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Foot-rot in Sheep. 
across the bottom to prevent the sheep from slipping. The 
trough must be set and fixed perfectly level alongside a wall or 
other fence in some out-of-the way place. It should be provided 
with a good waterproof lid, secured by a padlock, so as to pre- 
vent the possibility of danger from any poison which might be 
left in the trough. There should also be a wooden fence on 
the other side of the trough, extended somewhat at the entrance 
Fig. 1. 
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TROUGH 
fence 
fence 
Pea No. 1. 
Pen No. 2. 
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Gate 
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end to guide the sheep into it, as indicated in the diagram 
Before the sheep are driven through the trough their feet 
should be well pared ; then walk them quietly through and let 
them remain in Pen No. 2 for half an hour or so before taking 
them back to their pasture. 
If sheep are badly attacked I would recommend drawing out 
all the affected ones, and passing them through the trough a 
second time, after remaining for half an hour in the pen. Should 
this not cure them, repeat the process in a fortnight or three 
weeks' time. 
Having got free from foot-rot, the passing of the flock through 
this solution twice a year will completely prevent any new attack. 
Before adopting this plan my sheep were scarcely ever free 
from the disease. Now I have not a single case, and have had 
none since I first resorted to the practice in 1885. 
4. Mr, Charles Howard. 
Commenting on the foregoing, Mr. Howard writes : — 
Although there is nothing new in the notes of the three farmers, 
yet I hope the attention of flockmasters generally will be called 
to the subject, and something good may come out of it. "When 
I was a youth and first went to learn farming (some fifty years 
since), this disease was not known, or at all events not in the 
locality in which I was situated. It has now become the bane 
of a shepherd's life, and entails unknown losses to British flock- 
