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iwo-thirds of that which covers the 

 fleeces, be added to it. When so 

 hot as that the hand cannot bear 

 it, take out the \vool, put it in 

 a basket, put the basket in the 

 cauldron, and there wash the wool 

 by pressing, without any wringing 

 oi' it, and then cleanse it in running 

 water. If the water in the caul- 

 dron become too dirty, take more 

 from that in which it was first 

 soaked. 



Dry the wool in the shade ; not 

 in the sun ; let it then be beaten 

 with a rod, which takes out all 

 seeds, &c. and softens it ; then pick 

 it, by opening it lengthwise care- 

 fully, and card it with cotton, not 

 with wool-cards. Carding ma- 

 chines are not to be used for this 

 wool, unless particularly fitted for 

 it. 



The above is the European me- 

 thod of managing this wool before 

 carding, &c. but Mr. Livingston 

 thinks that if the wool be carefully 

 picked and carded, so as to get out 

 mo.«t of the dirt, and woven in this 

 way, that it will answer without 

 washing; in which case less oil or 

 grease will be necessary. 



We shall here mention some of 

 the most common diseases to which 

 sheep are liable, v. ith the most ap- 

 proved remedies. 



Rot. — For a description of this 

 disease, see the article Rot in its 

 alphabetical order. We shall here 

 add somer^'hat respecting its cure, 

 " Miller recommends parsley as 

 being eminently serviceable. Mr. 

 Rice recommends every farmer 

 to remove hi;; sheep, in wet and 

 warm seasons, from such lands as 

 ue liaWe to occasion the rot; !>'it 



if this be impracticable, he pre- 

 scribes a spoonful of common salt 

 for each, together with a similar 

 quantity of flour, ili a pint of water, 

 once or twice a week, by way of 

 preventive: and if the disorder be 

 in an incipient state, a similar dose 

 administered four or five succes- 

 sive ntornings, will, in his opinion, 

 probably effect a cure ; as the ad- 

 dition of the flour and water not 

 only abates the pungency of the 

 salt, but also disposes it to mix 

 more gradually, though at the same 

 time more cflicaciously with the 

 chyle. Dr. Darwin, however, 

 thinks the salt would be more ser- 

 viceable, if it were combined into 

 a ball with about sixty grains of iron 

 filings, by means of flour, and in- 

 troduced into the sheep's throat 

 every morning for one week. See 

 Massachusetts Agricultural Reposi- 

 tory, Vol. IV. p. 69. 



The following recipe for the rot 

 in sheep is from Young's Annals, 

 Vol. XI 11. p. 209. " Give to each 

 sheep one spoonful of spirits of 

 turpentine, mixed with two of wa- 

 ter, after fasting twelve hours — let 

 them have three doses, staying 

 six days between each dose ; this 

 is said to have been used with suc- 

 cess, even in cases where the fleece 

 has been nearly gone, and the throat 

 terribly swelled." 



Scab, — '• This appears by the 

 sheep rubbing the part affected, 

 and pulling out the wool in that 

 part with their teeth, or by loose 

 locks of wool rising on their backs 

 and shoulders. 



" The sheep infected is first to 

 be taken from the flock, and put 

 bv Itself- nntl then the part alFect- 



