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or one and one-half of the waste stems, to four gallons of boiling 

 water, four ounces of flowers of sulphur being well stirred in. When 

 the solution cools to about 120 degrees the sheep are dipped into it all 

 over, except the head, and the crusts are completely broken up with some 

 rough instrument, a corn cob being the best for the purpose. As this 

 disease is exceedingly contagious, the mites remaining for many 

 months upon the soil, on the fences and walls, where the sheep rub 

 themselves, the greatest care is needed to prevent the infection of 

 healthy sheep; and as it spreads very rapidly, the remedy should be 

 applied at the earliest occasion for it. The sheds, also, are to 

 be cleansed in the same manner as the sheep. Where there is any 

 reason to suspect the presence of this troublesome pest in any sheep 

 introduced to a healthy flock, the new comers should be dipped as a 

 precaution. This subject is more fully referred to in the chapter on 

 " The Pests of the Farm." 



No flock can be expected to do well without a well arranged and 

 comfortable shed and a dry yard. No other animals should ever be 

 permitted to run with the sheep, as these inoffensive creatures cannot 

 defend themselves, and are consequently exposed to constant attack 

 and injury. The shed should be open to the south and well protected 



BARN FOB SHEEP. 



against the north; the yard should be enclosed with a dog-proof 

 fence, and there should be an enclosed barn for feeding and housing 

 them in severe weather, with a good floor for shearing. The accom- 

 panying engraving gives a good idea of a convenient yard, sheds and 

 barn for this purpose. 



SWINE. 



Usually the keeping of hogs in any large number on the farm is not 

 profitable. Like many other things, it is confined to sections of the 

 country where it is made a special business. Still, it is well on most 

 farms at least to have a few to eat up the garbage, or the offal from 

 the dairy, and I will endeavor to state what I believe is the best 

 method of raising them, and the kinds best suited for the purposes of 



