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and other remedies were tried, but without any good effect, 
although the animals were housed at nights, and had a liberal 
supply of cake, corn, bran, and hay. I then recommended 
one teaspoonful of common salt to each sheep every morning in 
crushed oats, bran, and cake, with one gill of lime water 
every night. This plan proved successful, as only 15 of the 
animals died and 50 recovered. The last death was in May 
and on post-mortem examination the gall bladder and intes¬ 
tines contained large quantities of flukes, but very few in the 
liver. And although the sheep were cured so far as affection 
went, yet they failed to show any profitable improvement 
during the summer grazing. From these important data I 
draw the reasonable deduction that it is always best, when 
practicable, to hasten maturity, and consign at once to the 
shambles. But I may here notice another important matter 
in connection with this case. 
During the time the sheep were affected, Mr. Twentyman 
had a quantity of crushed rock salt in the cart shed, which 
he intended for application to the land, and every morning 
when the sheep were let out to the pastures they rushed 
eagerly to the salt heap and commenced to eat of it greedily. 
He also had several lumps of the same material in the fields, 
which the poor animals licked in turn, as if nature were 
crying out on the top of the question—“ Heal yourselves .” 
Now it will be readity understood by every one in any way 
acquainted with flukes that the land once depastured by 
affected animals is difficult to get clear again, but in this case, 
the,pastures, were top dressed with salt in the spring and up to the 
present date no further traces have been found. On the 
contrary, since midsummer four rams and two lambs having 
injured themselves by fighting had to be killed, and their 
“ plucks ” were found-by the butcher to be the soundest he 
