188 FITTING SHEEP 



and scrape every particle of any foul matter. Although it 

 is not so well to cut so deep as to draw blood, don't let the 

 sight of blood bar you from thoroughly doing your work, 

 for just as long as there is a particle of pus or foul matter 

 remaining untouched by the acids I advocate using further 

 on, no hope of a healthy foot can be entertained. One great 

 point the operator should observe, however, is not to cut 

 the "toe vein" or the blood will spurt out in a stream and 

 greatly interfere with the work of cleansing the foot. The 

 "toe vein" is situated at the tip of the toe. After a thorough 

 paring and cleaning the foot of foul matter apply thoroughly 

 one of the violent but effectual remedies I shall treat of 

 below: 



Blue vitriol, butyr of antimony and muriatic acid, equal 

 parts by weight, forms a dressing that will dry, harden and 

 knock the disease out of the most rotten foot in about a 

 week. Red lead, blue vitriol and nitric acid, equal parts, 

 mixed, will fix the worst case of foot-rot at one dressing, if 

 thoroughly applied. As soon as the foot is dry and hard 

 anoint it with tar; this will make the hoof pliable and healthy. 



Grub in the Head. 



It may read a little curious to my readers when I say that 

 I have found more of these pests in the heads of apparently 

 healthy sheep than I have seen in diseased ones. In the 

 slaughtering of sheep having horns it is usual, after they 

 have been stuck and life is extinct, to chop their horns off 

 close to the head. Upon the cavity at the base of the horn 

 being exposed to view I have, on many occasions, taken 

 from this cavity a large, fat, white, or pale yellow worm 

 resembling in every way the so-called grub-worm. I have 



