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WETHERS WITH SORE SHEATHS. 



Wethers often become sore at the end of their 

 sheath and penis. Such cases should be treated 

 by injections of permanganate of potash solution 

 with a small syringe, repeating a number of times 

 and using one-half teaspoonful of permanganate 

 of potash to a quart of warm water. After each 

 injection a little iodoform should be applied to the 

 sore on the end of the sheath. 



MAGGOTS IN MIDSUMMER AND FLY TIME. 



Another pest that needs the shepherd's close at- 

 tention during the hot weather and fly time is the 

 maggot. These maggots have caused great loss to 

 the flockowner and a most terrible death to the 

 poor, innocent sheep that are infested. It is ter- 

 rible to think of a harmless sheep being eaten alive 

 by hundreds of thousands of these maggots, which 

 steadily gnaw and feed on its body until finally the 

 animal succumbs. Yet this unhappy lot has befallen 

 many sheep. You may ask whether it is possible 

 for a person to be so cruel as to let his sheep be 

 eaten alive. It is true enough, but why and how 

 is this done? Simply because some people have 

 not yet learned what particular precautions must 

 be taken at certain times of the season in order to 

 prevent this evil, or they are altogether too care- 

 less in managing their flocks. For instance a man 



