444 n<>^\' TO MAKE TUE FARM PAY. 



iiblc, as ill cold weather the ulcers of ordinary virulence dis- 

 chari'C no matter to inoculate the healthy feet ; and thus at the 

 time of applving the remedy there are no cases where there has 

 been inoculation not yet followed by the actual disease. I 

 think that the vitriol required for the above one hundred 

 siieep was about twelve pounds, and that it cost me fifteen cents 

 per pound. The account then would stand thus : — Twelve 

 pounds of vitriol at fifteen cents, one dollar and eighty cents ; 

 labor of three men one day each, two dollars and twenty-live 

 cents; total four dollars and five cents — or about four cents per 

 Bheep. 



" Many years after the above took place, I treated a flock of 

 diseased lambs in the same way — except that they were put into 

 a larger tub which would hold five of them, so that each stood 

 in the hot fluid from twenty to twenty-five minutes : and again 

 the cure was perfect. They too were handled just as winter 

 was setting in; were wintered alone; and were turned early in 

 the spring into a flock of about one hundred and fifty which 

 had never had hoof rot." 



As Mr. Randall has himself treated upwards of five thousand 

 sheep with this disease, we need no better authority. 



Broken legs are treated with cold water and simple splints 

 bandaged to the legs. From four to six weeks is required to 

 firmly heal a simple fracture below the knee Fractures above 

 the knee make a case for the butcher. Dog bites and other 

 wounds should be fomented with warm water until clean; the 

 wound, if possible, sewed up, and a poultice applied. Flax- 

 seed, slippery elm, or bran make a good poultice. The poultice 



NoTK. We are indebted to Messrs. N. P. Boyer & Co., Parkesl)urcr, 

 Chester County, Pennsylvania, for the cuts of Merino Sheep, Figs. 80 

 and 81. i - o 



