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not operate. When in spite of this the bowels continue 

 obstinately constipated, give a glyster of tobacco decoc- 

 tion, made by boiling a drachm of the leaf (the full of a 

 pipe will do) for a few minutes in a pint of water. 

 Half of this only should be injected, using the other 

 if circumstances require it. Place the sheep in a house, 

 or any comfortable situation, bed it with straw, throw 

 a horse-rug over it, and promote the purging by warm 

 gruels. When out of danger supply it with moderate 

 quantities of laxative provender, and keep it for ten 

 days apart from its fellows, by which time it will, in all 

 likelihood, be well recruited. 



(129.) Prevention of Braxy. Change of pasture 

 will at once suggest itself. Let it be to a succulent 

 one, on which old sheep have been for some time feed- 

 ing ; the hogs will thus be hindered from filling their 

 painiches too rapidly. But, if heathy food is the staple 

 /)roveiider, allow your sheep four or five hours of tur- 

 ips in the twenty-four, permitting at the same time 

 iree access to common salt. These, from their laxative 

 effects, will serve as antidotes to the dry sapless grasses, 

 which have led to the disease. Such places as mossy 

 soils, abounding in evergreen plants, will also serve the 

 purpose. Burn your ley heather, as nothing is more de- 

 cidedly prejudicial, not only from its constipating quali- 

 ties, but also from being surrounded by a grass, which 

 is so much relished by the sheep, that they resort to the 

 spot long after it has been eaten to the quick, and devour 

 in their eagerness much that is foul and unwholesome 

 from frequent puddling. You thus obtain a good sup- 

 ply of sprouts, as invaluable for opening qualities, as 

 the old heather is to be dreaded for its astringency. 



