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from the meadow, which depends upon the temperature and 

 ■weather. At noon a shady and cool resting-place must be 

 provided. Another preservative, as well as preventive, 

 consists in the application of cold shower-baths, which may- 

 be applied to the herd by means of a squirting engine, the 

 nozzle of which is provided with a sieve, or by means of a 

 garden-spout; the cold water to be applied at different 

 times of the day, and until the animals are perfectly cooled. 

 The, herd may also be driven into cold or refreshing 

 streams : in case of rain the herd must be allowed to re- 

 main under the same at their pleasure. There appears to 

 be a hereditary disposition to said blood disease ; it may 

 therefore be presumed that in case of an extraordinarily 

 frequent occurrence -amongst certain hei?ds, the sale of the 

 same and the purchase of other stock will prove the most 

 profitable. 



SHEEP POX. 



• One of the most destructive diseases amongst sheep is 

 "the pox." This disease has been known since the year 

 1698, but its origin is entirely unknown. Jt is perhaps the 

 same case with this disease as with the human pox, which 

 is said to have been imported from the East by contagion. 

 It has been suggested that sheep pox may also have origi- 

 nated in the Western part of the world, from the influences 

 of the weather, from mildew and other causes ; but this has 

 never been sufficiently proven, and it is therefore unneces- 

 sary to enter into any dispute. From authenticated ob- 

 servations it appears that the pox has reappeared in certain 

 countries during certain intervening periods of eight, ten 



