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becomes complete ; the appetite is lost, and the animal dies from exhaus- 
tion. The offensive odor of the true foot rot is characteristic, and one* 
made familiar will serve as a certain guide in recognizing the disease. 
The disease may present itself in a malignant and rapid form, or in a 
mild one. The first attack on a flock is generally of the severe charac- 
ter. When it is kept under the first year, its appearance the next Sum- 
mer will be mild ; and the third season still milder. 
How to Cure Rot. 
Every part of the diseased structure must be cut away, cleaning tha 
knife from time to time. This thoroughly accomplished, prepare a tank, 
which is to be filled to a depth of four inches, with a strong, saturated 
solution of sulphate of copper, blue vitriol; let each sheep stand in this, 
heated as hot as they can bear, for ten or more minutes, keeping the whole 
hot by occasionally plashing a piece of heated iron in it, or adding a 
quantity of the solution boiling, hot. It is also well to cover the hoof 
with chloride of lime, and fill the cleft of the hoof with a piece of tow 
long enough so the ends cun bjj twisted into a cord to be fastened around 
the fetlock. ■ This makes a good bandage. The hoofs should be exam- 
ined daily for sometime and the chloride renewed if necessary. Keep 
the sheep in a dry, well-littered yard, or on a dry, short pasture, and feed 
well. If the case is bad, the following tonic given internally will bo 
necessary : 
No. 10. 2 Drachms common salt, 
H Drachm sulphate of iron, 
ii Drachm nitrate of potash. 
Mix as a powder and give daily. 
Fouls and Travel-sore. 
These may be cured, the first by washing the cleft of the hoof with 
warm water and applying a strong solution of blue vitriol, and the latter 
by touching the thin places in the hoofs with a feather dipped in oil of 
vitriol, and smearing over with tar. Or better, prepare the following lotion 
and use occasionally: 
No. 11. 1 Part solution of chloride of antimony, 
1 Part compound tincture of myrrh. 
Gravel. 
Sheep often become graveled. If lame in the least examine them, and 
tidt the horn of the hoof to expose the gravel ; extract it and cover tha 
wound with tar. 
