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heath of black sand, but his Lordsjilp informed me, thjt 

 the farmers were clear that if he did it, his lambs would 

 be ricketty, by feeding on the turnips or grasses. Mr. God- 

 DisoN has, hotvever, laid on 3200 loads of clay on 44 

 acres of It, in six months, and broke it up : he got gi eat 

 turnips on it, and this year very fine barley, two loads and 

 a half per acre, in the straw. As to the rickets, he cannot 

 assert that there has been none, but quite inconsiderable, 

 not ten affeifted in a large flock. On this distemper he 

 observes, that the only danger is while the ewes are in 

 lamb ; and that after lambing the malady is not acquired. 



On a ground noted for causing this distemper, the soil 

 a black sand, heath, but marled and cultivated, a farmer 

 accidentally removed part of his flock during the months 

 of 06lober and November ; the flock then moved escaped 

 the rickets, but those left had if. In consequence of this 

 the trial was repeated next year, and the effedt the same. 

 It should seem from this case, that the distemper is taken 

 only in the autumn, at whatever time it may appear, and 

 if so, there is very little difficulty in avoiding it. 



Mr. Coke's receipt for dressing his flock previous to 

 winter, against lice and ticks: — I'wo pounds of tobacco, 

 two pounds and a halt of soft soap, one pound of white 

 mercury, ground to powder; boil in eight gallons of water 

 one hour. Part the wool down each shoulder, and the 

 breast of the sheep, and twice along each side, into whicli 

 P'jur-it. This quantity enough for 60 sheep. 



Mr. Overman, as soon as Jiis flock is sheared, dresses 

 his lambs to destroy ticks and lice. He boils a pound of 

 arsenick and a pound of soap in about six gallons of water, 

 and then adds 26 gallons more water: in this he dips the 

 lambs, and finds it effedllve in the destru6lion of all the 

 vermin; without this precaution they arc propagated 

 a-fiesh from the lambs to the ewes, 



Mr. 



