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a pumice stone ; or pare and rasp them. Having done 

 this, give a gentle purgative. 



Anothek. Mix with the salt given to sheep, one 

 twentieth part of sulphur, and this will tend to prevent 

 the foot-rot, or aid in the cure. In using remedies, it may- 

 be well to use some of these preventives as an auxiliary. 



Remedy. Take one pound of blue vitriol, (sulphate of 

 copper,) one ounce of alum, and pulverize them as fine 

 as flour ; mix them with a table spoonful of honey and 

 lard enough to make a salve. Pare the feet thoroughly, 

 and apply this mixture to the sore. Tar may be used in 

 place of honey. 



Another. Place a few bushels of lime where the 

 sheep frequently pass, as by the bars or gate, so that it 

 may be three inches deep when they alight on jumping. 

 Pare their hoofs first. The lime should be fresh and 

 slaked. If deeper than three inches, it may take the 

 hair off the legs. This is called a speedy remedy. 



Another. Pare the hoof as far as there is any dirt or 

 fester under it, wash it in soap suds, and wipe it clean 

 and dry. Then bathe the tender parts with a feather 

 dipped in the butyr (chloride) of antimony. Turn the 

 infected sheep into a dry lot by themselves ; in a week 

 examine again, and turn the well ones into the flock, 

 and repeat the application to the others. 



Another. Three parts of finely pulverized Roman 

 or blue vitriol, and one part of white lead ; mix into a 

 thin paste -with linseed oil. Slightly cut the hoof, so as 

 to come at the affected part, and apply the remedy. It 

 may need repeating. This is recommended by Hon. 

 William Jarvis, who is high authority in sheep manage- 

 ment, in his letter in the "American Shepherd." 



Another. Running on freshly burned lands. [See 

 page 244.] 



Another. Pare the hoof as before directed, and then 

 apply, daily, spirits of turpentine to the affected parts. 



Note. — For Hoven, Abortion, Swelled Udders, Man 

 agement when with Young, &c., see these subjects in 

 Cows. 



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