APPENDIX. 63J. 



THE ROT. 



A shepherd, who, when young, was shepherd's boy to an old 

 man who lived at Netlam, near Lincoln, a place famous for the 

 rot, told Mr. Neve, that he was persuaded sheep took tbe rot only 

 of a morning before the dew was well off. At that time they 

 folded, being open field : his master's shepherd kept his flock in 

 fold always till the dew was gone ; and, wiih no other attention, 

 his sheep were kept sound, when all the neighbours lost their 

 flocks. Cor. Lincoln Rep. p. 330. 



In Dauphine, feeding in the dew is found to rot them more 

 (ban any thing; on which account, they do not let them out of 

 fold till the sun has exhaled it : salt is the preservative : 3 Ib. to 40. 

 YoufLg's Travels, vol. i. p. 42~ . 



FOR LICE AND TICKS. 



Mr. Coke's receipt for dressing all his flock previous to winter: 

 two pounds of tobacco; two pounds and a halt of soft soap; one 

 pound of white mercury in powder ; boil in eight gallons of wai- 

 ter one hour ; part the wool once down each shoulder and the 

 breast, and twice along each side; into whi:h pour it : this quan- 

 tity is enough for forty sheep. Annals, vol. xix. p. 443, 



FOR THE YELLOWS IN COWS. 



The yellows, whhh affects the bag, and causes the loss of a teat: 

 flour of i\mstard, two ounces mixed in any liquid, repeated two or 

 three times in twenty-four hours, seldom fails. Somerset Report, 

 p. 110. 



SLIPPING CALF. 



Cows in calf, by smelling to any flesh, particularly in a putres- 

 cent state, occasions such a nausea as to stimulate the womb to 

 action, and to eject the fcntus : well known in the North of Scot- 

 land, \\hereit is particularly guarded against. Through the inat- 

 temion of a game-keeper, there was always horse-flesh laying 

 about my yards ; and I had many slipped calf. Ross. Ann. vol. 

 xxxv. p. 46. 



Bleeding \\hen one-third or half gone, n preventive. When it 



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