1^ Treatment of Sheep. 



" In aid of both winter and summer keep, salt is 

 made use of, by the most judicious breeders — ^and is 

 recommended for a particular purpose, exclusive of 

 its healthful tendency, viz. for training in the flock to 

 such docility as renders either the crook or the dog, 

 or even a second person to assist in gathering the sheep 

 unnecessary. — The shepherd of the largest flock in 

 Ireland always carries some salt in his pocket, of 

 which the sheep are so particularly fond, that, when 

 he calls to them in the field, they flock round him to 

 lick the salt from his hand, by which means he can, 

 %vithout any trouble, lay hold on whatever sheep he 

 wishes to inspect. 



'* 2d. — JFith respect to washing, — Careful river wash- 

 ing, on the sheep's back, is that which is at present 

 considered the most approved method— for the native 

 sheep it is obviously suflBcient, and many lots of Meri- 

 no wool, treated in that way, were considered sufii- 

 ciently clean — but where much dirt has fastened itself 

 at the points of the wool, and the hardened yolk cannot 

 be dissolved in cold water, it might be wise to have a 

 large tub of water, at about blood heat, in which to 

 place the sheep, till the wool shall have been well 

 washed and softened, and that it should be river wash- 

 ed directly after. 



" This, it is said, was the mode used by lord Baji- 

 try, not with the sheep, but with the fleeces which 

 were produced at the Cork sale, as clean as wool im- 

 ported from Spain. 



" This process would not be so troublesome as 

 might be supposed— The heat of the animal will keep 

 nearly a sufficient warmth in the water, which will 



