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following method may be tried, and will be found 

 successful in all recent cases. 



In the first place, let the sheep be well washed 

 with soft soap and water, and, by means of a brush, 

 let the scurf, or scabs, be rubbed off from the affect- 

 ed parts of the skin. When the sheep is perfectly 

 dry, the following ointment is to be applied, taking 

 care that it is well rubbed upon the diseased parts : 



Hog's lard, - . _ 1 pound. 



Oil of turpentine, . - 4 ounces. 

 Flowers of sulphur, - - 6 ounces. 



Melt the lard over a slow fire, and when fluid, 

 but not very hot, add the turpentine and sulphur, 

 and continue stirring the mixture until it is cold. 



The success of this remedy depends, in a great 

 measure, upon the above directions being strictly 

 attended to. 



.5. Foot Rot. 



M. Pictet, a French writer, has given a very de- 

 tailed account of this disease, as also the memoir of 

 a Piedmontese professional man on the same subject. 

 An English writer says, that this troublesome dis- 

 ease in the feet of sheep is caused generally by 

 keeping them in the wet marshy ground, or by tra- 

 velling when the horny part of the hoof has been 

 too much softened by standing in soft ground. It 

 is supposed to be contagious. When a sheep is 

 observed to be lame, and, upon examination, the 

 foot is found to be affected with this disease, give 

 vent to any matter that may be confined, by paring 

 away the horn ; or if the horn is found to cover a 

 diseased part, it should be removed with a knife, 

 that the proper remedies may be applied to it. 

 Caustics are found to be the only effectual remedies 

 for the foot rot. We have given three receipts, or 

 formula? : the first, or milder preparation, will an- 



