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removed from the fire let the turpentine be mixed w : th it, 
and continue stirring it until cold. 
PELT-ROT. 
This is a complaint caused by the animals which are in 
low condition lying in wet commons, woods, or copses, with 
their fleeces soaked with rain, and the debilitated condition 
of the sheep producing low spirits and inactivity, so that it 
does not shake itself. This produces a relaxation of the 
action of the vessels of the skin; and consequently the wool 
falls off, leaving large patches of the hide bare. Scanty and 
poor pasturage will also induce this complaint; and it is 
sometimes caused by a sudden transition from poor to rich 
pasturage. 
When this disease is noticed, the animal should be 
removed to a warm straw-yard, and fed upon diet of a 
nourishing kind, such as mashes of malt and oatmeal, mixed 
with pea-meal; and also give him cordial draughts. 
ERYSIPELAS, OR WILD-FIRE. 
Symptoms. —This is an affection of the skin, and is ex¬ 
tremely contagious ; and if not attended to will quickly 
spread over the whole flock. The skin becomes very red, 
and considerable inflammation prevails, but differs from red- 
water, in never blistering. It is caused by some peculiar 
condition of the atmosphere, and generally appears in 
August and September. It seldom, however, continues more 
than eight days at a time, although sheep which have been 
affected with it are liable to a relapse. In some seasons 
the disease proves very fatal to sheep. 
Remedies. —Cooling medicines, such as antimonial pre¬ 
parations, are useful in this complaint. Give a dose of from 
one ounce to one ounce and a half of Epsom salts for three 
