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long a time, the ewes grow thin, fall away, and their 

 wool is reduced in quantity. 



Q. What ewes can be milked with advantage ? 



A. There is no risk in milking ewes, whose wool 

 is of a bad quality and little value ; but it is improper 

 to milk such as have good wool, or are principally 

 depended on, for the rearing and maintaining the 

 breed. However, if they are to be suspected of dis- 

 eases arising from superfluous humours, they may 

 be milked once or twice a week to carry them off: it 

 is thought, that this precaution preserves them from 

 pulmonic diseases, the rot, &c. but it would be prop- 

 er to throw away the milk, as it is unhealthy. 



Q. What is done with the ewe's milk ? 



A. It may be used like cow's milk : it affords less 

 whey ; is richer and more agreeable to the taste : it 

 has more of the parts proper for making cheese, 

 which, if well made from it, is excellent, and in great 

 demand : and this is principally the case with the 

 f.heese of Roquefort, in the department of Aveyron. 



CHAPTER X. 



CONCERNING LAMBS. 



Q. WHAT is proper to be done, when a lamb is 

 just dropt ? 



A. It is necessary, to examine the bag of the 

 mother, to cut away the wool, if there is any on it, to 

 know, if she has milk enough, and to squeeze it from 

 the teats, to see if it be good. It should afterwards 



