RED-WATER. Ifel 



medicines ought never to be neglected. One of the 

 best and most generally used, consists of a tea-spoontul 

 of flour of sulphur, given for two or three successive 

 nights in double the quantity of molasses. 



If ill-conditioned sheep are the victims of itch, con- 

 vey them to a better pasture, but where the animals are 

 fat, reduce their diet, and give each a dose of Epsom 

 salts. 



(141 .) Prevention ofttch. Do not turn a healthy flock 

 on to pasture, from which itchy sheep haverecently been 

 driven. If the disease occasionally break out on your 

 ground, apply the mercurial ointment at clipping time : 

 and, when you salve, add a pound of sulphur to every 

 tub of smearing composition whatever it may be. 



(142.) Erysipelas or wild-fire. This is an inflam- 



tory affection of the skin, sometimes accompanied 

 y blebs or blisters, occurring in August and Septem- 

 ber, and spreading rapidly through a flock. Though 

 there is considerable ambiguity in the employment of 

 these terms, 1 believe they are synonymous with red- 

 water, the disease of which I have next to treat. 



(143.) Red-water. The occurrence of this disease 



ong sheep is very rare. Its nature and treatment 

 are however allowed, by those who have seen it, to be 

 admirably described by Mr Stevenson, in the 3d vol. 

 of the Highland Society's Transactions, 



** This disease commonly makes its appearance 

 about the beginning, or end of winter, and first affects 

 about the breast and belly, although at times it spreads 

 itself over other parts of the body. It consists in an 

 inflammation of the skin, that raises it into blisters 

 wliich contain a thin, reddish, and waterv fluid. These 



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