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ly done. Several months afterwards he possessed himself 

 of another flock, which were known never to have been in- 

 fected, nor was the disease known in the vicinity where their 

 purchase was made ; and lo ! in less than a month after they 

 were brought to their new home, the sheep became diseased 

 like their ill-fated predecessors. , Every farmer should de- 

 duce a lesson from this not uncommon instance. 



Blacklock says — "Another variety of foot-rot is produced 

 by the friction of long grass between the hoofs. ' The rubbing 

 of the grass frets the skin in the cleft of the hoof, the gland in 

 that situatlion swells, becomes enlarged, and suppurates. This 

 complaint is, however, more readily remedied than the other, 

 and does not cause nearly so much suffering to the sheep. 

 An application of- tar, warmed to a liquid, and a small quan- 

 tity of spirits of turpentine, will heal the irritation." It is 

 not contagious. 



