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side, he was always told to take his sheep on to the salt marsh 
to save them from rot. 
Mr. Carr : It was sheep that had been put on to the marsh 
to winter that I allude to. 
Mr. Thompson : Then the disease must have been con¬ 
tracted before the sheep were put on the marsh, because, in 
fluke, it is seldom contracted after October, and never after 
frost. 
Mr. Farrall said he had listened with much pleasure to 
the paper, and also to the remarks which had followed. It 
was quite clear that Mr. Thompson was able to answer by 
facts any question that cropped up. In reference to the salt 
marshes it was evident that fresh water often stands, and 
may foster the production of the disease ; although it was 
most likely to have been contracted before the flocks were 
put on the marshes. In differing from other authorities, Mr. 
Thompson had also shown why he differed from them, which 
he thought was a very important feature in the paper. In 
support of his theory of salt as an exterminator of the disease, 
he had also given instances of proof where salt had been 
successful in clearing the land from the disease, He (Mr. 
Farrall) thought peameal, as recommended by Professor 
Simonds, could not be good treatment, either for a sickly man 
or beast. He would like to hear Mr. Thompson’s opinion on 
that, after which he had a few more questions to ask. 
Mr. Thompson : I do not agree with Professor Simonds in 
the recommendation of pea-meal. It is far too heating ; and 
the liver being affected, the material taken into the system, 
if, of a heating tendency, at a time when it is already too 
much stimulated by disease, irritates, and increases the effect 
of the disease. 
