. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . ver be delivered without cuttingthe ewe open, but after using linseed oil in themanner described the lamb came forward at oncewith no further trouble. If a ewe has passed the water bag and in abouttwo to three hours does not show^ evidence oflambing, it becomes necessary to investigate thematter, as the lamb must be lying wrong, or bedead. Before investigating have your handswashed clean, and remove all long, sharp fingernails. Put a little carbolic acid or perhaps a littledisinfectant, such as Zenole
. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . ver be delivered without cuttingthe ewe open, but after using linseed oil in themanner described the lamb came forward at oncewith no further trouble. If a ewe has passed the water bag and in abouttwo to three hours does not show^ evidence oflambing, it becomes necessary to investigate thematter, as the lamb must be lying wrong, or bedead. Before investigating have your handswashed clean, and remove all long, sharp fingernails. Put a little carbolic acid or perhaps a littledisinfectant, such as Zenoleum or Greso sheepdip, into some warm water, and scrub your handand arm with it, so that they are thoroughly dis-infected and clean before beginning the work. Several different positions of the lamb may bethe cause of non-parturition. The lamb may liestraight across the passage way, or with its frontfeet in the proper direction but its head turnedback, or the hind end may come first and the hindlegs under it; or perhaps one hind leg is forwardand the other is backward. In the case of twins. Winter Care and Feeding. 55 or triplets, the writer has seen cases wliere the legsand tails of the two or three lambs were entan-gled, forming a round ball, so to speak. In anyof these cases the lambs will have to be taken fromthe ewe. A person with a small hand can do thiswork most successfully. After the operator hasdisinfected his hand thoroughly in order to pre-lect himself and the ewe against blood poisoning,and has softened his hand with sweet oil or lard,he will turn the lamb to its proper position, whichshould be head and front feet first in the passageway. He must exercise great care not to injure theewe after he has inserted his hand in the womb,or inflammation will set in. In some cases, the ewe with her natural pres-sure makes it impossible for the operator to inserthis hand, and he may almost give up hope of sav-ing the ewe and lambs. Yet at this critical momentthe operator must
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