228 RED WATEE. 



fined air beneath. The urine is dark, the bowels 

 constipated and dung bloody. After a time the an- 

 imal is unable to stand, and falls upon the side ; 

 stretches out the limbs and in a few hours is dead. 



The disease is worse on moist rich bottom lands 

 and is rare on dry hills or gravelly soils. To prevent 

 Jie disease,, such soils and localities should be avoid- 

 ed, and the sudden changes from poor to such rich 

 and succulent and abundant pasturage. 



The SPECIFIC F F, is the proper remedy, and may 

 be given in doses of five drops to the worst cases 

 every four hours, and to the ailing ones two or three 

 times per day. In the very worst cases the Specific 

 1 1 may be alternated with the F F, every three hours. 



WHEN A NUMBER OF SHEEP or a flock are to re- 

 ceive medicine, the best and most economical, as 

 well as efficient method is as follows : Procure a new 

 or perfectly clean pint bottle and cork, fill it two- 

 thirds full of pure water to which add a large spoon- 

 ful or sixty drops of the proper specific, SHAKE IT 

 THOROUGHLY so as perfectly to medicate the whole 

 mass Of this a dessert spoonful is a dose for a 

 sheep. Paste a proper label on the bottle and use 

 it only for that specific, so as to prevent mistake or 

 confusion. 



Red Water. 



This disease is mostly known in the West and 



South West, and is doubtless the result of exposure 



a i unwholesome food It is apt to appear in the 



late fall, or early winter, when sheep have their feed 



