REPLIES, BY MR, C. D1CKINS. B 1 9 
twice in the space of three or four days, continuing to give the 
gruel in the interval. But I ought to state, that if it is of recent 
date, or as Mr. Blaine terms acute, I always bleed; if of long 
standing, I have omitted bleeding. 
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SHEEP. 
1. The general breed is the Leicester. 
2. The only crosses of consequence from the Lincoln. 
3. If for wool, the real Leicester is preferred, on account of 
its lineness; if for the butcher, with a cross from the Lincoln, 
being more weighty. 
5. The diseases most frequent are rot, foot-rot, and scab. 
Rot .—This has made a sad havoc this season; in fact, some 
farmers have lost all their flock, and none have escaped, not 
even farms which were never before known. For my opi¬ 
nions vide Veterinarian, November 1830. 
The Foot-rot is not a very prevalent disease here ; but I find 
from the conversation I have had with agriculturists, that they 
bear out the assertions of Professor Dick as to the cause; as a 
E roof of which, I w as talking to one of them the other day, and 
e told me that as soon as he discovered the appearance of it 
in his flock, he had them driven a good distance along the road 
every day, which always proved a preventive to the rest. 
The Professor labours hard to prove it not infectious but when 
we see it make its appearance in a flock where it has not been 
known for years, in a short time after the admission of a ram, it 
leaves us doubtful. 
Scab .—The treatment of this disease here is the mercurial 
ointment; but I am inclined to think it would bend to milder 
remedies. 
swine. 
1. The general breed the Berkshire, or a cross from the 
Suffolk with them. 
The lungs seem more disposed to take on a diseased action 
than any other organ in the pig, which here is generally termed 
husk, or rising of the lights; the best treatment for which I find 
venesection and soda sulph.: madder and sulphur is much used 
with many. 
ON INFLAMMATION. 
ByT -. 
The arteries, or the vessels by which the blood is conveyed 
from the heart to the different parts of the frame, are said to be 
