Sheep husbandry in the South: comprising a treatise on the acclimation of sheep in the southern states, and an account of the different breedsAlso, a complete manual of breeding, summer and winter management, and of the treatment of diseases .. . The remedy, or rather the preventive, is to house them, or in de-fault of the necessary fixtures to effect this, to drive them into dense for-ests. I presume, however, this would be a calamity of rare occurrence inthe sunny South. Sun-Scald—Might be more common. When sheep are sheared closein very hot weather—have no shade in their pastures—and partic
Sheep husbandry in the South: comprising a treatise on the acclimation of sheep in the southern states, and an account of the different breedsAlso, a complete manual of breeding, summer and winter management, and of the treatment of diseases .. . The remedy, or rather the preventive, is to house them, or in de-fault of the necessary fixtures to effect this, to drive them into dense for-ests. I presume, however, this would be a calamity of rare occurrence inthe sunny South. Sun-Scald—Might be more common. When sheep are sheared closein very hot weather—have no shade in their pastures—and particularlywhere they are driven immediately considerable distances, or rapidly, overburning and dusty roads, their backs are so scorched by the sun that thewool comes off. It is not common, however, here. You may see onesuch in a flock of a hundred. Let alone, the matter is not a serious one,but the application of refuse lard to the back will accelerate the cure, andthe starting of the wool. Ticks.—These, when very numerous, greatly annoy and enfeeble sheepin the wintei, and should be kept entirely out of the flock. After shear-ing, the heat and cold, the rubbing and biting of the sheep soon drive off 192 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE DIPPING-BOX. the tick, and it takes refuge in the long wool of the lamb. Wait a fort-night after shearing, to allow all to make this transfer of residence. Thenboil refuse tobacco leaves until the decoction is strong enough to kill ticksbeyond a peradventure. This may be readily tested by or six pounds of cheap plug tobacco, or an equivalent in stems, &c.,may be made to answer for 100 lambs. The decoction is poured into adeep, narrow box, kept for this purpose, and which has f^S- ^^? an inclined shelf one one side,covered with a wooden grate,as shown in the cut. Oneman holds the lamb by thehind legs, another clasps thefore-legs in one hand, andshuts the other about thenostrils to prevent the liquidentering them, and then thela
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