48 The Sheep-Scab. 



APPENDIX. 



To render the foregoing sketch on the sheep- 

 scab complete, it is necessary to append thereto 

 some of the most popular prescriptions and the 

 methods of preparing them for the effective cure 

 of this parasitic disease. 



Walter Brown & Co., of Boston, through 

 their connections in the west and south-west, as 

 well as from other authoritative sources, have re- 

 ceived letters relating to the treatment of the 

 scab, and containing in many instances, prescrip- 

 tions with directions for compounding them. 

 Several of these recipes are here offered to the 

 reader, with the sincere hope that, should the 

 necessity arise, he may find among the various 

 formulas, at least one that will be efficacious in 

 ridding his flock of this dreaded disease. 



Recipe No. i. 

 Four ounces of tobacco to one ounce of sul- 



