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being shellea and loaded with frozen snow, and 

 from destruction by cold, by leanness, and the 

 water in the head. The expense attending it is so 

 trifling, that it is scarcely worth mentioning. One 

 pair of old blankets, of the value of four or five 

 shillings, will furnish coats for forty sheep: and if 

 these are carefully taken off on the xeturn of 

 spring, and laid aside, they will serve the purpose 

 for two or three successive years. — Farmers Mag" 

 azine. 



Practice of the Spanish shepherds. 



The first care of the shepherd on coming to the 

 spot where his sheep are to spend the summer, is 

 to give to his ewes as much salt as they will eat. 



For this purpose he is provided with twenty-five 

 quintals of salt for every thousand head, which is 

 consumed in less than 5 months; but they eat 

 none on their journey, or in winter. The method 

 of giving it to them is as follows: — The shepherd 

 places filly or sixty flat stones about five steps dis- 

 tance from each other; he strews salt upon each 

 stone, then leads his flock slowly through the 

 stones, and every sheep eats at pleasure. This is 

 frequently repeated, observing not to let them eat 

 on those days in any spot where there is limestone. 

 When they have eaten the salt, they are led to 

 some argillacious spots, where, from the craving 

 they have acquired they devour every thing they 

 meet with, and return again to the salt with re- 

 doubled ardour. 



Pelt-rot. 



In this disease the wool falls off*, bnt the skin 

 does not become sore, but is merely cc ^ered wiff) 

 a white crust. 



