be left with her, but the third should be 

 taken away ; the second should also, if the ewe is fee- 

 ble, or has but little milk, or the season is unfa- 

 vourable. 



Q. How can the ewes, which have not milfc 

 anough, be made to give more ? 



