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ULCERATED SORE FEET. 



These are easily cured by paring them down and applying some caustic 

 (say bluestone or sulphate of copper) once or twice. Apply this remedy 

 in time and there will not commonly be any more of this form of "foot 

 rot" in the whole flock. I have also seen 



FLUKES, 



Or fish-shaped parasites in the liver. These and grubs in the head are 

 quite common, and at some seasons of the year it is the exception to 

 open a carcass without finding them — particularly the grubs. This 

 parasite does not confine itself to the sheep, as any old hunter will tes- 

 tify that he has found them equally abundant in the heads of deer and 

 elk. 



GRUBS IN THE HEAD 



Are a first-rate thing to doctor for, when the flocks get out of order, and 

 you can lay the trouble to nothing else. It is like the " hollow horn " 

 in cattle, which is commonly an euphemism for starvation and exposure. 

 The remedy is simple and similar — move the sheep to better range and 

 feed, being sure that they have access to plenty of water and salt. Per- 

 haps I should say plainly that grubs.in the head and flukes, in the liver 

 never hurt any sheep, and need no remedial treatment. 



In warm weather, and particularly during the months of June and 

 July, attention must be paid to the operations of the 



BLOW FLY. 



Any sheep that appears to be restless or uneasy should be examined. 

 The case may be one of scab, but often it will be found that some wound 

 has become filled with maggots. It is not necessary, however, that the 

 sheep should have been wounded, for these pests to appear. Any little 

 collection of dung around the breech will tempt the fly to deposit its eggs, 

 and often, on Merinos, the eggs will be deposited in the clean wool — gen- 

 erally about some wrinkle. Application of coal oil, turpentine, or any 

 of the sheep washes, will remove the evil; but if the maggots have eaten 

 into the flesh and formed a bad sore or wound, the proper treatment is 

 to wash the parts clean and apply powdered calomel. 



Sometimes a sheep will have a 



COLD IN THE HEAD. 



I daub a little tar on the nose. I do so because I saw another man 

 do it, and the sheep got well. 

 Sheep will become 



LAME, 



Sometimes, as if they had rheumatism. Often this is caused only by 

 a pellicle of dry or frozen earth in the cleft of the hoof. The cure, of 

 course, is to remove it. I have heard lameness, not otherwise expli- 

 cable, attributed to an alleged stoppage of the " biflex canal." I do not 

 believe it, for I have never discerned any stoppage in the canal. As 

 many, even among old shepherds, have never seen this canal, I will say 

 that it is situated in the cleft of the foot, about the juncture of the hoof 

 and hair. It resembles one of the little holes that are on the inside of 



