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lamps with kerosene, and having filled it from the demi- 

 john, open the wool of the affected sheep the whole length 

 of the back from head to tail, and pour in the liquid ; 

 that done, open the wool on the sides, and down the fore 

 and hind-quarter, pouring in the liquid. A demijohn 

 [i.e. one pint bottle of the preparation) of five frascos will 

 probably suffice for thirty-five or forty sheep, or for fifty 

 or sixty lambs. 



After shearing I use it as a bath. I use an octave cask 

 of water to six pint bottles of the preparation, keeping it 

 closely covered. From this I put into a large tub suffi- 

 cient to make a bath. As the sheep are shorn, I dip 

 them thoroughly, covering the bath the moment the 

 animal is taken out. I then place the sheep in another 

 tub, with a platform in it, to drain for a few minutes, 

 untie, and loose the animal. If there is any hard scab on 

 the sheep, it should be well rubbed in the bath. This 

 treatment I have never known to fail, if done efficiently. 

 The bath costs about 1$ ""/„ per head. An excellent dip 

 can be made on the farm by simply boiling tobacco and 

 mixing the decoction with a given quantity of water. 

 The dip should contain, in nine to ten gallons of water, the 

 juice of forty to forty-five ounces of tobacco. Sulphur 

 may be added to the decoction. 



Foot Rot. — Another great scourge, and likewise con- 

 tagious. This is produced by treading in soft, wet ground, 

 and watery herbage. 



Treatment. — Cleanse the foot, and pare away the hoof 

 wherever it is detached ; wash the affected parts clean 

 with chloride of hme water, or Demarchi's sheep-wash, 

 or tobacco water and dry ; then apply with a feather the 

 butter of antimony (a very efficient caustic) ; after a few 

 minutes for the caustic effect to be complete, a pinch or 

 two of Cordova Ume may be ' patted ' over the foot, or 



