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Another. Apply an ointment of three parts grease 

 and one of turpentine. 



Another. Running on freshly-burned land, if turned 

 pn immediately after shearing, that the coal and ashes 

 fnay come in contact with their bodies. This is also 

 good for foot-rot, and worms in the head. It promotes 

 the general health of sheep, and they will go far to visit it. 



ANoyHER. Anoint the parts affected with a mixture 

 of €(juai parts of tar and grease ; first wash in strong 

 soap suds, and dry well. 



Another. A correspondent of the "American Far- 

 mer" had two hundred sheep; forty were badly affected 

 with scab in November. At shearing time, he had lost 

 one hundred. He cut sixteen pounds of tobacco up fine 

 and boiled it. He put the liquor into a cask, and when 

 cool enough to use, he put a gill of spirits of turpentine 

 into the cask, and repeated this for every twelve sheep. 

 The sheep were put into the liquor up to the head and 

 ears, moved around so as to be thoroughly wet, and then 

 drained. He did not lose another, and the ticks were 

 destroyed. One writer says the liquor may injure if 

 there be more than quarter of a pound of tobacco to a 

 gallon. 



Another. Mercury is very destructive to acari, but 

 it is a dangerous medicine, excepting in skilful hands. 

 Some think it is more safe, more easily applied, and 

 surer than decoctions of tobacco or solutions of arsenic. 

 With one part of mercurial omtment, known as unguen- 

 tum, mix five parts of lard, and apply it, in moderate 

 quantity only, to the parts affected. Or, as the power 

 and quality of the ointment are uncertain, make one that 

 can be depended on, as follows : Crude quicksilver, half 

 a pound ; spirits of turpentine, one ounce. Rub them 

 together for several hours, till perfectly united. Rub a 

 little on a piece of glass, with the finger, and if shining 

 particles remain, continue the rubbing. To this mix- 

 ture, well reduced and mixed, add two and a quarter 

 pounds of lard, of the temperature of new milk, and stir 

 till stiff. After using mercurial ointment, protect the 

 sheep from cold and storms. 



