400 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



rubbed a little with a smooth flat stick on a plate ; but 

 there will seldom be any occasion for this if the pro- 

 cess be well managed. A very effectual and a much 

 cheaper ointment may be made as follows : — 



Corrosive Sublimate - - 8 ounces. 



Train Oil - - _ _ 6 gallons. 



Rosin, (black or yellow) - - 2 pounds. 



Tallow - - - - - 2 pounds. 

 Let the corrosive sublimate be reduced to a fine 

 powder, and mixed with a portion of the oil. The 

 rosin, tallow, and remainder of the oil, are to be melted 

 together over the fire, and the sublimate afterwards 

 added. 



If the mixture should be thought too thin, the pro- 

 portion of oil may be diminished, and that of the 

 tallow increased. Were one or two pounds of powdered 

 white hellebore to be added, it would improve both 

 the consistence and efficacy of the ointment. One 

 pound of subUmate at ten shiUings, will, in this way, 

 go as far as fifty pounds of mercurial ointment at three 

 shillings. If the wool be not taken off, either of these 

 ointments, or that of Sir Joseph Banks, is to be laid on 

 in the same manner as smearing stuff, beginning with 

 a line along the back ; one is to be laid on each side, 

 and one down each leg. The neck, inside of the 

 thighs, and belly, should have a share. In every case, 

 however, the wool should be shorn, except during veiy 

 cold weather, and the animal washed and brushed with 

 soap and water, before the application of the ointment, 

 which may now be applied all over the body. The 

 mercury will have more effect, and less of the oint- 

 ment will serve, when all the filth and loose scabs have 

 been removed by the washing. Anointing the sheep, 

 after being shorn, will be found a very effectual means 

 of warding off the scab and every disease of the skin. 



