Live Stock* Sheep Horfts Breeds and Properties of. 707 



as die of the brxay, a part at lea ft of the complaint may be a ftoppage in the 

 urinary pafTage.&quot;* 



The Black-water is adifeafe to which the bft lambs are often fubject in ths 

 autumn. They moftly die very fuddenly. The. be ft preventative in this cafe is 

 fuppofed to be that of keeping. them in dry ftubbles, or where the grafs is very dry. 



The Skit sin lambs, both white and green are probably beft removed by the ufe 

 of a decoction of chalk and hartihorn-fhavings, with a fmall proportion of tincture 

 of opium. Sheep are liable to various other complaints, but they have been dc- 

 fcribcd in fo vague a manner, and the remedies propofed are of fo doubtful a na 

 ture, that it could be of little utility to mention them 



It is probable that by the ufe of falt,efpecially in wet feafons, and on the wetter 

 forts of landi where flieep.hufbandry is practifed, much advantage might be gained, 

 in the health of the iheep being better preferved, efpecially if fome fort of dry- 

 food was had recourfeto at the fame time. It is a fubftance commonly employ _ 

 ed in the meep-management of moft other countries, and of which the animals 

 are particularly fond, though the quantity confumed ib not great. The practice 

 is to allow the fheep to lick it up from (hallow troughs. The heavinefs of the 

 duty upon it is, however, a great bar to its being made ufe of in this way. 



Horfes. Thefe animals are indifpenfably neceflary, whether they be confi- 

 dered in regard to the faddle, or performing the bufinefs of the road or the farm. 

 The circumftances which denote a good horfe, whatever the nature of the breed 

 or variety may be, are that the head be fuitably fmall in proportion to the animal, 

 the noftrils expanded, the muzzle fine; the eyes bright and prominent, the ears 

 clofe, fmall and erect ; the neck proceeding with a gentle curve from between the 

 fhoulders, fo as to join gracefully to the head, the moulders well thrown back, 

 imperceptibly finking into the neck at the points, the arm or fore thigh mufcular, 

 tapering fo as to meet a fine, finewy, ftraight, boney leg, the hoof circular and wide 

 at the heel ; the cheft deep and full at the girth, the loin or fillets broad and 

 ftraight ; the body round, the hips or hooks not wide, the quarters long, the tail 

 fet on fo as to be nearly in the fame right line as the back ; the thighs ftrong and 

 mufcular, the legs clean and fine-boned ; the leg-bones rather flat than round. f 

 For the ufes of hulbandry the chief properties to be confidered are, however, thofc 

 of ftrength, activity, hardinefs, and true draught. 



* Dr. Robertfon i Survey of Pefthfhire. f Culley on Live Stock. 



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