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SHEEP DISEASES. 



Unslaked lime 8 pounds 



Flowers of sulphur 24 pounds 



Water 100 gallons 



The lime should be placed in a water-tight box 

 or large bucket, and sufficient water added to 

 make a thin paste. Sift the sulphur in slowly, 

 mixing lime, until the lime and sulphur is about 

 the consistency of mortar. A kettle with 30 gal- 



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Ions of water now receives this paste, and it 

 is boiled for two hours. Water should be added 

 to keep the total quantity up to thirty gallons. 

 It should be stirred well with a mortar hoe, while 

 boiling, to keep the paste from caking on the 

 bottom of the kettle. After boiling for two hours, 

 this "concentrate" should be placed in a barrel 



