124 Diseases of Sheep. 



gate, until the poor sheep has myriads of them preying 

 upon it. It is not wonderful, under such circumstances, the 

 poor creature should speedily sink. It has been asserted, 

 that the female acari brings forth a million and a half of 

 her progeny every three months. Scab is a contagious dis- 

 ease and spreads rapidly, which accounts for the necessity 

 of prompt and energetic treatment. 



SYMPTOMS:— Sheep affected with scab are ex- 

 ceedingly restless, rubbing themselves with violence against 

 trees, stumps, stones, fences, or any object they can get at; 

 scratch themselves with their feet, tear out the wool with 

 their teeth, and bite at the sores. As the pustules becoine 

 broken the pus escapes, and a scab is formed. If the animal 

 is left unattended, it will rub the scabs off ; causing therh to 

 bleed, and large sores or scabs are formed, from which tho 

 wool drops off, leaving the poor sheep an unsightly object 

 And unless relieved the sheep rapidly falls off in flesh, and 

 pines away. The fleece is lost, the animal dies from ex- 

 haustion and torment. 



TREATMENT :— The best method to accomplish a 

 cure in this disease, is dipping the animal in the following 

 solution : 



Tobacco Leaves or Stems five pounds. 



Flour of Sulphur half pound. 



Water twenty gallons. 



Place the tobacco into the water and heat to boiling 

 point (but do not boil) until the strength is extracted from 

 the tobacco. Remove the tobacco from the liquid, add the 

 flour of sulphur and stir thoroughly. Allow the mixture to 

 cool, and it is ready to commence to dip the sheep. If there 

 are any hard scabs remove them, then dip the sheep and hold 

 it under the water until it is well soaked ; allowing only the 



