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Staggers. A disease of the brain, which renders them 

 Unable to stand : Incurable by any means known, which 

 would warrant the expense. 



See, however, what Gibson says, of STAGGERS 



Colds. The principal indication of this is the discharge 

 fcf mucus from the nose. The cure has already been no- 

 ticed. Whenever this, however, becomes habitual with old 

 Sheep, they should be killed off 



Purging. If any are severely afflicted in the Spring 

 with this, which sometimes happens after being turned out 

 to grass, house them, give them a dose of castor-oil, feed 

 them with dry food, and give them some crusts of wheat 

 bread A slight purging Will not hurt them. 



Hove. Sheep, like N^at cattle, when put into clover- 

 pastures, sometimes have their stomachs distended by 

 wind, so that they will die if not relieved. The swelling 

 rises highest on the left sidt v , and in this place let the koife 

 be inserted, or other means used, in the manner directed 

 for N^at rattle. 



See NEAT-CATTLE. 



The dfs^ses ot Lambs are: 



Pining. When the excrement of the Lamb becomes so 

 glutinous as to fasten the (ail to the vent, it must be washed 

 clean, and have the burrocks and tail rubed with dry clay, 

 which will prevent any further adhesion. 



Purging. Put the Lamb wiih its Dam into a dry place, 

 and give her some oats, old Indian corn, or crusts of wheat 

 bread. If the Dam has not milk enough, give the Lamb 

 Con's milk, boiled, or let it suck a Cow. 



Sometimes it may be found necessary to bleed Sheep, to 

 allay some inflammatory disorder 



* Daubenton recommends bleeding in the lower part of 

 the cheek, at the spot where the root of the fourth tooth is 

 placed, which is the thickest part of the cheek, and is 

 marked on the external surface of the bone of the upper 

 jaw, by a tubercle sufficiently prominent to be very sensible 

 to the finger, when the skin of the cheek is touched. This 

 tubercle is a certain index to the angular vein which is 

 placed below.' 



The method of bleeding, after finding the vein, it is 

 hardly necessary to describe. 



Philip, De Castro^ a Spanish Shepherd, has writen a short 

 treatise on the diseases of Sheep in Spain, and of their man- 

 agement there; and he recommends that bleeding should 

 be performed in a vein in the fore part of the dug. The 

 essay of this Shepherd is believed to be worthy of some 

 further notice. 



He says the Merino Sheep of Spain are subject to the 

 following diseases : 



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