TO CURE FOOT-ROT. 549 



was magical ; the sores rapidly healed ; the sheep gained in condi- 

 tion, and a new wool immediately started; I never had a more per- 

 fectly healthy flock on my farm." 



To Cure Foot-Rot. 



1. Salt will materially assist the cure of this disease. It is 

 given freely in their feed, and sprinkled on the grass they eat. 



2. Another remedy is to take potash, four ounces; arsenic, 

 four ounces; water, one gallon. Boil till dissolved When 

 you discover that sheep have become lame, pass them 

 through a trough holding a warm solution containing the 

 proportions of the above. The amount to be used will depend 

 on the number of sheep to be treated. Let your trough be 

 twenty or twenty five feet long, and just wide enough to admit 

 one sheep walking after the other. Keep in it about three inches 

 deep of the solution. Two thousand sheep can be run through in 

 a few hours, and this will result in a cure. 



3. A popular remedy for this disease is a solution of blue 

 vitriol. It is poured from a bottle with a quill in the cork, into 

 the hoof, when the animal lies on its back. But this method is 

 imperfect, because, without remarkable care, there will always be 

 %ome slight ulcerations which the solution will not reach. A flock- 

 master gives the following as his method of using this remedy: 



" I nad a flock of sheep a few years since which were in the 

 second season of the disease. I bought a quantity of blue vitriol 

 and made the necessary arrangements for paring their feet. Into 

 a large washing tub in which two sheep could stand, I poured a 

 solution of blue vitriol and water as hot as could be borne by the 

 hand even for a moment. The liquid was about four inches deep 

 in the bottom of the tub, and was kept at about that depth by fre- 

 quent additions of hot solution. As soon as the sheep's feet had 

 been thoroughly pared, it was placed in the tub and held there. A 

 second one was prepared and placed beside it. When the third one 

 was ready, the first one was taken out, and so on. Two sheep 

 were thus constantly in the tub, and each remained in it about five 

 minutes. The cure was perfect. There was not a lame sheep in 

 the flock during the winter or the next summer. The hot liquid 

 penetrated to every cavity of the foot, and doubtless had a far more 

 decisive effect, even on the uncovered ulcers, than would have been 

 produced by merely wetting them." 



Cure for Grubs. 



A remedy for this difficulty, during the proper season, July 

 and August, is to smear the nose of the sheep with tar. The sheep 

 can be made to do this themselves by feeding them their salt 

 sprinkled over tar, once a week. 



