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mother and held till it is supplied with her 

 milk. 'The writer has revived in this manner 

 lambs seemingly dead. It is not wise to give 

 it cow's milk if it can be avoided, and if it 

 IS necessary the co-w's milk should be diluted 

 with some quite warm water. Some shepherds 

 give a drop or two of whiskey to a chilled 

 lamb and it may sometimes prove beneficial. 



The next day after the lamb is bom the ewe 

 should be milked clean. Tlie shepherd should 

 then observe whether the lamb is taking her 

 milk all right, and if there is much surplus 

 he should milk it out every day clean until 

 such time as the lamb can use it. This is es- 

 pecially necessary with Dorset ewes, and some 

 other breeds occasionally need attention. It 

 is not well for the lamb to take in the milk 

 first secreted after being retained stagnant in 

 the dam's udder for an undue length of time. 

 Such ewes wliile troublesome make the finest 

 and most profitable lambs in the end. 



Occasionally a young ewe will not own her 

 lamb or an older ewe may neglect or disown 

 hers. Generally, if the lamb is put with her 

 in a small pen and helped to get Ms rations 

 for a few times she will own it. If she per- 

 sists in her perversity she may have her head 

 fastened into a pair of small stanchions so 

 that she can eat but not get away from the 

 lamb nor attack it, nor readily prevent its 

 sucking. These stanchions may be made of 

 two pieces of 1x4 pine driven into the eartheai 

 floor, and the tops held together by a short 

 board nailed on. There is no cruelty about 



