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ed is to have the wool taken oflj as 

 far as the skin feels hard to the 

 finger, washed with soap suds and 

 rubbed hard with a shoe-brush, so 

 as to cleanse and break the scab. 

 Then anoint it with a decoction ol 

 tobacco-water, mixed with the 

 third of lie of wood ashes, as much 

 grease as this lie will dissolve, a 

 small quantity of tar, and about an 

 eighth of the whole mass of the 

 spirits of turpentine. This oint- 

 m^-nt is to be rubbed on the part 

 aflfected, and for some liftle dis- 

 tance round it, at three different 

 times, with an interval of three 

 days after each washing. With 

 timely precautions this will alwa}s I 

 be found sufficient. 



Sir Joseph Banks, in a commu 

 nication to the Society for the EiU- 

 couragement of Arts, directs for 

 this disorder, pure quicksilver, one 

 pound ; Venice turpentine, and 

 common oil of turpentine half a 

 pound each ; and of hog's lard four 

 pounds, to be triturated in a mor- 

 tar, till the mercury be completely 

 incorporated with the ingredients. 



The method of using this oint- 

 ment is as follows. The head of 

 the sheep must (irst be rubbed ; 

 after which a furrow is to be drawn 

 with the finger, from the region 

 between the ears, along the back 

 to the point of the tail, so as (o di- 

 vide the wool till the skin be ex- 

 posed to the touch. Next, the 

 finger, being slightly dipped in the 

 prf^paration, should be drawn along 

 the skin. Similar lines should far- 

 ther be opened down the shoul- 

 ders and thighs, as far as the wool 

 extends ; and, if the animal be con- 

 siderably infected, two other fur- 



rows are directed to be traced, 

 parallel to that on the back, and 

 one should likewise be drawn 

 downwards, on each side between 

 the fore and hind legs. 



After this application the sheep 

 may be turned among the flock 

 without any danger of the infec- 

 tion's being communicated. Ano- 

 ther remedy is an ointment com- 

 posed of three parts grease, and 

 one of spirits of turpentine. 



Tick, — Ticks may be destroyed 

 by oil, a strong decoction of tobac- 

 co, or by tobacco smoke. The 

 smoke may be taken into the bel- 

 lows, the wool opened, the smoke 

 blown in, and the wool closed.. 

 This should be repeated at proper 

 distances over every part of the 

 body. A still easier method, though 

 perhaps not so immediately effica- 

 cious is to part the wool of the 

 animal on each side of its spine, 

 from its head to its tail, and drop 

 some Scotch snuff in the openmg. 



Staggers. — " This is a species of 

 apoplexy, arising from too great 

 fulness of blood. It principally 

 attacks young lambs, which fall 

 down ; and if not timely relieved 

 speedily perish. The mode of cure 

 generally adopted by shepherds, is 

 to bleed the creatures frequently 

 in the ege-vein, and to remove 

 them to a coarse pasture, with a 

 view to prevent a relapse." — Do' 

 mestic tmcyclopedia. 



Hot en or swollen. — It has been 

 affirmed (hat a small quantity of 

 ley, made either of wood ashes, or 

 pot or pearl ash, turned down the 

 throat of a sheep that is hoven or 

 swoln, by eating too much green 

 or succulent food, will give imme- 

 diate relief. 



