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dappled with yellow or black spots. Increased dullness, loss 

 of condition, appetite irregular, but the desire for water in- 

 creases. Dropsical swellings now appear, and fluid forms 

 under the skin. The skin becoming loose, and flabby with 

 wool coming off easily. Usually a large watery tumor is 

 noticed under the lower jaw. When diarrhoea sets in, 

 death may be looked for at any time. The duration of this 

 disease is uncertain ; the animal occasionally dies shortly 

 after becoming affected, but more frequently it extends to 

 from three to six months. 



TREATMENT :— Give our 



REMEDY NO. 146 AS DIRECTED. 



.This remedy has been tested and the results have been 

 remarkably successful. When sheep are known to have be- 

 come affected with flukes from grazing on certain pastures, 

 it is advisable to plow and cultivate such meadows for two 

 or three years ; thereby destroying the parasites. Sheep af- 

 fected with flukes should always be given plenty salt. 

 Price of remedy No. 146, 75 cents. 



SCAB— MANGE. 



This is a skin disease, analogous to the mange in horses 

 and the itch in man, and is caused and propagated by a min- 

 ute insect, the acarus. The female acari quickly travel to 

 the roots of the wool and bury themselves in the skin. On 

 the tenth or twelfth day, a little swelling may be detected 

 which has a greenish blue tint. The pustules are now rap- 

 idly formed, and about the sixteenth day they break, when 

 the mothers appear again, with their little ones attached to 

 their feet. These little ones immediately set to work, pene- 

 trate the skin, find proper nourishment, and grow and propa- 



