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lamb that may need such attention; if the flock numbers several hun- 

 dred head in all, there will seldom be a day in our changeable spring 

 seasons when there will not be one or more patients to be treated." — ■ 

 Allbn. 



Constipation in I/ambs. This occurs quite frequently with 

 lambs, and when constipation is present, the dung is scanty and passed 

 at long intervals in glazed hard lumps. The lamb shows pain during 

 passage by arching its back and a peculiar but expressive action. To 

 relieve every six hours inject into the rectum warm water which has 

 been mixed with a half-ounce of linseed-oil. Two or three injections 

 are usuallj' all that will be necessary. Feed the lamb on linseed gruel, 

 sweetened with molasses. 



Spasmodic Colic in I^ambs. This is shown by severe pains, 

 occurring spasmodically. The lamb falls and struggles, or remains with 

 its eyes fixed. This generally accompanies constipation and always in- 

 digestion. To relieve the spasms give the following mixture with a 

 spoon : one dram tincture of Rhubarb; one dram carbonate of soda; two 

 ounces of warm water sweetened with molasses. After the spasms are 

 relieved, give half an ounce of linseed-oil. 



Weaning I/ambs. Do not remove the lambs from their dams 

 abruptly. It is injurious to both. It forces the lambs to load their 

 stomachs with food which they are not strong enough to digest, thereby 

 causing them to stop growing by a stinting of food and a nervous irrita- 

 tion consequent upon their sudden deprivation. The dams in full flow 

 of milk being deprived of relief, are liable to have the udder engorged 

 which is followed by congestion. This shock is very injurious and 

 consequently produces inflammatory disorders of the blood or garget. To 

 avoid these ill effects of a sudden change, remove the lambs to another 

 pasture, quite a distance away, giving them, as companions the dry ewes 

 and wethers of the flock. A new pasture will cause them to forget their 

 dams and they being so far distant that they do not hear their bleating, 

 will remain quiet. At night turn them into the fold with the ewes 

 whose full udders they will soon relieve. Place the ewes on a short 

 pasture and deprive them gradually of anj' extra food hitherto given them 

 and in a couple of weeks their supply of milk gradually decreases, and 

 the lambs may be weaned with perfect safety to themselves and 

 the ewes. 



"After having been weaned, the lambs should have the first choice of 

 pasture and the best and tenderest cuttings of the fodder crops. Many 



