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©any a little bottle of this about with them, which, by 

 applying to the foot with a feather, helps -a lame sheep 

 by hardening- its hoof, and enabling it to travel better. 

 Some may think aqua fortis is of too hot a nature, but 

 such a desperate disorder requires an active cure, 

 which, no doubt, is ever to be used cautiously. 



Another. — Spread some slacked c[uick lime over a 

 house floor, pretty thick, pare the sheep's feet well, 

 and turn them into this house, where they may remain 

 for a few hours, after which turn them into a dry pas- 

 ture. This treatment may be repeated two or three 

 times, always observing to keep the house clean, and 

 adding a little more quick lime before putting them in. 



The foot must be often dressed, and the sheep kept 

 as much as possible upon dry land. Those animals 

 that are diseased should be kept separate from the 

 flock, as the disorder is very infectious. 



Prevention and cure for the fool-rot in sheep. — On 

 suspected grounds, constant and careful examination 

 ought to take place ; and when any fissures or cracks, 

 attended with heat, make their appearance, apply oil 

 of turpentine and common brandy. This, in general, 

 produces a very beneficial effect, but where the disease 

 has been long seated, and becomes, in a manner, con- 

 firmed — after cleaning the foot, and paring away the 

 infected parts, recourse is had to caustics, of which 

 the best seem to be sulphuric acid, and the nitrate of 

 mercury. After this, pledgets are applied, the foot 

 bound up, and the animal kept in a clean, dry situation, 

 until its recovery is eflfected. But* it often happens, 

 where the malady is inveterate, that the disease refuses 

 to yield to any, or all of the above prescriptions. • 



The following mode of treatment, however, if care- 

 fully attended to, may be depended upon as a certain 

 cure. Whenever the disease makes its appearance, let 



