THE SHEEP. 73 



SCAB. 



This is a very troublesome and contagious disease, 

 showing itself on the back and neck of the sheep, produ- 

 cing a severe burning or itching, and causing the animal 

 to rub itself until the blood flows from the neck and 

 head. 



Remedy. — A weak decoction of tobacco in dry weath- 

 er, or juniper oil, berries, or boughs, in wet weather, 

 will effect a cure. Another : take 1 lb. hog's lard, 2 oz. 

 sulphur, and 1 oz. red precipitate; mix well, and anoint 

 the diseased parts with a very small quantity. 



SCOURS, OR DIARRHOEA. 



If the attack is slight, it need excite no fears, unless 

 it be of Ions: continuance. 



Causes. — Overloading the stomach, over-driving in 

 warm weather, eating noxious weeds, change from poor 

 to very rich food, sudden change of the weather from 

 heat to cold or cold to heat, &c. 



Reniedy. — The treatment should depend upon the cau- 

 ses that produced the disease. If it is the result of eating 

 green food, give dry grain and hay for two days. If ex- 

 posure to wet and cold be the cause, remove to a warm 

 stable and give dry food. Where over-heating has pro- 

 duced it, remove to a cool enclosure, and give a small 

 dose of physic, and in 4 hours after give 2 grains opium 

 and 1 oz. powdered chalk mixed with -1- a pint of wet 

 bran or oats. Where unwholesome food has occasioned 

 the malady, it is not safe to check it at first ; it is well to 

 give a tablespoonful of castor oil that the system may 

 become properly cleansed, then make a tea of the white- 

 pine bark, and give in small doses ; or take \ oz. castor- 

 oil, adding 25 drops of laudanum, and give in i pint of 

 warm water, after which give dry food, with a small 

 quantity of oats or bran, and salt. Another : boil 1 qt. 

 of new milk, add i pt. rye-flour, and give lukewarm. 



SCOURS IN LAMBS. 



If this takes place when the lamb is but a day or two 

 old, remove the sheep to a warm stable, and feed on 

 corn or oats for two days. If the lamb is large, take 

 powdered chalk, and mix a small quantity with its food. 



