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all filth and sand ; then cut off every loose and unsound 

 portion of horn with a stout pocket knife, and apply the 

 following to the sore parts: Oil of turpentine, two 

 ounces ; sulphuric acid, half an ounce ; olive oil, one 

 ounce. Mix. To be applied with a small piece of 

 sponge or cloth on the end of a stick ; or a goose feather 

 will answer very well. If sores occur on the digital 

 space (divisions) or elsewhere, they should be touched 

 with nitric acid or a little of the old butter of antimony, 

 (tercholide of antimony,) by means of a feather. These 

 appliances should be continued twice weekly, or as often 

 as is necessary, until amendment takes place. 



Prevention, — To prevent this disease, the growth of 

 horn must be kept down ; and if the sheep are on soft 

 land, they must be examined every month, and superflu- 

 ous horn must be cut off. Some sheph-^rds advocate 

 driving along a hard road to wear the hoofs; I do not 

 recommend such a course, as it does sheep a great deal 

 of harm. The better way is to drive them into a sheep- 

 fold and examine their feet. 



Draining and liming the land very often puts a stop to 

 foot-rot ; the drainage to harden and dry the land, the 

 liming to remove the soft mossy herbage which is a great 

 cause of foot-rot in sheep. Foot-rot in sheep is not con- 

 tagious; but foot-rot in cattle, occuring in connexion 

 with murrian or vesicular epizootic, is deadly contagious. 



Pneumonia. — Treatment. — Nitre, one drachm ; 

 digitalis, twenty grains ; tartar emetic, twenty grains : 

 mix. To be given in linseed tea, once per day in inflam- 

 mation of the lungs, common cold accompanied w^ith 

 fever, or any disease, that is necessary to arrest the in- 

 ordinate action of the heart. 



