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Foot-Rot in Sheep. 



[APRIL, 



to be killed or dyed, any seeds. The term "to kill seeds" means 

 to destroy by artificial means the vitality or germinating powers 

 of such seeds. The term " to dye seeds " means to apply to 

 seeds any process of colouring, dyeing, or sulphur smoking. 

 Proceedings under these Acts against any persons in respect of 

 selling, or causing to be sold, any killed or dyed seeds must be 

 commenced within twenty-one days from the time of the com- 

 mission of the offence. 



Seeds for use on farms and market gardens should always 

 be bought subject to a guarantee of genuineness and germina- 

 tion, and their germinating power should be tested to see 

 whether the seeds come up to the standard guaranteed. The 

 presence of dye or other colouring matter can usually be 

 detected by rubbing the seed in soft white paper, or by washing 

 a small quantity in water. 



Foot-rot in sheep, which is the cause of much loss and 

 inconvenience to farmers in this country, is also well known 



ments which are being conducted by the Board with a view of 

 testing the efficacy of foot-baths as a remedy for this disease, 

 a bulletin recently issued by the United States Department of 

 Agriculture is of interest as showing the character of the 

 solutions which have been found successful in America. 



A considerable portion of the bulletin is devoted to a bacterio- 

 logical account of the disease and a description of the experi- 

 ments made to investigate its contagious character, followed by 

 a statement of the few pathological conditions of the feet of sheep, 

 which may at times be mistaken for contagious foot-rot. The 

 bulletin concludes with some practical advice as to the prevention 

 and treatment of the disease. 



In regard to treatment, the authors of the bulletin, Dr. Mohler 

 and Dr. Washburn, of the Bureau of Animal Industry, observe 

 that one of the first steps to be taken is to separate all sheep 

 that are in any degree diseased from those that are healthy. 

 Should the disease be in its earliest stage, with but few animals 



Foot-Rot in 

 Sheep. 



and greatly feared in many sheep-raising 

 and sheep-feeding localities in the United 

 States ; and in connection with the experi- 



