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tansy, ca1n.'-ms root, ami tar oacli 2.\ pounds; of cookin!2:-saU, l.|- pounds; 

 mix these with water and meal, make into eakes, and dry. This is an 

 old and oft-repeated recii»e, but I can not vouch for its efhciency. 



Powdered areca nut may be given to lambs in from 1 to 3 dram doses. 

 If it does not produce a stool in three or four hours it should be fol- 

 lowed by a cathartic. 



Ground pumpkin seeds are in repute with some, but it is difficult to 

 induce sheep to eat the required dose. 



Tellor {Diseases of Liiie IStock, 1870, p. oS^) recommends salting liber- 

 ally, and giving once a week the following saline tonic and bitter-lick 

 as a preventive against worms: Take of common salt 2 pounds, sul- 

 phate of magnesia 1 pound, sulphate of iron and powdered gentian, 

 each half a pound, and mix with ground feed or fodder suflicient for 

 seventy live to one hundred sheep. This recipe is a very satisfactory 

 one for improving the appetite and health of the sheep, but probably 

 can not be depended on for keeping the worms awa3\ 



For tapeworm in sheep the same anthor recommends: Powdered 

 areca nut, one-half to 1 dram ; oil of male-fern, 10 to 20 drops; give in 

 molasses and water, and follow the next day with a purge. For purges 

 he gives two recipes: Sulphate of magnesia, 2 ounces ; warmwater, 1 

 pint in one drench; or, castor oil, Bounces; calomel, 12 grains; mo- 

 lasses, 3 ounces — for one dose. 



After the sick lambs have been treated, care and attention should 

 not be relaxed, for it is of the ntmost importance that they regain their 

 strength and vigor before the cold weather sets in. Tlie best pasture, 

 an extra fee<ling of hay, and some roots and grain in judicious quanti- 

 ties, should be aUowed them. The feeblest should be kept by them- 

 selves, where they can get plenty of food and water without entering 

 into competitiau with the stronger. This treatment should be kept up 

 until they are fully able to hold their own. 



