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half pint of the warm milk to the sheep by means of 

 the drenching bottle. If it does not stop groaning 

 and stretching in a short time give it another half 

 pint of milk. Soon after this you will see the 

 animal draw in its bulged-out sides and begin to 

 look smaller, and after a little it will have regained 

 its natural form. The writer has saved many 

 bloated sheep in this way. Remember that the 

 milk must be warm from the cow's udder. Cold 

 milk does not absorb the gas as the warm milk 

 does. Give the milk as warm as possible, and be 

 careful not to choke the sheep when dosing it in 

 this bloated condition. 



SOME COMMON MEDICINES HELPFUL TO THE FLOCK- 

 MASTER. 



It is generally conceded that if a sheep once gets 

 sick not much can be done to save it. The writer, 

 however, is not exactly of this opinion. True 

 enough, if a sheep has pneumonia and its lungs are 

 badly affected death is generally the result. There 

 are other diseases which baffle even the knowl- 

 edge and control of veterinarians. In many in- 

 stances, however, the shepherd can himself treat 

 the sick sheep in lighter cases. For instance, if 

 a sheep suffers from constipation this trouble can 

 be removed by giving the sheep one or perhaps 

 two doses of epsom salts. The dose for an older 



