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SUMMER MANAGEMENT 



How to Drench. — The animal should be allowed to stand while 

 being drenched, as it is less likely to become strangled. It should 

 be backed into a comer or against a wall and the man giving the 

 drench should stand astride or at the side in order to \eep it from 

 twisting about. The nose should be lifted no higher than neces- 

 sary to get the dose down, for the higher it is lifted the greater 

 the probability of causing strangling. If the drench is given from 



Fig. 192. — Drenching a aheep. Back the sheep into a corner so it cannot twist about, 

 keep the head in as nearly natural position as possible, introduce the neck of the bottle at 

 the corner of the mouth — tip the bottle up and down to prevent the liquid from running 

 into the throat too fast. 



a bottle it should have a long, slim neck which should be inserted at 

 the corner of the mouth. In order not to give the dose too fast, the 

 bottle containing it should be tipped gently up and down while the 

 drench is being swallowed (Fig. 193). 



A metal syringe with a nozzle about three inches long and a 

 barrel large enough to hold one dose {i.e., the milk and gasoline) 

 is a splendid instrument for drenching, although the work proceeds 

 a little slower than with a bottle. By placing the dose in a glass 

 graduate, such as druggists commonly use, the gasoline and milk 



