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Simmer the last three in a quart of water for ten or fifteen minutes ; 
strain, and add the first. Give two table-spoonfuls twice a day. In any 
case, avoid all strong purging or bleeding. An equable warmth, good 
feeding, nourishing drinks, and good nursing, is what will save, when 
possible, if taken early. If not well nursed the patient will be sure to die. 
Grubs in the Head. 
In July and August, if sheep are seen standing crowded together with 
the heads close to the ground, occasionally stamping violently, or striking 
with their fore feet, be sure the sheep gad-fly (Estrus Ovis, is attempting 
to deposit her eggs in the nostrils of the sheep. This fly is somewhat 
like the ox gad-fly, but smaller. The egg deposited, the maggot soon 
hatches, ascends the sinuses of the nose, causing much irritation. Then 
it grows during Winter, and in the Spring descends and falls on the 
ground, burrows therein, assumes the form of a chrysalis, to be again 
transformed into a perfect fly. 
How to Save the Sheep. 
Prevent the flies from laying their eggs. Plow a portion of the field 
into furrows of loose soil ; keep the sheep’s noses smeared with tar, by 
tarring once a day through the season of the fly. I have caught them in 
a light bag net, such as boys use in catching insects. A reward of five 
cents for every fly caught would well repay the sheep owner. 
The maggots affix themselves by their strong hooks, and are not easily 
dislodged. Violent sneezing will sometimes dislodge them. Thus Scotch 
enuff may be blown up the nostrils. The infested sheep may be driven 
in a close place, and horn shavings or leather burned to irritate the 
membrane of the nostrils. A better way, when carefully done, is to 
secure the sheep, hold the head up, and pour into each nostril a teaspoon- 
ful of equal parts of sweet oil and turpentine, well shaken together. Be 
careful, however, that the sheep is not strangled by the mixture entering 
the lungs. The grubs are sometimes extracted by the surgeon. It is a 
nice operation, and as a rule will not pay its cost. 
Apoplexy. 
This is a disease seldom seen in the United States, and confined to 
sheep of a plethoric habit, and is generally fatal if not taken early. The 
sheep leaps suddenly in the air, falls and dies in a few moments. The 
remedy is earlyand copious bleeding from the neck (jugular) vein, until 
