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SECTION XXXV, 



The proper Time for putting the Ram to the 

 Ewes; with the Method of treating the Ewes 

 when Lambing. 



THE bed time for putting the ram to the 

 ewes is about the tenth of October : if for early 

 fat lambs, the beginning of September, when 

 they have only grafs to feed on. The fpace of 

 five weeks is a fufHcient time for the ram to 

 remain with the ewes 



When ewes feem ready to yean their lambs, 

 great caution fhould be ufed by the fhepherd. 

 He mould not be over-forward in giving them 

 affiftance, but fuffer nature to complete her 

 work. Much damage has arifen from impa- 

 tience or haftinefs of temper on fuch occafions : 

 I therefore recommend the waiting with cool- 

 nefs the proper time. Circumftances fometimes 

 arife, where help may be neceflary, but nature 

 will aft fufficiently her own part ninety-nine 

 times in the hundred. 



If an ewe gives ill from lambing, I always 

 found fpirits of turpentine applied to the parr, 

 and good nurfing with caudles, &c. to be the 

 bed remedies. SECTION 



