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plmr, uii'l one-quarter pound of melted tar. Rub a little into 

 the head ; then make a part in the wool from head to tail, and 

 rub n httle in with the finger wherever there is any redness. 

 C/ODtinue this all over the back and sides. We also recom- 

 mend for this and all other skin diseases, insects, etc., the 

 cresylic soaps and cresylic sheep dip before mentioned. 



Diseases of the Feet, such as are produced by sand, 

 gravel, frozen mud, hard travelling and the like, require first 

 iht* clciining of the hoof from all substances which cause dis- 

 e:u-e, the cutting away of the outer portion of the horn, and the 

 application of a coat of tar and turpentine. 



HouF Rot is the most common and most dangerous of all 

 the diseases of sheep in this country; we shall therefore give 

 Mr. Randall's description and treatment in full : — 



" TliL" horny covering of the sheep's foot extends up, gradu- 

 ally thinning out, some way between the toes, or divisions of 

 the hoof, and above these horny walls the cleft is lined with 

 skin. Where the points of the toes are spread apart, this skin 

 is shown in front, covered with soft, short hair. The heels can 

 bo separated only to a little distance, and the skin that is in the 

 cleft above them is naked. In a healthy foot it is as firm, 

 sound, smooth, and dry as the skin between a man's fingers, 

 which, indeed, it not a little resembles, on a mere superficial 

 inspection. Tt is equally destitute of any appearance of redness 

 or of feverish heat. 



" The first symptom of hoof rot, uniformly, in my experi- 

 ence, is a disappearance of this smooth, dry, colorless condition 

 of the naked skin at the top of the cleft over the heels, and of 

 its coolness. It is a little moist, a little red, and the skin has a 

 slightly chafed or eroded appearance, sometimes being a very 

 little corrugated as if the parts had been subjected to the action 

 )f moisture. And on placing the fingers over the heels it wiU 



