JUNE.] THF. FLY. 



motive for this mode of shearing was to add to the 

 Beauty of the animal. I know not whether there 

 are shearers who can cut as close in a different 

 direction, but I never saw it done. In winding the 

 wool there are some absurd acls of parliament 

 which operate : confidence in the common course 

 v>f business ensures good washing, and so it will fair 

 winding ; for he who once sells dirt clots and sand 

 for wool, will find the loss when he deals again. 



In common clipping, the pay per score is 2s. 6<1. 

 to 3s. 6d. for washing, clipping and winding, labour 

 being at Is. 6d. a clay. 



THE FLY. 



Sheep that are kept in inclosures, and especially 

 in a woodland country, should be examined every 

 day, lest they be fly-struck : in twenty-four hours 

 it may be almost past cure. 



" As a preventive of the fly, the midland shep- 

 herds use curious applications, especially to the 

 Iambs. Train-oil is found to be efficacious ; but it 

 fouls the wool, and makes the sheep disagreeable 

 to touch. An ointment made of butter and the 

 flowers of sulphur seems to be in the best repute*. 



Insecls certainly have their antipathies, and to 

 find out those of the sheep-fly is an interesting 

 subjecl of inquiry. 



* The butter being melted > a sufficiency of brimstone is 

 stirred into it, to form an ointment of a prr.tty firm consistency. 

 Jn application, .a piece the sue of a small walnut is rubbed be- 

 tween the hands, and these <irawo along the backs of the sheep. 



The 



