86 ON LAMBS. 



be observed if the ewe licks her lamb, and the lamb 

 of himself sucks. 



Q. How is it known if the milk be good ? 



A. The milk may be supposed good, if the ewe is 

 in good health, and it is white and of a good consist- 

 ence, that is, thick enough. But when it is glutin- 

 ous, blue, yellow or clear, it is bad. 



Q. What ought to be done if the ewe has no milk, 

 or not enough, or the milk appears bad, or the ewe 

 is sick, or dies in lambing ? 



A. The lamb should be given to another ewe, 

 which may have lost its lamb, or to a goat, which has 

 milk ? 



Q. What is to be done, when a ewe will not suckle 

 a lamb, which did not come from her ? 



A. The ewe, it is said, may be deceived, by cov- 

 ering the lamb for a night, with the skin of that, 

 which she lost, if the skin is fresh ; although it had 

 been taken off in the morning, the ewe is made to be- 

 lieve she has recovered her own lamb. But there is 

 a more ready method, which is only to rub the body 

 of the dead lamb against the one, it is intended to be 

 nursed in its place. 



Q. What ought to be done, when there is neither 

 a ewe nor a goat to suckle a lamb, which has lost its 

 mother ? 



A. A lamb is made to drink warm ewe's, goat's, or 

 cow's milk, at first, by the spoon, and afterwards by 

 the tippler, the snout of which is covered with linen, 

 for the purpose of making the lamb suck as though 

 it was the teat of a ewe. The tippler should be 

 given as often as he would have sucked. The lamb 



