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in comparatively small doses if given with a large quantity of 

 water than do large doses dissolved in only just sufficient water. 

 Two ounces of Epsom salts in a full pint of water will act better 

 than four ounces in half the quantity of water. If a spasmodic 

 cough suggests a drop the wrong way, the sheep's head should be 

 instantly lowered, and the cough allowed to subside before going 

 on with the drenching. 



BALLS OB BOLUSES. 



It is not so generally known as it should be that balls can be 

 given with advantage to sheep where, for instance, it is desired 

 to bring the drug into contact with the parasites which infest 

 the stomachs or the small intestine. 



Electuaries or drugs made into paste or of the consistence of 

 butter can be placed far back on the tongue when sore throat or 

 other mouth troubles make it dangerous to give drenches or balls. 



Pessaries are wax-like bodies in which active medicaments are 

 mixed, and can be placed in the genital passage to allay straining 

 or reduce inflammation, or as simple antiseptics whose action will 

 be long continued. 



Drugs required for a flock often aggregate in considerable bulk, 

 and the flockmaster should buy in one lot for his probable require- 

 ments, as all druggists can quote better prices for wholesale than 

 for retail quantities. 



The following list of drugs should be kept in stock : 



Tar. 



Salts. 



Glauber salts. 



Sulphur. 



Linseed oil. 



Castor oil. 



Carbolic acid, No. 5. 



Glycerine. 



Carbolic oil (ready mixed) 1-20. 



Laudanum. 



Sweet spirit of nitre. 



Nitre. 



Corrosive sublimate (poison). 



Tincture of iodine. 



The foregoing list comprises what might be deemed the essentials 

 for a flockmaster out of reach of professional assistance or far 

 from a drug store. 



To this should be added a few instruments, such as a trochar 

 and canula, with which to relieve a blown animal promptly. 



A probang to pass down the throat of a choked sheep. 



