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them up through the gums, is the usual resort ; hut a keen- 

 edged knife or lancet inflicts less pain and leaves the 

 inflammation to subside more rapidly. It generally, however, 

 subsides in either case in a few hours ; but it is well enough to 

 watch both the lamb and the ewe to see that the former does 

 not suffer for food, and that the udder of the latter is properly 

 drawn. 



Pinning. — The first yellow, gummy excrements of the 

 lamb often adhere to the tail and about the vent, and if 

 suffered to harden there, pin down the taU to the breech and 

 hinder or entirely prevent later evacuations. The dung should 

 be carefully removed and the parts rubbed with pulverized 

 dry clay, chalk, or, in the absence of anything better, dirt. 

 If there is a tendency to a recurrence of the pinning, docking 

 the tail lessens the danger. 



Diarrhea or Purging. — Lambs which suck their dams, 

 very rarely purge, and if they do, they usually scarcely 

 require attention. If a fed lamb purges, the cause should be 

 ascertained and discontinued — and a spoonful of prepared 

 chalk given in milk, and the dose repeated after a few hours, 

 if necessary. 



