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affected part with a paint brush. It is a good preventive, to 

 apply this to the sound feet of the affected animal. Another 

 remedy is to use spirits of turpentine after scraping ; and if 

 the disease is of long standing, add to the turpetine a strong 

 decoction of blue vitriol dissolved in water. The foot should 

 be examined every week, and the remedy repeated till perfect 

 soundness is restored. A feather dipped in muriatic or nitric 

 acid and applied to the parts after scraping and cleansing, 

 is a good remedy. When put upon the soles of foot-sore 

 sheep, it hardens the hoofs and enables them to travel better. 

 Sheep are sometimes cured by keeping them on a dry surface, 

 and driving over a barn floor daily, which is well covered 

 with quick lime. It may also be cured by dryness and 

 repeated washing with soap-suds. The above ailment should 

 not be confounded with a temporary soreness or inflammation 

 of the hoof, occasioned by the irritation from the long rough 

 grasses which abound in low situations, which is removed 

 with the cause; or if it continues, apply white paint or tar, 

 after thorough washing. 



CORROSIOX OF THE FLESH BY FLIES OK MAGGOTS, rililV 



be cured by first removing the vermin, then wash with 

 Castile soap and warm soft water, after which apply white 

 lead with linseed oil. Tar put on the festering wound cor- 

 rodes it ; but this, or spirits of turpentine placed on the sound 

 parts near it, keep off the flies by their strong effluvia. It 

 the wound be slight and the weather moderate, apply a little 

 spirits of turpentine with a strong decoction of elder bark. 

 Flies on sheep may be prevented by smearing with a compo- 

 sition made of two Ibs. lard or soft grease, one Ib. sulphur, 

 J pint oil of amber, or oil of tar, or tar alone. A small 

 spoonful is sufficient for a sheep. (Genesee Farmer, wl. 7.) 

 PROTECTION FROM THE GAD-FLY. In July, August, and 

 September, in the northern states, the gad-fly (CEstiis Ovis) 

 attacks the nostrils of the sheep, and there deposits its eggs, 

 which on being hatched, immediately crawl up and make a 

 lodgment in the head. They are frequently repelled, by lay- 

 ing a thick coat of tar on the bottom of the troughs, and 

 sprinkling it with salt. The smell of the tar adhering to 

 the nose, will drive off the fly. A more effectual remedy is 

 to apply it thoroughly with a brush to the external part ol 

 the nose. If a few furrows of loose earth are turned up in 

 their pastures, the sheep will hold their noses to them and 

 thus keep off the fly. The symptoms of grubs in the head, 

 are drooping of the head and ears, discharge of bloody and 



