50 The Sheep- Scab. 



and the liquid squeezed out of the wool. A 

 second and even a third bath may be necessary 

 to cure inveterate cases of scab. 



Recipe No. 3. 



[The following communication bj' I. P. Roberts, Professor of 

 Agriculture in Cornell University, and who was formerly engaged 

 in farming and sheep husbandry in the State of Iowa, where he had 

 occasion to use the prescription he recommends, will be read with 

 interest.] 



As soon as the disease is discovered, the whole 

 flock should be inspected and the diseased ani- 

 mals placed in a separate field. The disease is 

 likely to be most virulent in the spring of the 

 year, one or two months before shearing time. 

 When the wool is long it is too expensive to dip 

 the sheep, and the disease may be palliated until 

 the time of shearing arrives, by opening the wool 

 and pouring upon the diseased part a strong de- 

 coction of tobacco. An entire cure is seldom 

 effected in this way. It is customary to shear at 

 the first opportunity, and • then the following 

 remedy may be applied : an ooze made of strong 

 plug tobacco steeped in hot water, and diluted in 



