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which appears to be the stopage of the excretory duct, be 

 fere mentioned. Generally, he says, the Lambs are subject 

 to the diseases of the Ewes; and that the same remedies 

 are requisite. 



Sheep, in Greatbritain, are subject to the rot; but it is 

 believed that this disease has never been known in this 

 Country. Another disease, however, which the British 

 Writers mention, our Sheep are sometimes liable to; this 

 is, being maggoty^ occasioned by being flyblown ; and, if not 

 timely remedied, the maggots will eat into the entrails in 

 twenty-tour hours. Cured by corrosive sublimate and tur- 

 pentine rubed into the sore. 



Sheep, in Greutbmain, are also subject to diseases called 

 the rcdwater and Whitewater, from tlu color ot their urine. 

 No cure known. Supposed to be occasioned by eating 

 poisonous weeds. 



Frequently changing flocks of Sheep from ^)ne farm to 

 another, where the pastures are equally good, is very bene- 

 ficial to them. We know a flock which, lor several years 

 past, have been pastured on different farms, by being let 

 out to different Farmers on shares, which are much the 

 finest-looking Sheep to be found any where in the neigh- 

 borhood where they belong. 



T tie Farmer who would rejoice to see our Country so far 

 independent, as to become stocked with woolen fabrics of 

 our own making, must feel himself impeled by his pairi- 

 oiism to endeavor to afford his share of supplies of wool, 

 which are so needful to our infant Manufactories ; and he 

 who is insensible to a love of Country, may still find a 

 powerful incentive to the raising ot Sheep, in consulting 

 his own interest. 



The raising of Merino Sheep, in particular, is undoubt- 

 edly very profitable ; and the nearer the Farmer brings his 

 fcreed to that of the tullblood, the greater will be his profit. 

 Like every thing, however, which innovates upon ancient 

 usages, the Merino has its prejudices to encounter; and the 

 Savage who first introduced the use of the bow and arrow 

 to his Countrymen, no doubt, had the same. But let the 

 sensible and spirited Farmer persevere ; and in the end his 

 Merino flock will afford him a rich harvest; the pleasure 

 and profit of which his weaker Neighbor must forego, as a 

 tax on his prejudices. 



Note. We have inserted the article SHEEP as it appeared in the 

 first edition of this Work. We ought now to observe, that the ex- 

 treme low price at which British woolen cloths are afforded, is calcu- 

 lated to discourage many in the rearing of Sheep extensively ; and 

 the Merino, from the great encouragement given to them in Great- 

 britain, has shared the common fute, in regard to the present lo\T 

 price of wool in this Country. 



