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the proportion of eight gallons of water to one 

 pound of tobacco. This diluted ooze, as hot as 

 may be, is applied by dipping the sheep in a 

 potash kettle or in a wooden box in which it is 

 contained. After dipping and rubbing off the 

 scabs with a common horse-brush, the sheep 

 should be lifted to a trough, made as wide as the 

 box, with a few slats in the bottom and having 

 one end slightly elevated, and there as much of 

 the ooze as possible should be carried off and 

 allowed to run back into the trough. Hot ooze 

 is to be added from time to time as it is used up. 

 If frosted, inferior or stem tobacco be used as is 

 usual, two or three times the quantity specified 

 will be necessary. 



Some recommend that a tablespoonful of 

 turpentine be added after dipping every half 

 dozen sheep; I deem this unnecessary. After 

 the process the sheep should be placed in a close 

 pen or shed for a few days, where they will keep 

 warm and steaming. To make sure of a perma- 

 nent cure, they should be re-dipped 15 days 

 afterwards. The English use arsenic, but where 



