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watery matter from the nostrils, and loss of strength in limbs. 

 If worms have made a lodgment, take I Ib. of good Scotch 

 snuff, add 2 quarts boiling water, stir and let it stand till cold. 

 Inject about a table spoonful of this liquid and sediment up 

 each nostril with a syringe. Repeat this three or four times 

 at intervals, from the middle of October till January ; tho 

 grubs are then small and will not have injured the sheep. 

 The efficacy of the snuff will be increased, by adding & an 

 oz. asafcetida, pounded in a little water. The effect on the 

 sheep, is immediate prostration and apparent death, but they 

 will soon recover. A decoction of tobacco will afford a sub- 

 stitute for snuff. (N. England Farmer.) Blackiock's rem- 

 edy is to half fill the bowl of a pipe with tobacco, light it 

 and then hold the sheep, while a person inserts the stem some 

 distance into the nostrils, and blows a few whits into the 

 nose. The operation is then repeated with the other nostril. 



SWOLLEN MOUTH is sometimes fatal. It is said to be cured 

 by daubing the lips and mouth plentifully with tar. (Albany 

 Cultivator, vol. 7.) 



FOUL NOSES. Dip a small swab into tar, then roll in salt. 

 Put some on the nose and compel the sheep to swallow a 

 small quantity. (American Farmer.) 



A disease indicated by drooping, running at the eyes, weak- 

 ness in the back and loins, inability to use the hind legs, was 

 removed by turning the sheep into a pasture containing Lobe- 

 lia (Indian tobacco). Dried lobelia was also given, and pro- 

 duced the same effect. (Cultivator, vol. 2.) 



SCAB. This loathsome disease, to which fine-wooled sheep 

 are particularly liable, is caused, like itch in the human sub- 

 ject, by a small insect, a species of the acari. It is first man- 

 ifest by the rubbing of the sheep, and soon after by one or 

 more tufts of wool, which is loosened at the roQts. On feel- 

 ing the skin, a hard dry tumor is perceptible. To prevent 

 contagion, remove the infected sheep to a separate pasture or 

 yard as soon as discovered. The Spanish shepherds disolve 

 a little salt in their mouth and drop it upon the infected part. 

 When the tumor has become enlarged, the wool should 

 be removed closely to the skin, the scab scraped with a curry- 

 comb, then wash with strong soap-suds or ley, and after- 

 wards rub thoroughly with sulphur or brimstone, mixed with 

 lard or grease. An effectual remedy is prepared by taking 

 one pound of tobacco which add to 12 qts. ley from wood 

 ashes, of sufficient strength for washing, and four quarts 

 urine ; to this add another mixture of a gill high- wines, k oz. 



