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such as Milestone ami arsenic, have failed to effect a cure 111 many 

 instance^. In Iviverina the disease ha> a^iimcd a much more 

 virulent shape than in the western district of Victoria. It frequent- 

 ly extends to the joints of the fetlock and in a very short time the 

 sheep becomes a complete wreck. 



This form of foot-rot has been attributed to the Vermont 

 merinos, to whom its introduction into the country is ascribed by 

 some pastoralists. This I believe to be an error, for I have known 

 the very worst form of foot-rot in a Hock that had no Vermont 

 blood in their veins and had never been brought into contact with 

 Vermont sheep. In the country where this virulent form of foot- 

 rot has appeared the merinos are rapidly giving way to longwools 

 and crossbrecls, and much of the land is being cultivated for wheat- 

 growing on the share system. 



A pastoralist in New South Wales has kept his sheep sound in 

 their feet by the use of the following dressing : I oz. arsenic to 

 each gallon of water, with a handful of salt to each gallon ; boil 

 four hours. When the sheep display symptoms of foot-rot they 

 are run through the mixture twice a week. A Victorian grazier 

 >ays he has found the following treatment very effective : Pass 

 the sheep through a trough 14 or 15 feet long and as many inches 

 wide with three or four inches of water in it, with which a small 

 quantity of lime has been mixed. The lime-water should not be 

 made so caustic as to harden the hoof or injure a healthy skin. It 

 can be used frequently. 



A Vermont sheep farmer claims to have found a cure for foot- 

 rot. He dips his sheep's feet into kerosene and puts a pinch of 

 sulphur between the hoofs. One repetition of the treatment at the 

 end of two weeks, he claims, will effect a cure. 



The trough for running sheep through can easily be made. It 

 should be about 14 inches broad, as many feet long, and about 10 

 inches deep. Sometimes planks or pieces of sheet iron are placed 

 on each side of the trough to save the splash. I believe I was the 

 hrst person in Victoria to use a trough for foot -rot, and not having 

 any planks at hand, I morticed out a straight tree trunk, which 

 answered the purpose well and was used for some time. Where 

 the sheep are liable to foot-rot, they should be run through the 

 trough directly they scald in the feet. Young lambs are often saved 

 from a bad attack of foot-rot by being run through directly they 

 show a scald in the feet. I think a half ounce of arsenic to the gallon 

 of water the best remedy. That foot-rot is contagious I am convinced, 

 as I have known it introduced to healthy flocks by bringing foot-rot 

 sheep on to the run. Unless the conditions of soil and climate are 

 suitable to the development of the disease, foot-rot will never give 

 much trouble. 



FLUKE. 



Also known as rot, liver-rot, and by other names, is a 

 parasitic disease caused by the presence in the bile ducts of the 



