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to ignorant servants, who, perhaps, can neither read nor write, and who 

 add superstition to ignorance. The intelligcMice of the master keeps puce 

 fully with all that is new in the art of farming, and this intelligence is 

 quickly caught by the workmen and shepherds. 



m. Distemper or Epizootic Catarrh. 



Sheep distemper or Malignant Epizoiitic Catarrh, is an epizooty that is 

 sometimes fatal in sheep, both East and West. The disease in its malig- 

 nant form is a severe congestion and inflammation of the lining mem- 

 branes of the nasal cavities, sometimes extending to the stomach and 

 bowels. 



How to know it. — There is a slight watery discharge from the nostrils 

 and eyes ; there is depression and more or less loss of appetite ; the pulse 

 is slightly increased in frequency and is weak ; the breathing is not 

 changed unless the bronchial tubes are affected ; there is no cough. At 

 the end of a week, miless the animal gets relief, the nasal discharge is 

 thick and glutinous, and sometimes tinged with blood ; the eyes are halt 

 dosed and the lids are gummed with a yellow secretion ; there is great 

 prostration and emaciation ; the pulse is very weak ; respiration is diffi- 

 mlt ; the appetite is lost, and the animal soon after dies. 



What to do. — There should be no bleeding or purging. Remove the 

 sheep to warm, well-ventilated quarters, and if the bowels are costive, 

 prepare the following : 



No. 1. 1 Ounce carbonate of ammouia, 



1 Ounce rhubarb, 



2 Ounces ginger, 

 2 Ounces gentian. 



Simmer the rhubarb, ginger and gentian for fifteen minutes in a quart 

 of water, and, when cold, add the ammonia and cork the bottle. Give two 

 tablespoonfuls four times a day. Keep up the strength of the sheep 

 with good food and nourishing drinks. Good nursing is of equal import- 

 ance with the other treatment, for if the sheep are neglected they will 

 either die or become so enfeebled as to be of little value. 

 IV. Grubs in the Head. 

 Causes. — This is caused by the eggs of the sheep gadfly ( (Estrus Ovis,) 

 being deposited in the nostrils of the sheep in July 

 ^ and August. The eggs being deposited, the mag- 

 ^B^^ gots hatch and find their way through the sinuses, 

 W^^ causing much pain. When the gadflies arc seek- 

 ■^ ing the sheep, the animals will crowd together, 

 SHEEP GAD- with their noses to the ground, stamping violently ^„ ^„ 



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at times, and will run from one place in the pas- gadfly. 

 ture to another. When the maggots reach their resting place they attach 

 tliemselves by their hooks, and are not easily dislodged. 



