108 DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



not be turned out to graze too soon. From time to time 

 salt-licks of pine oil, tar, wormwood, calamus-root and 

 juniper-berries should be given. To cure rot when it has 

 once broken out a very careful diet must be observed. 

 Great care must be had to provide good hay, groat- 

 drinks and grain food. The residue of whisky distillation, 

 given in portions of twelve pounds a day, is said to be ex- 

 cellent. The use of medicines is also necessary, and they 

 are most conveniently administered in the form of salt- 

 licks. For one hundred sheep the following mixture is 

 made into a lick and given twice a week : Calamus-root, or 

 wormwood and juniper-berries, each three pounds, common 

 salt one and a half pounds, and a quantity of groats. 

 Or the following: Mustard one pound, and juniper-berries 

 and salt each two pounds, with groats. The use of these 

 remedies must be continued for a considerable time. If the 

 disease is already in its advanced stages, it is well to aban- 

 don the cure, since the meat may be eaten without injury. 



WIND DEOPSY. 



Sheep also are not unfrequently sufferers from wind 

 dropsy. The symjitoms, causes and degree of danger are 

 like those of wind dropsy in cattle. It is most frequently 

 produced by the excessive eating of young clover and other 

 green food, especially if it is wet from rain or dew, and by 

 grazing on stubble-fields. As long as the distension of the 

 storaaqh is only on the left side, there is no danger ; but if 

 the other side also becoine distended, death may result. In 

 mild cases the following treatment is adopted: The dis- 

 tended part of the stomach is strongly pressed and kneaded 

 with the hands, which often causes repeated eructations and 



