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FOR A COUGH. 



Take colts foot, lung wort, and maiden hair, 

 boil them to a strong tea, sweeten it with honey, 

 and give it the sheep to drink. 



FOR THE STAGGERS. 



Dissolve assafoetida in warm water, and put 

 half a spoonful in each ear of the sheep — it is a 

 speedy remedy. 



TO PRESERVE FROM THE ROT. 



Take the salt that is gathered from the marshes 

 in summer, or for want of that, salt and alum ; 

 rub the mouth of the sheep with this once a 

 week, and it will preserve them from the rot. 



PART IV. 



OF DISEASES IN SWINE. 



A HOG is a very bad creature to doctor, there- 

 fore, to prevent their diseases, should be an ob- 

 ject of our attention. 



Keep him well, if you can, but not so as to 

 burden him with fat in hot weather ; keep his 

 body open, and there will be little danger of his 

 being sick. ' Brimstone, in small doses, is ex- 

 cellent for a hog ; antimony is also good ; but if 

 you can get neither, chamber-lye put in their 

 swill, will answer a good purpose. It is neces- 



