432 now TO MAKE THE FARM PAY. 



projitabk flock of slieep, who does not make a practice of yearly 



culling. 



Before turning bucks off the floor, daub them well behind, 

 and under the horns with pine tar. This will prevent the flies 

 blowing them, which they frequently do in hot, damp, weather, 

 being attracted by the stench. If fly-blown, and not attended 

 to, the maggots will kill them. In case maggots, from any 

 cause, get 'a lodgment, scrape them all out, and rub the parts 

 with turpentine. 



The Diseases of Sheep are few compared with those of 

 other animals, and where sheep are well kept, according to the 

 rules we have laid down, foot rot and scab are the only diseases 

 to be feared. The face sometimes gets sore, or the lips swell 

 and crack, but if the lips are rubbed with lard or common pot 

 grease, (both without salt,) the soreness will disappear. Sore 

 or inflammed eyes should be treated with the eye wash pre- 

 scribed for the horse. 



Grub in the Head is a troublesome and perhaps, occasion- 

 ally, fatal disorder, but not to such an extent as is generally 

 supposed. In mid-summer a gadfly attacks the sheep and lays 

 her eggs in the nostrils; these soon hatch into grubs, and 

 burrow into the head to spend the winter. Prevention is better 

 than cure in this case. Plow occasional furrows through the 

 sheep pasture, about the first of July, and the sheep when 

 attacked will run their noses into the fresh earth to escape the 

 fly. About the same time smear the bottom of the salt trough 

 with tar to the depth of two inches and sprinkle the salt over it. 

 The tar they get on their noses repels the fly. 



Colic in sheep is shown by twisting the head, stretching, 

 frequent lying down and rising again, and other symptoms of 

 pain and uneasiness. An ounce of Epsom salts dissolved in 

 warm water with a teaspoonful of essence of peppermint should 



