Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . forsheep. The nose of the sheep is smeared with it, and it is licked andswallowed as the natural heat of the flesh, or that of the weather, causes itto trickle down over the nostrils and lips. Others, suffering the flock toget unusually salt hungry, place tar upon flat stones, or in troughs, andthen scatter salt on it, so that both shall be consumed together. Appliedto the nose, in the nature of a cataplasm, I have no doubt that it i
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . forsheep. The nose of the sheep is smeared with it, and it is licked andswallowed as the natural heat of the flesh, or that of the weather, causes itto trickle down over the nostrils and lips. Others, suffering the flock toget unusually salt hungry, place tar upon flat stones, or in troughs, andthen scatter salt on it, so that both shall be consumed together. Appliedto the nose, in the nature of a cataplasm, I have no doubt that it is advan- tageofjs in catarrhs—and put on the same place, at the proper periods, itmay perhaps, by its odor, repel the visitations of the fly ( CEstris avis), theeggs of which produce the grub in the head. As a it may bevaluable, and even as a detergent in the case specified, but as a condiment • This may be pronounced harsh measure for measure, nnd some may think it would tend to IncreaMIhe viciousness of the animal. Repeated instances have proved the contrary to me. And if their masterytfl onr.« aeknowlcdged, it is never forgotten by them. SALTING-BOX. SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. 195 jiraply, for a perfectly healthy animal, I confess I have no confidence in itsutility. Water.—Water is not indispensable in the summer pastures, the dewsind the succulence of the feed answering as a substitute. But myimpres-not is decided that free access to water is advantageous to sheep, particu-arly to those having lambs ; and I should consider it a matter of import-mce on a sheep farm, to arrange the pastures, if practicable, so as toning water into each of them. Shade.—No one who has observed with what eagerness sheep seekhade in hot weather, and how they pant and apparently suffer when a hotun is pouring down on their nearly naked bodies, will doubt that, both as, matter of humanity and utility, they should be provided, during the hotummer months, with a better shelter
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