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THE LAMBING PERIOD 



used as physic; olive oil (sweet oil), to form the body of useful 

 lotions ; fluid extract of belladonna for dilation of parts ; sweet spirits 

 of nitre for urinary troubles ; tincture of iron, gentian and ginger, 

 to be used as a tonic ; soap to be used in making an enema for animals 

 suffering from constipation ; vaseline to use on the hand if it is neces- 

 sary to give the ewe assistance in lambing; a mixture of lead acetate, 

 zinc sulfate and boric acid to be used on inflamed udders ; and tinc- 

 ture of iodine, to be used on umbilical cords and swollen udders. 



Fig. 167. — A lambing pen showing an arrangement for converting it into a lamb creep. 

 When used as lambing pen, the larger opening is closed with the wide board. 



The following appliances (Figs. 168, 169) are important: Rub- 

 ber nipples, a glass graduate sufficiently small that a nipple can be 

 slipped over it, small necked bottles, a small and a large syringe, a 

 funnel, three or four feet of half-inch rubber tubing, a sheep pelt 

 with a good lot of wool on it, a large jug, and facilities for heating 

 water. The small graduate is useful in case the lamb will not nurse 

 from the teat or if the ewe has very little milk. By milking into the 

 graduate and adjusting the nipple the lamb can be given a little 

 milk without delay. This cannot be done so easily with a bottle, but 

 in case a rather large amount of milk is to be fed the bottle is prefer- 

 able. The large syringe is needed in case the ewe should need injec- 

 tions or " flushing out," as are also the funnel and rubber tubing. 



