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ON THE MOST SUITABLE REMEDIES FOR DISEASES IN SHBEP. 



gar to be 42.47 per cent; that of gum arable 

 to be 42.23; that of starch to be 43.55; 

 and that of sugar of milk to be 3S.S25; 

 all the remaining part of each substance 

 to be oxygen and hydrogen, in the same 

 proportion as would produce water. There- 

 fore, if the agency of sulphuric acid in 

 Mr. Kirchoff's experiment is merely to 

 abstract water, or its constituent parts, 

 from the starch or sugar of milk, and 

 thus to convert them into sugar, it should 

 of course follow that suijar must contain 

 proportionably mucii more carbon than 

 these. This explanation would answer 

 well enough for sugar of milk, the car- 

 bon of which, according to the statement 

 given, is only 38.825 per cent; but the 

 carbon of starch is somewhat more than 

 that of sugar, and liiat of gum arable is 

 scarcely less, it appears certain, however 

 that some loss of weight is experienced 

 by these substances during their conver- 

 sion into sugar, and that there is no evi- 

 dence of any decomposition of the sul- 

 phuric acid. 



FOR 



ON THE MOST SUITABLE REMEDIES 

 DISEASES OP SHEEP. 



(Continued from puge 12. J 

 Professor Daubenton also remarks, that 

 there is another remedy absolutely neces j same ti'me so destructive oYthe health, and 

 sary for sheep in every country, and in detrimental to the fleece of the animal, 



with it the fourth of the quantity of oil 

 of turpentine; this cheap an^l simple me- 

 thod is f( und to have no bad effect upon 

 the wool, but to soften the skin which has 

 been hardened by the eruption, and to 

 completely cure the disease. Frona much 

 experience he pronounces this remedy to 

 be far preferable to the infusion of tobac- 

 co, oil of Juniper, solution of green vit- 

 riol, of alum, of common salt, the flow- 

 er of sulphur, the gray ointment, or any 

 of the remedies in ordinary use, and adds 

 that it may be rendered more active by 

 increasing the oil of turpentine. 



Observations. Notwithstanding these 

 remarks more particularly relate to 

 France, yet the similarity of diseases to 

 which sheep are subject, on both sides of 

 the channel render them interesting to an 

 English reader. Though from the differ- 

 ence of climate between France and Eng- 

 land, the heat is not likely to prevail 

 here to any extent, still instances may oc- 

 cur, and where they do bleeding is ob- 

 viously the only effectual remedy, and 

 the mode of performing the operation 

 pointed out by M. Daubenton is equally 

 safe and certainly more efficacious than 

 any method practised in this country. 

 The scab is a disease which occurs so fre- 

 quently and so universally, and it is at the 



every season — a remedy for the Itch and 

 Scab, to which they are more liable than 

 to any other disease. He conceives that 

 though none arc exempt from it, yet that 



that it cannot be too carefully or too anx- 

 iously guarded against. The ointment 

 recommended, simple as it is, is an effec- 

 tual and safe remedy, though not perhaps 



those which are best t'iid, and those which I so speedy as some others; but infusion of 

 are most vigorous are most liable to it. It tobacco, oil of Juniper, and solution of 

 is a disease which makes continual pro- 1 salt, harden and irritate the skin still 



gress, and the longer it lasts, the more 

 difficult it is to cure, for which a shepherd 

 should be extremely attentive to watch 

 its earliest approaches; and wherever a 

 sheep scratches itself or the wool is dis- 

 placed, should carefully examine the part 

 h.y separating the wool, to see if any real 

 symptoms manifest themselves. 



Tiie remedy which Mr. Daubenton 

 prefers to all others as most efficacious 

 towards a cure, and least detrimental to 

 the wool is to dress the part affected, af- 

 ter moderately scratciiing the skin, with 

 an ointment made by melting a pound of 

 suet or fat over the fire, and then mixing 



more, and are therefore hurtful to the 

 growth of the wool, sulphur gives it a bad 

 smell, which even remains after shearing, 

 and the mercury in the gray ointment, 

 may bring on a salivation, to remove 

 which internal remedies may become ne- 

 cessar3^ Tiiis ointment seems more de- 

 serving of general adoption, as a reme- 

 dy for the scab than the much celebrated 

 preparation of Sir Joseph Banks. 



Remarks by the fditor of the Obser- 

 ver and Record. The above article is 

 one deserving the attention of every per- 

 son in the U. S. interested, or engaged in 

 raising sheep. 



