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MODERN SHEEP I BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



sheep are dipped makes a very good agent for this purpose. This 

 can be best distributed with a spraying pump. As soon as the 

 dis'ease has disappeared the sheep barn and fences around same 

 should be again thoroughly sprayed with a whitewash in which 

 a liberal quantity of carbolic acid has been put. 



BROKEN LIMBS. 



When a sheep suffers from a broken limb it should be isolated 

 from the flock and the limb carefully set. Setting is performed 

 \)j bringing the broken parts of the bone into as near normal 

 position as possible and wrapping a piece of cardboard around it. 

 Then a linen or soft leather bandage which has previously been 

 dipped in starch should be wrapped around the cardboard. After 

 a few days of rest, except in cases of very bad fractures, the pa- 

 tient may be allowed out with the flock as it will manage to keep 

 the injured limb from harm and it will be but a matter of a 

 short time before the bone becomes set. 



NAVEL ILL. 



This trouble is generally peculiar to very young lambs. Cases 

 of navel ill in this country are generally conspicuous by their 

 absence, no doubt on account of our yards being well bedded, which 

 protects the umbilical cord from coming in contact with mire 

 and filth. In England, in wet seasons particularly, navel ill is 

 quite common. Should the shepherd notice anything abnormal 

 with the navel of the lamb he should at once apply flour of blue- 

 stone to same, which will bring about a quick cure. 



WOOL BALLS. 



No doubt the presence of wool balls in the stomachs of lambs 

 are in many cases -due to the tormenting of the tick and other 

 parasites with which their bodies are sometimes infested. The 

 irritation causes the infested ones to bite themselves with the con- 

 sequence that the wool is transmitted to the stomach. Another 

 cause of the presence of wool balls in the lamb's stomach is the 

 presence of loose wool around the udder of the ewe. Still another 

 cause is a depraved appetite due to derangement of the digestive 

 organs, probably brought about through the lack of some neces- 

 sity, such as salt. A lamb suffering from this trouble appears 

 dull, stupid and refuses food. For some reason the long wool 

 breeds seem to suffer more from this trouble than the medium 

 wool or fine wool breeds. Linseed oil will frequently relieve a lamb 

 afflicted in this manner but it is not often that a cure is brought 

 about. 



