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cases the milk should be boiled for a few meals. A 

 teaspoonful or more of limewater should also be 

 given in the milk. If this should fail, add a teaspoon- 

 ful of castor oil to the milk as often as may be 

 deemed necessary. 



Foster mothers. — Among the different ways on 

 inducing a ewe to own a strange lamb, the most 

 common is to cover the lamb with the skin of the 

 dead one. Another eflBcient means of deception is 

 to rub some of the milk of the ewe over the lamb. 

 The age of the lamb that is to be substituted should 

 be nearly the same as that of the lamb that died, so 

 that it may not be injuriously affected by the con- 

 dition of the ewe's milk. If the ewe has recently 

 lambed and the lamb substituted is several weeks 

 old, scouring will follow. 



Feeding grain to lambs. — It is advisable to feed 

 grain to lambs as soon as they begin to eat. If 

 the ewes are fed grain from a low trough, the lambs 

 will begin to eat some with their dams before they 

 are two weeks old. As soon as they begin to do 

 this, a part of the pen should be set apart as 

 a feeding place for them. Shortly after lambing 

 and before the ewes are put on pasture, it pays 

 to feed them grain, but the best results in the 

 growth of the lambs will be attained by feeding 

 direct to the lambs. 



If the lambs are in the field, a sheltered place where 

 the flock may be in the habit of gathering should be 



