Live Stock.-&amp;gt;~&hecp-~slfcertaining Age oj Dijcafts ofFly. 703 



and who are fvvorn to do juftice between the grower and the merchant or manu 

 facturer. 



The bufinefs of the mepherd is confidered by the fame writer as &quot; very import 

 ant ; as on his due care and unwearied attention depend, in a very great degree, 

 the welfare and value of the flock, and confequently the profit of the owner. The 

 bufinefs of the fhepherd is to fuperintend the fleck at all times, and more particu 

 larly at the lambing reafori, to take care that no improper tup intrude at the feafon 

 of copulating; to determine the proper time for fhearing or clipping the fleece ; 

 to draw out fuch fheep as arc in condition for the grazier or the butcher ; and 

 fuch alfo as from age or deformity are improper to be kept longer in the flock. 

 He ought alfo to have a competent knowledge of the difeafes of meep; of the 

 proper remedies to be applied, and of the modes of application. In fhort, he 

 ought to be diligent and attentive j a competent judge of thegood properties which 

 the particularbrecd of fheepof which he is to have charge ought to be pofTefTed; and 

 he mould alfo, efpecially where the breeder is the grazier, be able to determine with 

 precifion what part of the flock is, and what is not, in condition for the butcher.&quot; 

 The ufual method of ascertaining the age of fheep is, as in cattle, by their teeth ; 

 they are alfo denominated one fhear, two fliear, &c. according to the number oi 

 fleeces that have been fhorn from them. A fheep of one fliear, or of one year old, 

 has two broad teeth before ; a two-ftiear fheep has four; a three-fhear, fix ; and a. 

 four-fhear, eight, when it is faid to be full-mouthed. After four, the teeth begin to 

 break, fhorten, and fall out. Sheep of different kinds and ages are alfo known by 

 many other names in different diftricts. 



Sheep are liable to a great variety of difeafes, both external and internal, and their 

 nature highly deferving of inquiry, but the fubject is much too extenfive to be 

 fully confidered in this work. 



The Fly is a difeafe to which fheep are conrtantly expofed in hotfeafons, efpe- 

 cially in inclofed woody diftricts. Various remedies are in ufefor the prevention 

 of the effects of this dangerous infect. On the principle of its avoiding certain 

 fubftances various applications have been made ; but that which is found the moft 

 effectual, with the leaft injury to the wool, is the flowers f fulphur in combi 

 nation with fome fort of greafy fubftance, fuch as lard, or butter, which can 

 be drawn thinly over the wool by the hand. Where maggots are formed it has 

 been advifed, inftead of cutting the wool off the part affected, and fcraping them 

 eff with the points of the fliears, that the wool ihouid be parted, and the maggots 



