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and the Caufe has been a wet Winter and no Hay gi- 
ven ’em, or they have fed in low wet Grounds, or elfe 
they have been touch’d the Michaelmas before. 
Therefore obfervc when Rains happen about July 
Jugufi, or September , or when ’tis a wet Spmmcr,and 
continues fo till toward Michaelmas , that then a gene- 
ral R;ott is fear’d. 
Some Directions to prevent the Rott. 
1. Keep your Sheep in the Fold till 8 or 9 a-Clock 
in the Forenoon, or longer, according, as the Seafon 
is wet or dry; if dewy Mornings, keep ’em till the 
Sun has pfetty well exhal’d the Dew, then put ’em to 
feed on the hlgheft Ground where ’tis dryeft, and il 
it prove a fine Day, you may about Noon feed ’em in 
the low Grounds for 2 or 3 hours ; when ’tis Evening 
put’em againjn the high places,and be fure fold ’em 
before the Dews fall, but let it be on dry Ground, for 
the moift Vapours are very injurious. 
2. If it rain nroft part of the day, you ought to give 
your Sheep a little Hay night and morning, which is 
good againft this Difeafe and many others. Dry Food 
is proper at all times for Sheep, but cfpecially in wet 
weather, and ought to be given ’em once a day all the 
.Months before mention’d ; as alfo3 or 4 times a wee«i 
•(either at Night or in the Morning) Oats in Straw, 
t>r Peafe and Barley, and is an excellent Preservative. 
If your Grain be threfh’d, mix fome Salt with it. 
Another Prevention of the Rott. 
Make large Sheds, or low wide Houfes, open on all 
fides to houfe your Sheep in wet and cold weather. In 
Flanie'rss when it is wet, they keep ’em in the Houfe 
all day s giving ’em Hay ; at all times they keep them 
houfed. till the Dews are dry’d up by the Sun, folding 
’em before the Evening Dews fall-. 
1 Mind thefe Rules in time, before the Rott Phizes 
’em, left they die. When 3 or 4 Days, or a Week, of 
dry weather happens you need give ’em Hay but once 
every nther day, or a few Oats or other Grain, either 
in the Straw or threlht, mixt with a little Salt, as you 
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