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the centre of the belly should be lower than the opening leading 
to the scrotum, and blistered the scrotum with tinct. lyttse once 
a fortnight. Without any other treatment it got well. 
WEST CORNWALL AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
The Editor of this Journal has seldom read with greater ex- 
ultation the Report of an Agricultural Society than he did that 
of the West Cornwall , about a month ago. It required no little 
mental courage, as well as sterling kindness of heart, to wind up 
the report of an agricultural meeting in such a way. It does our 
friend, Mr. Karkeek, the secretary of that society, immortal cre- 
dit ; and it was difficult to say, whether surprise or delight most 
prevailed when the business of the meeting was thus closed. He 
had been giving an account of the agricultural business of the 
season, and he thus concludes his review : — 
“ But among the objects in farming, which require particular 
attention at this time, there is none whose claims are more im- 
perative than a careful attention to live stock, which at this sea- 
son suffer more than at any other. Let the farmer, then, look well 
to his sheep, and particularly his breeding ewes. Let him attend 
to their comfort, their cleanliness, and warmth, and beware of 
keeping them wet, or in exposed situations. During severe 
weather, both mother and offspring suffer much ; and, conse- 
quently, the kindness and humanity of the farmer and the shep- 
herd have more scope for exertion in the management of sheep 
during the lambing season than occurs with regard to any other 
stock. The lambing field should always be a sheltered one ; and 
if not adjoining the farm buildings, a temporary shed should be 
erected, where the weakly lambs may obtain refuge from the 
cold. In many cases have we witnessed the benefit arising from 
the fostering care of the farmer’s wife in supplying the lamb with 
warm milk as carefully as she would her own offspring. Such 
nursing will, in most instances, enable the tottering lamb to re- 
gain its mother. 
We witnessed a case last season, in which, from the want of 
proper care, a poor ewe had fallen into a ditch to rise no more. 
Unable to lift her head from the ground, she held up her leg in 
order to invite her starving lamb to the miserable pittance which 
her udder could still supply. In a human being a display of 
equal parental attachment would excite our love and admiration ; 
and why do we not admire it in the sheep? Because we do not 
