34 MANAGEMENT OF FLOCK. 



until June, or the lambs may suffer a severe check from the 

 exposure to cold. 



HUSK OR HOOSE AND PARASITIC TROUBLES. 



It is probably well within the mark to state that two-thirds of 

 the disease and mortality in our flocks are of parasitic origin, 

 and that despite the vast strides made in sanitary science, and our 

 larger acquaintance with the life history and habits of ovine 

 parasites, diseases of this class are much more common than 

 three or four decades ago. 



That some Flockmasters, by intelligent observation, together 

 with good veterinary advice, have greatly minimized the loss by 

 disease is an undoubted fact ; but amongst the great majority of 

 flocks, parasitic diseases are still accountable for numerous deaths. 



Prevention is better than cure, and to endeavour to secure 

 immunity from this most fatal complaint, it is an excellent plan 

 to drench the whole of the lambs several times with one of the 

 well-known patent remedies, or with the following, which costs less 

 and is to all intents and purposes as good, viz : 



i oz. Asafetida, 

 , g oz. Turpentine, 



I oz. Linseed Oil, 



given in half a gill of milk or thin gruel two days consecutively 

 upon an empty stomach. 



Should the breeder neglect these precautions and get disease 

 amongst his lambs, the writer will be glad to give the name of an 

 article which has proved itself to be far above the average as a 

 cure, but it is no part of this work to place one man's remedy in 

 front of others. 



STOMACH WORMS. 



A remedy successfully used in the United States, at the Ohio 

 Experiment Station, and the Wisconsin Experiment Station, 

 and also by private individuals, is Benzine, or Gasoline, or Creoline. 

 The lambs should be fasted for some hours previously, and two 



