118 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. 



PREVENTION. 



This disease in sheep can be avoided by doing a 

 little extra work. If no other time is suitable for 

 this purpose it can be done in the evening after 

 supper when the other chores are completed, as the 



PLATE 40. Five purebred Southdown yearling wethers fitted by 

 the University of Wisconsin for the 1915 International show which was 

 not held because of the prevalence of the foot and mouth disease. 



days are longest in fly time, which is in summer. It 

 is an old saying that where there is a will there is a 

 way, and so it is here. A man who has a small 

 flock can probably take the time, say every two 

 or three weeks, to smear some pine tar on the noses 

 of the sheep. Even if the sheep eat a little of it, 

 it will not harm them, on the contrary, it is good 



