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must be kept in a place, as warm as it would have 

 had, when lying by the side of its dam. There are 

 lambs which, at the end of three days, have dispens- 

 ed with the tippler, and drank out of a bowl : at first, 

 the milk is given four times, then three, and at length 

 twice in a day, until they are strong enough to eat 

 grass. 



Q. If there is no milk, or it cannot be spared, can 

 another drink be substituted ? 



A. Warm water, with barley flour mixed in it, may 

 be given, but it is less nourishing than milk. 



Q. What care should be taken in making a lamb 

 drink through a tippler ? 



A. It is proper to be cautious that the mouth should 

 not be too high, because in this position, the milk 

 may suffocate the lamb by entering the lungs through 

 the wind pipe. 



Q. What must be done, when a lamb looks de- 

 jected, weak or thin ? 



A. The shepherd should observe, if the dam is in 

 good health, the milk good, and the lamb sucks ; or 

 whether there is another lamb which steals his milk. 

 There are ravenous lambs, which suck many ewes, 

 one after the other, while the lambs of such ewes 

 want food. It should be carefully observed, that all 

 the lambs, principally the weakest, suck their own 

 dams, have good milk, and in sufficient quantity ; the 

 greater part of the lambs which are lost, die of hun- 

 ger, or from bad milk. 



Q. What proof is there that a great number of 

 lambs die with hunger? 



A. Of forty-three lambs, which were opened at 



