1837] 



r A R M K R S ' REGISTER. 



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Or, 



When a slipop is first observed fo be riflected, 

 1(M ii lie lirou^'ljt in, aiui llie sore loot well wash- 

 eii Willi soap and urine; tlien well bathed wiih 

 turpentine, aiul aOeru-ards rubbed all over willi 

 tar. ami bound up wiih nannei; and il' it be 

 tlieri inrned into a clean dry pasture, the cure is 

 certain. * 



In HouH^ ohservalions nn ihe nature and cure ol 

 this jiKiiady, couinninirated to the Board of A^- 

 ricnlinre by R. VVorthiui^ton, esq., ol" Southend, 

 ihcliiet of iis bein^ conlagious is clearly estab- 

 li.-hetl; and the Ibllowini; method of treatment is 

 Elated to be that which has proved most surees- 

 ful. It (Consists, first, in perleetly cleansin^r llic 

 leet with soap am' water; then, in scrapin<f \vith 

 a Unife, and oc-casinnally cutiinia; off the (oul and 

 putrii) portion of the loot, whether of the interior' 

 softer parts, or of the hoof After this, the bloody 

 siirliices are to be sconreii with a mixture consist- 

 ing of equal parts of nmriate of antimony, tinc- 

 ture of benzjin, and linctnrij)f myrrh; and a little 

 muriate of antimony iilone is directed to b3 applied 

 with a hair pencil to the more raciied and diseased 

 fiaris. To the practice of mufflins' the feet, in or- 

 di-r to l;eep them dry, JMr. W. objects most de- 

 cidedly; liecause, if'llie land be wet when the 

 sheep are turned out, the feet will suffer more Irom 

 absorbed damp, than if they were not covered al 

 all. He considers it prelerable to ijivc them ibod 

 a«d lotitriniT under an appropriate shed, or in some 

 convenient out-house; and, at all events directs 

 that they should be kept on some dry treadintr, lor 

 an hour or two, after every dressing. The prac- 

 tice here described, Mr. W. tisserts, will always 

 put a stop to the progress ot" the foot-rot. f Lims 

 has also been found an efficacious remedy ; and 

 may be advantageously applied to whole flocks by 

 spreading it on their pasture. In corroboration of 

 this fact "s one mentioned in the Agricultural Sur- 

 vey of Devonshire, f of one lot of sheep having 

 been divided between two persons, one of whom 

 turned his proportion into a field recently covered 

 with a tuil dressing ol caustic lime, where they 

 remained perfectly sound; while the other portion 

 'were much inlected ivithtbe foot-rot. 



The Ibllowing mode of treating this trouble- 

 some malady was coauTiunicated to the Society of 

 Arts by Mr. Richard Parkinson of Walworth, 

 wiio was honored with their silver medal ibrit. 

 In sheep thus affected, he directs the hools fo he 

 pared, leaving no hollow to hold dirt; if matter be 

 formed, it must be carefully discharged, after 

 which the feet must be washed clean from dirt 

 with some stale urine, and wiped with a sponge. 

 The sheep are next to be put into a house or shed 

 the floor of which has been previously spread, 

 about two inches thick, with quick-lime reduced 

 to powder by a small quantity of water. The 

 fresher the lime is, the better. Upon this, the 

 sheep are to stand for si.x or seven hours, and the 

 cure will beeff'ected. § 



Gall, or scower. — This disease prevails chiefly 



* Hoscg's Shepherd's Guide, p. 170. 



t Communication to tlie Bouid of Agriculture, vol. 

 vii. ])art i. 



t Vaucouver's Survey, p. 341. 



1^ Transactions of the Society of Arts, &,c. vol. xxtI. 

 pp. 126, 127. 



during winter, and is siijiposed to be produced by 

 severe frosts. An immediate change to diy Ibod 

 isihe best remedy that can be resoned to; and it 

 appears from the practice of JMr. Ellmaii, that if 

 some hav be given to sheep on tho'^e mornings 

 when hoar frosts are upon the ground, it jjrevenis 

 them from Itemg attacked by Ihe gali. 



Ifovennr blown. See the first chtipterof this 

 book. [|). 619 Fanners' Register.] 



The hunger-rot, is generally accasioned by poor 

 livino-, especially li'om a scanty su|)ply of winter 

 (iuider. It may easily be known by llie leanness 

 of the sheep. An immediate change of keep is 

 th<' proper cure. 



Pelt-rot. — In this disorder the wool or hair falls 

 off spontaneously from tlie sheep. Scanty keep, 

 exposure to much wet, or sometimes a sudden 

 change from poor to full ft^eding, will variously 

 produce the pelt-rot, which is likewise occasioned 

 by Ihe scab. In tlie last case, the removal of 

 that disease will of course effect a cure; but in Ihe 

 former instances, as soon as a sheep is discovered 

 to be afi'ected, (if not loo far gone, J it should be 

 separated from the flock, and dr'ven into a de- 

 tached yard, where the diseased part should be 

 cleansed, and the animal anointed with a mixture 

 of turpentine, lard or other grease, and tar, in 

 such proportions as to form a salve, (a piece of 

 cloth being sewed on the animal to keep it li'om 

 the cold;) and where they should be supplied with 

 the best food, an attentive regard to the regular 

 distribution of which, especially in winter, would 

 efl'ectually prevent this malady. 



R ed- water. —Th\s mahuiy is sometimes called the 

 resp, and is beliieved to originate from sheep feed- 

 ing too freely on turnips, clover, or other rich and 

 succulent vegetables. Frequent driving about, and 

 the use of common salt, are said to be successiiil 

 remedies in the red-water, which, it is asserted, 

 may be prevented b) giving the animals dry |)ro- 

 vender, in the course of the night, after they have 

 been feeding on tlie vegetables above mentioned. 

 The use of parsley in this malady is likewise said 

 to be beneficial. 



'•This disease'commonly makes its appearance 

 about the beginning or end of winter, and first 

 alFects about the breast and belly, although at 

 rimes it spreads itself over other parts of the body. 

 It consists in an inflammation of the skin, that 

 raises it into blisters, which contain a thin, red- 

 dish, and watery fluid. These continue for a short 

 time, break, and discharge their matter, and are 

 followed by a blackish scab. 



''When the sheep are exposed to cold or wet- 

 ness, the skin beinijf'fetted, makes the blisters rise; 

 or they often arise from cold afliecting the animal 

 internally; thus producing a slight lever, which 

 throws out these vesicles on the body, similar to 

 the scabby eruptions which appear about the fiice, 

 and more particularly tibout the mouth, of persons 

 aff(?cted with cold. "The blond in this disease is 

 but little aflected, although a little of it oozes into 

 the vesicles on the skin and communicates to 

 them that reddish tinge, which gives origin to the 

 name. 



"Red-water is a disease that but rarely appears 

 in this country, and is seldom fatal. In cases 

 where the disease is violent, a little blood should 

 be taken. The sheep should be placed in a ibid 

 by itself, ihe blisters slit up, and a little infusion of 

 tobacco put into them, and the Ibllowing medi- 



