SHEEP. 255 



STOrPAGES IN THE THROAT. 



This disease causes wheezing and difficult breathing, 

 and it is commonly produced by colds or bad pasturage. 



Remedy. If colds cause the disease, keep them warm ; 

 if it is owing to unfavorable pasturage, put them on 

 higher grounds. Make a strong tea of pennyroyal, and 

 to one quart add a pound of honey or half a pint of mo- 

 lasses, and half a pint of sharp vinegar. Give half a 

 pint of this, warm, every night. Other warming aro- 

 matic teas will answer. 



SORE MOUTH AND JOHNSWORT SCAB. 



Sometimes sheep have sore mouths from eating poison 

 hemlock, St. Johnswort, or other irritant or poisonous 

 plant. The poison may also affect the intestines ; and 

 eating St. Johnswort will cause scales of the skin over 

 the whole body. 



Remedy. Apply tar plentifully for the sore mouth ; 

 and for inflammation of the bowels, give tar and salt. 

 Put tar in troughs or on boards and strew salt over it. 

 If they will not eat it, put it far back on their tongues, 

 and they must swallow it. Apply to the scabs a salve 

 of lard and sulphur, or give these for internal inflamma- 

 tion. They are also good for the sore mouth. 



DISORDERS OF THE EYES. 



Sheep are often affected with colds falling upon their 

 eyes, and almost blinding them ; and at other times they 

 have this complaint without any visible cause. In either 

 case, the remedy is the same. Press out the juice of 

 great celandine, and drop a quantity of it into the eyes, 

 night and morning. [See page 66.1 



