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strong solutions of carbolic acid, say one part of crude acid to 

 six or eight of oil. 



Sheep lose flesh very rapidly whilst suffering from the foot- 

 and-mouth disease. They suffer more in the feet than cattle, 

 and consequently require more careful vigilance. It is a good 

 plan to cause the affected flock to walk through a shallow trough, 

 containing the above-nanipd weak astringent and antiseptic 

 solution, once or twice a day. And finally, it is my opinion 

 that both cattle and sheep ought to be washed before they are 

 allowed to be driven on a public road or exposed in a market, 

 if they have reeeniiy recovered from this disease. It may be 

 dif&cult to do this v/itli large herds of young cattle, and its 

 compulsion would be considered a hardship, but of two evils 

 it is incomparably the lesser. 



