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winter months, as well as other seasons of the year. Begin feeding 

 grain with the greatest care, and use the smallest quantity at first. 

 Never frighten sheep if possible to avoid it. Separate the weak 

 sheep from the rest of the flock, in order to give them special 

 attention. If a sheep is injured, wash the wound; if flies are trouble- 

 some, apply spirits of turpentine every day or every second day to 

 the wound. Cut tag-locks early in the spring. 



DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



Remedies for Scab. 



1. Mix one part of linseed-oil with two of coal-oil. Apply 

 thoroughly every third day for three times. This will cure in 

 ordinary cases. 



2. If bad, the following dip is one of the best: Tobacco 

 and sulphur, of each one pound; water, five gallons; or in this 

 proportion to make enough so that each sheep may be dipped in 

 it. Boil the tobacco in the water until the strength is exhausted; 

 add the sulphur. Dip in the solution up to the eyes, holding the 

 sheep in for three or five minutes, pressing the wool from time to 

 time. It must not get in the eyes, mouth or nostrils. Scab is vio- 

 lently contagious and a pasture once infected should not be used 

 for at least a year. 



3. The application of spirits of turpentine and a decoction of 

 tobacco is a superior remedy for the treatment of this disease. A 

 farmer tlvus relates his mode of applying the remedy: "I pur- 

 chased a flock of 150 fine wool sheep which were afflicted with this 

 disease. After they had been shorn their backs were covered with 

 scabs and sores. I had a large kettle sunk partly in the ground as 

 an ex-tempore vat, and an unweighed quantity of tobacco put to 

 boiling in several other kettles. The only care was to have enough 

 of the decoction, as it was rapidly wasted, and to have it strong 

 enough. A little spirits of turpentine was occasionally thrown on 

 the decoction, say to every third or fourth sheep dipped. It was 

 necessary to use it sparingly, as, not mixed with the fluid and 

 floating on the surface, too much of it otherwise came in contact 

 with the sheep. Not attending to this at first, two or three of the 

 sheep were thrown into great agony and appeared to be on the 

 point of dying. I had each sheep caught, and its scabs scoured 

 off by two men who rubbed them off with shoe-brushes, dipped in 

 suds of tobacco and soft soap. The two men then dipped the sheep 

 all over in the large kettle of tobacco water, rubbing and kneading 

 the sore spots with their hands while immersed in the fluid. The 

 decoction was so strong that many of the sheep appeared to be sick- 

 ened either bv immersion or by its fumes. The effect on the slice]) 



