FOOT ROT IN SHEEP.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5411, 18 June 1879, Page 3

FOOT ROT IN SHEEP.

j I hate' 'obtained ; the following' Bimple l •recipe forJHe'!p^e^ention q,nd'cure of; foot l ' [rot in *sh ! ccp i , ! fr6ni 7 -'b : '■'^eh^le^an • yho 'has* i tried it successfully".} ' and;l send it to yqu.' ihoping that f ypu '^iil.find'it a place in.your 1 I *ftiCl. *' »' fr^-'*V<f '' V • ''' rt) '"'it'll 'A * J , I '-Ti "i i :columns for the" benefit of the unfortunate ! sheep afflicted ;that ! painful disease, land Wth'o'se' of their owners who 'care- to' prevent it I may mention that the 'gentle-^ !man who gave me,th'e, information, up keeping sheep artdgether-f or, some years; jbecause the land; on whioh they grazed,}' j seemed favorafyleT'tq the, ide.yelqpme.nt.of < 'the disease. Since .trying, : tWa repipe,,jie/ ihas never had ■. any difficulty! in y ping. them soundis-r-'-To prevent the appearancel ■of sheep 'roty > !so • cothm,on among . sheep! grazing • on < damp paatures, take uputhe 1 sheep vonee every 'three or ; four weeks^ 1 examine their . feet carefully; any deacl or ' broken part of the hoof, so that no ! diH; : can lodge in,tnp c^ c^ taking' care 'on iro ■ account/ 'Kow^ve^' to' Qx&p bl66d or cut into the'fijliicy. ., ,If ; an^' sheep is, . tio're" or ; raw ahout the" claw^s," apply asalyecoiii!l posed of bluestpne jvit^ol \o%. (crusneji ,toj \ a powder), 20z,, and yenioe. turpen r . Ijft§. 3.QZ- j^eji , mixed , together, ■ , pare i thq \ hoof, and keep the sheep in a dry place I for four or five hours. If after four or five, days, there is, no improvement, apply 1 mor,e salve ; and if the disease has got , underneath the other hoof, pare the other !hoof off, : but without making it bleed, ; and. nature /will soon replace it by another. On damp land sheep should not be kept ! more than one or at most two seasons. !By tf^Be means farmers ; can • always; preI Tf^il 6^^^® r the;remedy frpm ever Dccbming aeveEeiVr-Oprresponclent to