The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-05-06
Landing Season.

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there should be no occasion for trou-
bile. If the lambs are born in mid
winter much attention day and night
is called for. A warm barn with
plenty of sunshine is essential In this
barn there should be arranged a num-
Der of small pens. Two panels 3h
feet high, 4 feet wide. and 4 feet
long. hinged together and placed in
a corner. will make a suitable en-
closure for the eve and newborn
lamb. These panels may be made OF
light wood, with boards sufficiently
close to prevent the lambs from crawl
ing out. Upon the ends not provided
with hinges there should be large
hooks that can be fastened into staples
driven into the barn. A pair of these
panels opened up at right angles in a
corner of the barn will make a pen
a feet square. Another pair can be
set up by the side of this one and so
on.
As soon as the eve shows symptoms
of Landing she should be placed in one
of these pens so she may not be dis
turbed. In case of twins, the first
lamb dropped cannot wander away and
perhaps perish before the shepherd
can get there to set things right. After
a day or two, when the lamb gets
strong and becomes we'll accustomed
to its mother, the eve and lamb should
be put with the flock that have lamb
ed.
1t will be necessary very often for
the attendant to help delivery. but he
should assist before much strength
is exhausted in laboring. Faulty pre-
sensations and dead lambs within the
eve occur occasionally. In case OF
the former there are no set Jules to
be followed, but the shepherd should
always aim to get the foetus in It's
natural position before attempting to
eXtricate it by force. A dead lamb
within a w should be removed and
the womb flushed out with a warm
solution of carbolic acid and water,
! to 100.
If the eve is too weak to attend
her lamb when born, the shepherd
should remove the mucous from its
nostrils, rub it dry and try to get it
to nurse. A little warm milk will
work wonders in the way of supplying
warmth and strength to the newborn
lamb.
When the lamb is weak and chilled
at birth a handy device to have at
hand is a half barrel with a jug of
hot water placed in it. The lamb can
be readily warmed bu curling it around
the jug and covering the barrel with
a blanket. In case of twins one can
be kept warm in this way until the
other is delivered. When a lamb be-
comes severely chilled more energetic
measures are necessary. immense the
lamb in water as hot as the bare hand
can stand, keeping the nose above the
surface and adding more hot water
when necessary to maintain the re-
gained temperature. When the body
heat is restored rub it dry and allow
the lamb to suckle. A teaspoonful of
cream with a little hot water may be
given and if weakness continues a
few drops of whiskey may be helpful.
Sometimes constipation follows this
treatment and an injection of warm
soap suds is recommended.
Occasionally a young eve, and even
an older one that is in poor condition
with a scant milk supply, will not
own her lamb. A little patience on
the part of the shepherd will usually
bring favorable results. The w will
have to be held for the lamb to suckle
and when the milk flow starts she will
usually take to the lamb. If the eve
becomes ferocious and fights the lit
tie one she should be confined in a
stanchion, made by driving two pan
els into the ground and wiring them
at the top. In this way she cannot
injure the lamb and it will suck in
spite of her efforts.
If the eve has more milk than the
lamb will take she should be MIXED
out clean at least once a day for sew
eral days. The first milk appearing
within the udder is intended TO be con-
sumed only at the beginning Of the
lambs life, and if retained in the I'D
der for a number Of days it is likely
to sicken the lamb.
In case the lamb dies and the moth
er has lots Of milk it is often adyisa-
BILE to put the twin lamb of another
eve with her. The best way to do
this is to skin the dead lamb, pulling
the legs out like stripping Of a stock
ing, %sprinkling a little salt over the
inside, and then fastening the skin
Oh the twin lamb that is to be trans
ferred. The eve will generally by the
scent accept it as her wi Often by
%sprinkling some of the ewes milk OYER
a lamb, and by rubbing some of the
secretion about the udder of the lamb,
she will adopt it..
The use of cows milk for new born
lambs is not to be encouraged, but
where it is used as a last resort, it
should be diluted in the proportion Of
one part milk to one part of warm
water and a little cream added. Feed
this mixture every two or three hours
in small quantities.
The Eve With Lamb at Side.
The treatment and are Of the eve
soon after lambing is of great import
arca. The matter OF proper feed and
care cannot be emphasized too strong
ly as there is grave danger of over
feeding at this time. Excessive nou'-
isilment stimulates too great a milk
flow, which may cause digestive trou-
bic in the lamb Or garget in the eve.
A w will hardly eat too much hay
and this need not be limited, but it is
better to give no grain until the lamb
can take all the milk. Rots or man
gels in addition to hay make an eX-
cellent feed at this time, as they are
very mild and COOLING to the SvStpm