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FOUL NOSES. 



Put tar in troughs, or on boards, and put salt on it, 

 and if the sheep will not eat it voluntarily, in this or in 

 Bome 01 her way that you can devise, put it into their 

 mouths, and so near their throats that it Mill go down. 

 Fine boughs are also good for this complaint. 



INFLUENZA. 



Cause. Exposure to storms and cold. Lambs or 

 young sheep are most liable to it. 



Symptoms. The first are a dulness of countenance 

 and a disinclination to join the rest of the flock, or to 

 look for food. They soon become more dull ; a thin, 

 mucous discharge from the nose and eyes ; drooping of 

 the ears ; grating of the teeth, and a staggering gait in 

 walkuig. As the disease advances, these symptoms be- 

 come more manifest. When it is considerably advanced, 

 diarrhoea generally sets in. 



Treatment. To those afflicted ■«'ith purging, give 

 astringents of chalk, &zc., combining them with an aro- 

 matic. To those that are costive, give a gentle laxative, 

 followed by a tonic. Keep them in a warm, dry place, 

 till recovered. Small doses of tar are also good. Keep 

 the bowels open with laxative food, such as bran mashes 

 and roots. 



SCOURS, OR DIARRHCEA. 



Causes. These are numerous, such as eating a soft, 

 tathy pasture, particularly if fouled by inundations of 

 the previous winter ; feeding on too rich a pasture ; sud- 

 den change from a poor to a rich paisturc ; change 

 from dry to succulent food ; transition from heat to cold ; 

 giving salt very freely ; weakness and relaxation of the 

 bowels ; improper food ; change of place, and othei 

 causes. 



Remarks. Diarrhoea is frequently only tlj^e ".ymptonn 

 of other disorde-^ exlibit^d in this sanativ effort of 



