146 MANAGEMENT OF NEW-BOKN LAMBS. 



by means of a curved needlej and tying those lips loosel 

 enough together to permit the. passage of the unne. Th 

 parts should be washed frequently with alum- water or decoctio 

 of oak bark, and some of the fluid be often injected wit 

 moderate force into the vagina. If this fails to effect a cut 

 and the protrusion of the womb becomes habitual, it shoul 

 be strongly corded close to the vagina (or the back of tt 

 sheep) and allowed to slough off. The ewe will not, < 

 course, breed after this operation, but she will fatten for tl 

 butcher. 



MA2TAGEMBNT OP New-Boen Lambs.^ — If a lamb ca 

 help itself from the outset, it is better not to interfere in an 

 way to assist it. If the weather is mild, if the ewe apparent! 

 has abundance of mUk, and stands kindly for her lamb, and 

 the latter is strong and disposed to help itself, there is usual! 

 little danger. But if the lamb is weak and makes r 

 successful efforts to suck, and particularly when this occurs i 

 cold or raw weather, the attendant — the "lamber," as he 

 called in England — should at once render his aid. The ew 

 should not be thrown down, if it can be avoided, but tl 

 lamb assisted, if necessary, to stand in the natural posture i 

 Bucking, a teat ;^laced in its mouth, and its back ai 

 particularly the rump about the roots of its tail lightly ai 

 rapidly rubbed with a finger, which it mistakes for the lickir 

 of its dam. This last generally produces an immediate effo 

 to suck. If it does not, a little milk should be milked fro: 

 the teat into its mouth, and the licking motion of the fing( 

 continued. These efforts will generally succed speedily - 

 but occasionally a lamb is very stupid or very obstinate. ] 

 that case, gentleness and perseverance are the only remedie 

 and they will always in the end triumph. Too speedy reso 

 to the spoon or sucking-bottle frequently causes a lamb i 

 rely on this kind of aid, and a number of days may pass I 

 before it can be taught to help itself properly, even from a fi 

 udder of milk. 



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Aetificial Feeding. — ^If the dam of a new-born lamb h: 

 not good milk ready for it, it is better to allow it to fiU itsc 

 the first time from another ewe, or from a couple of ew€ 

 which can spare the milk from their own lambs. And it 

 well to continue the same supply two or three days, 

 there is a prospect that the dam will in that time have milk- 

 fpr ewes' jpilk is better for young lambs than cows' milk. 



