The Sheep-Scab. 33 



territories, and in Texas. The sum of such a 

 history is briefly expressed as follows: many a 

 ruined man has traced his downfall to the scab in 

 his flock of sheep; many a sheep owner now 

 looks back upon years of labor and anxiety, when 

 nothing but the most indomitable pluck and per- 

 severance were equal to the emergency; and now 

 they can entertain a sincere feeling of thankful- 

 ness that the scab is a thing of the past. May 

 this historic fact from a far-off" land, infuse new 

 courage and zeal into the efforts now being 

 made, in our own country, by those whose flocks 

 are infested with the scab, to eradicate it from 

 their sheep; for either the acari or the sheep 

 must go, as they cannot live^ and thrive together. 

 If sheep proprietors of Australia can say that 

 "they have deep feelings of thankfulness that 

 scab (where formerly so prevalent) is a thing 

 of the past," then may owners of sheep in the 

 United States feel stimulated to persevere until 

 they, too, may exclaim with profound gratitude, 

 that the scab, here as there, is a thing of the past. 



