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Diseases of Sheep. 



heads are dressed, let them out, or they will rub it off against each 

 other. Capping them is the best system (when they have been 

 allowed to get very bad), not by sticking the caps on the head by 

 means of pitch or any adhesive mixture, which, from its irritating 

 the wound, they soon kick off, but made according to the follow- 

 ing pattern. Under this, and over the sore, to prevent the can- 

 vass from drawing it, apply a piece of white sticking-plaster ; 

 and, let the head be in ever so bad a state, this will effectually 

 cure it without any further trouble. 



Canvass— wi dill 6 in., IcH'^th 7 in. 



The wide part of the cap must be placed on the top of the head, and the ears 

 "brought through the loops : the strings at the bottom of the cap are to be first 

 crossed beneath the lower jaw, and then passed through each loop on the opposite 

 side, brought down, and tied under the throat. 



The Ticks are a kind of lice, frequently producing a scabby 

 eruption on the skin, that not only occasions considerable annoy- 

 ance to the sheep, but, like the disease commonly known as the 

 Scab, injures the fleece very materially. Mercurial ointment 

 will soon remove the intruders, or, if the warmth of the season 

 renders it dangerous to incur the risk of salivation, tobacco - 

 water will have the same effect ; the tinge, however, that this 

 gives to the wool makes it a less convenient remedy if the mercu- 

 rial ointment can be safely applied. The lotion. No. 2, would be 

 better than either of these. 



The remedy used by Mr. Coke (now Lord Leicester) is 

 tobacco, soft soap, and white calx of mercury, in the proportion 



