320 THE DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



salicylic acid around margin of eye, renewed in four days. 

 Rub with a mixture of castor oil and corrosive sublimate, 

 or blow, with quill, salt dried by heating into the eye. 



In diseases of the eyes, in either sheep or cattle, it is 

 better, when practicable, to fatten and slaughter than to 

 waste time and money in treatment, especially in such 

 diseases as amaurosis (glass-eye), glaucoma, &c. 



NON-SECRETION OF MILK (AGALACTIA), 



When not depending on any disease nor on wasting of 

 the udder, may usually be restored, or partially restored, 

 by the use of nutritious food and the following draft : 

 Powdered aniseed, 2 oz., powdered gentian, 2 oz., in a 

 pint of warm water or beer, 2 or 3 times daily. 



The ears of sheep require to be kept clean, as they 

 are liable to inflammation from dirt and maggots. The 

 head is carried lower than usual, often a* little to one 

 side, and is occasionally shaken. 



Fractured and Broken Limbs are sometimes cura- 

 ble, but unless the sheep is very valuable, it is cheaper 

 to slaughter. 



