124 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. 



sheep is from four to five ounces and for a lamb 

 somewhat less. This salt is dissolved in warm 

 water and given in a drench. If the bowels do 

 not move in from five to six hours a second dose 

 may be given, adding a little castor oil to it. In 

 some bad cases an injection of warm water with 

 a little soap in it is helpful in getting the bowels 

 to move. A dose of epsom salts is also beneficial 

 for a sheep that has contracted a bad cold. 



Little lambs sometimes become constipated from 

 their mother's milk, in which cases one-half to one 

 teaspoonful of castor oil given the youngster once 

 or twice will remedy the trouble. 



COLIC, OR "stretches." 



This trouble is caused by the sheep eating frozen 

 roots, corn silage that contains a great amount of 

 acid or which has been frozen a little, or any 

 other food that chills the stomach of the sheep. 

 The symptoms of colic or so-called stretches in 

 sheep are: stretching the body much longer than 

 it really is; turning over on one side, then on the 

 other; lying down for a few minutes, and then get- 

 ting up again; stretching the body out again so 

 that the sheep appears to be sway-backed. 



A tablespoonful of sweet spirits of nitre given 

 in a little water will relieve the sheep of its pains. 

 Sometimes a second dose has to be given if the 

 sheep is not relieved of its distress by the first dose. 



