DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF SHEEP AND PIGS 477 
festers, watch the bag and continue bathing it with warm 
water and vinegar. As soon as a soft spot appears in the 
bag, lance it to allow the matter to escape. Continue bath- 
ing and applying the white lotion twice a day until all the 
swelling is gone and the bag is healed. In cases where the 
bag becomes mortified, bathe a great deal with warm water 
and vinegar, and continue applying white lotion three 
times a day each time after bathing, until the mortification is 
checked. The mortified part will separate from the healthy 
part in the course of time, and drop off. Then bathe well 
with warm water and soap twice a day and apply white lo- 
tion each time after bathing. As soon as healed it is best to 
fatten the ewe and butcher her. During treatment, feed well 
and take extra care of her to keep her strength up until she 
gets better. 
10. Drying a Ewe. 
Give a tablespoonful of Epsom salts dissolved in a half 
teacupful of lukewarm water once a day for a week. Bathe 
her bag with warm forge water or warm vinegar. Follow the 
same treatment as that given for drying a cow in Part III. 
Forge water has a good effect in retarding and drying up 
the secretion of milk because of the iron it contains, which 
acts as an astringent upon the milk glands. 
The physic is given as a preventative of contamination 
of the blood. 
