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Identifier: advicetoshepherd00daub (find matches)
Title: Advice to shepherds and owners of flocks, on the care and management of sheep : to which are added, explanations of the plates, and a table of contents
Year: 1811 (1810s)
Authors: Daubenton, M. (Louis-Jean-Marie), 1716-1799 Gentleman of Boston Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. MB (BRL) John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL)
Subjects: Sheep
Publisher: Boston : Printed by Joshua Belcher
Contributing Library: John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
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ree in his right-hand at the fet-lock. Thelamb being thus prepared, the operator raises theskin on the left flank, with the two first fingers of theleft hand, to form a fold at an equal distance betweenthe highest part of the bone of the haunch, and thenavel: the assistant on the left side lengthens this fold,with the left hand also, quite to the place of the falserib ; then the operator cuts the fold with a very sharpknife, so that the incision should be only an inch andan half long, on a line from the highest part of thehaunch bone to the navel. The opening being made,by cutting by degrees through the v^ hole thicknessof the flesh, quite to the place of the guts, withouttouching tlieni, the operator introduces his fore fin-ger, that is, that which is next to the thumb, into thebelly of the lamb, in search of the left ovary : as soonas he feels it, he gently draws it out through theopening: the two large ligaments, the womb, thematrix, and the other ovary come out at the same Pla^c 3
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/. ui/UliJ.!/ Jr ON WETHERS. 97 time : the operator cuts off the two ovaries, and putsback the ligaments and matrix; he then makes aseam of three stitches, at the opening-, to close it; hepasses the needle through the skin only, without itsentering the flesh, and leaves on the outside the twoends of the thread, and puts a little grease upon thewound. After ten or twelve days, when the skin iscicatrised, the thread is cut at the middle stitch, andthe two ends drawn out to prevent suppuration: whenthis operation is well done, the lambs feel it only thefirst day; their legs are a little stiff, and they do notsuck; but on the second day they will appear asusual. Q. What soil agrees best with wethers ? ^. In general, high and dry soils agree better withsheep than low and moist ones, principally for ramsand wethers for keeping ; that is, for wethers not in-tended for fatting. But moist pastures contributeto fatten wethers, ewes, and lambs, and the cordedrams designed for the butcher. Q. In

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