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emoved from the fire let the turpentine be mixed Math it, 

 and continue stirring it until cold. 



PELT-ROT. 



This is a complaint caused by the animals which are in 

 low condition lying in wet commons, woods, or copses, with 

 their fleeces soaked with rain, and the debilitated condition 

 of the sheep producing low spirits and inactivity, so that it 

 does not shake itself This produces a relaxation of the 

 action of the vessels of the skin ; and consequently the wool 

 falls off, leaving large patches of the hide bare. Scanty and 

 poor pasturage will also induce this complaint ; and it is 

 sometimes caused by a sudden transition from poor to rich 

 pasturage. 



When this disease is noticed, the animal should be 

 removed to a warm straw-yard, and fed upon diet of a 

 nourishing kind, such as mashes of malt and oatmeal, mixed 

 with pea-meal ; and also give him cordial draughts. 



ERYSIPELAS, OR WILD-FIRE. 



Symptoms. — This is an affection of the skin, and is ex- 

 tremely contagious ; and if not attended to will quickly 

 spread over the whole flock. The skin becomes very red, 

 and considerable inflammation prevails, but differs from red- 

 water, in never blistering. It is caused by some peculiar 

 condition of the atmosphere, and generally appears in 

 August and September. It seldom, however, continues more 

 tlian eight days at a time, although sheep which have been 

 affected with it are liable to a relapse. In some seasons 

 the disease proves very fatal to sheep. 



Remedies. — Cooling medicines, such as antimonial pre- 

 parations, are useful in this complaint. Give a dose of from 

 one ounce to one ounce and a half of Epsom salts for three 



