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Cui'e. — Full feeding, warm keeping, and anoint- 

 ing the hard part of the skin with tar, oil, and but- 

 ter, mLxed together. 



Tick 



As these occasion a constant scratching, they 

 prove injurious to the wool, and they sometimes 

 of'^.asion the death of lean sheep. 



Cure. — Blow tobacco-smoke into every part of 

 Jie fleece, by means of a bellows. The smoke is 

 taken into the bellows, the wool is opened, the 

 smoke is blown in, and the wool is then closed. 

 This is repeated oyer every part of the body, at 

 proper distances. It is quickly performed. 



Staggers. 



A Il.:.ease of the brain, which renders themu 

 able to stand. 



Cure. — Dissolve assafoetida in warm water, an 

 put half a spoonful in each ear of the sheep— It 

 is a speedy remedy. 



Colds. 



The principal indication of this is the discharge 

 of mucus from the nose. Good feeding, together 

 with some pine boughs given them occasionally, 

 will cure this complaint. If pine boughs cannot 

 be had, spread some tar over a board, and over 

 this spread some salt, which will induce the sheep 

 to lick up all the tar, and this will efl^ect a cure. 

 Whenever this, however, becomes habitual with 

 old sheep, they should be Killed off. 



Purging. — If any are severely afflicted in the 

 spring with this, which sometimes happens after 

 b^ing turned out to grass, house them, give them 

 a dose of caster-oil, feed them with dry food, and 



