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Preventive. Smear the noses of sheep with tar fre- 

 quently, from the coming until the departure of the fly. 

 To be sure, begin in July, and continue the use of tar 

 till October. It may be applied directly to the noses of 

 sheep, but the better way is to lay it in a trough or on a 

 board, and strew salt on it, and the sheep, in eating the 

 salt, will smirch their noses pretty well themselves. 

 Give them salt in this way frequently, or keep a supply 

 by them. Tar is also a specific against other diseases. 



Remedy. Take half a pound of good Scotch snuff, 

 poar on it two quarts of boiling water, stir it and let 

 ii stand till cold ; with a syringe inject about a table 

 spoonful of this liquid and sediment up each nostril. 

 Repeat this three or four times, at proper intervals, from 

 the middle of October to the first of January. The grubs 

 are then small and more easily destroyed than after- 

 wards, and they will not have injured the sheep as they 

 will if this operation be deferred till later. Half an 

 ounce of asafoetida, pounded in a little water, and added 

 to the snuff", will make it more effectual. There need 

 be no alarm if the sheep be very drunk, and apparently 

 in the agonies of death, when the operation is performed, 

 as they will soon recover. Dry snuff" may be blown up 

 the nose with a quill, and have a good effect, but it is a 

 slow and dirty job. 



The reason for repeating the operation is, there are 

 many cavities and folds where the grubs may not be 

 exposed, and by repeating the application often, they 

 may crawl out, and, by a change of situation, become 

 exposed to the snuff". The sediment is thrown up, as it 

 will be likely to remain longer, and prove more effectual 

 than the liquid. 



Another. Blow tobacco-smoke well up the nostrils, 

 by inserting the stem of a tobacco-pipe, well charged 

 and hghted, and blow at the bowl, through a covering of 

 cloth, for a few seconds, then in the other nostril. 



Another. Pour into each nostril of every sheep 

 affected, a tea-spoonful each of spirits of turpentine and 

 olive oil. 



Mr. J. Brown, of Akron, Ohio, a distinguished flock- 

 Eiaster, of much experience, says, in the " Ohio CuUi 

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