550 REMEDY FOB SCOURS. 



The sheep gad-fly, which produces the grub, is led by instinct 

 to deposit its eggs within the nostrils of the sheep. Its attempts to 

 do this, usually in July and August, are always indicated by the 

 sheep, which then collect in close clumps with their heads inward 

 and their noses held close to the ground, and thrust into it if any 

 loose dirt or sand is within their reach. If the fly succeeds in de- 

 positing its egg, it is soon hatched by the warmth and moisture of 

 the part, and the young grubs or larvae crawl up the nose, finding 

 their way into the head of the sheep. During the ascent of the 

 larvae, the sheep tosses its head violently, ana often dashes away 

 from its companions wildly over the field. The odor of the tar on 

 the nose of tne sheep will usually keep this fly at bay. 



Remedy for Scours. 



In scours the bowels are continually passing watery stools. The 

 treatment found successful, is as follows: Take four ounces raw 

 linseed oil, two ounces of lime-water; mix. Let this quantity be 

 given to a sheep on the first appearance of the above disease; half 

 the quantity will suffice for a lamb. Give about a wineglassful of 

 ginger tea at intervals of four hours, or mix a small quantity of 

 ginger in the food. Let the animal be fed on gruel or mashes of 

 ground meal. If the above treatment fails to arrest the disease, add 

 half a teaspoonful of powdered bayberry bark. 



Remedies for Founder. 



In this disease, the animal becomes slow in its movements; its 

 walk is characterized by rigidity of the muscular system, and when 

 lying down, it requires great effort to rise. The cause of this dif- 

 ficulty is exposure to sudden changes in temperature, feeding on 

 wet lands, etc. 



1. The following remedy will be found good: Powdered lady's 

 slipper root, 1 teaspoonful, to be given every morning, in a pint of 

 warm pennyroyal tea. 



2. If the malady does not yield in a few days, take powdered 

 sassafras bark one teaspoonful, boiling water one pint, honey one 

 teaspoonful ; mix, and repeat the dose every other morning. 



3. Give pulverized alum in wheat-bran. Great care in chang- 

 ing from dry to green feed should be exercised. 



Colic or Stretches. 



1. A decoction of throughwort or boneset, given warm, is usu- 

 ally an effectual cure. 



2. Attacks of this disease come readily to some sheep. It can 

 always be prevented by giving green feed daily, or even once or 

 twice a week. Its cause generally is costiveness. 



