SCAB IN SHEEP.

Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 62, 5 October 1853, Page 4

SCAB IN SHEEP.

Vie are truly hnppy to ititp, Hint the e\nrdmnr\ | t jerl/oiis tho «tt!ler< hnve m»de ninrc the jay n ■ of the Seal) Act are producing a mint biiirfi, ill cfTcct. The reab ii tnnrli ilcereijin^, nnd it v quite elenr thnt tho diftl ulty nttpn'lin;; it-, erw'irnt'on hii liren nvcr-e<iimitril. Contngenin 1 nn,] truiljlrpniiie mil i<!, it will jirtd lo encijjetic mill per" vr rein? treTlmcnt, n« in proved by n number u( Miercr»fiil rffti'ts, to tone tf which we will refer.

Mr. I.i l\ Inrgp flo.K nt Flnxmnn's Vi Hey w.i, 'h ucii bnd -tire la tOe tolior. He hud the ulierp dremi! i r i r r ihmiiiiK, nnd hnd thrni ihcnrcd acmn ill. out n mniilh npo. Thejr were rxnmined on last SetiiTdr.y by I\fr. Haniiltrn llic Ti operlor of SrnVi v/ho frnnd the tthole, lo all nppenrnnre perfectly efenn. Tlir r nme 11 th" n,-e w,(h KellocJc'n flnck r.n the Liltle Pun, wliieh were very <enbhy hut Hintei. They were slmrn n f»emul lime ninc f the Act enuie into fnree nnd drc?scd immcdlntely after nilh tohnreo nnd •spirito of tar. Mr. John iLidei'd ,|,eep, on the Ligh', nre now quite- ctenn, „o nlio we- undcritnnci arc Mr. John Roid'n nt Oawler nnd Mr. Svindon'B of the Gilbert, which wire much affected la»t year. Wi he nr also from Yi-rkc'n Peninsular l)i-( l),f o.fpp are much improvm;'. A ftoclt of ttelhern belonging lo Mi. Couitn, whicji were m nbhy InßlJanusry, hive been dienrccl n rfcond time nnd nre now reported elrnn. Mr. Mxiijilrn, of the siinie plncp, who clrev.cd nbout I.DOO in DiTrn.ber nnd Jjnuniy, ft/it™ flint (hey nit now lo nil rppenrnnco free from feab. Mi l'nee Mmrico hna jj M t heard from Inn oversicr at Tort L'nroln Hint the lr.?t clrt n.ir )fr ban povi,) cf. fiTlunl, nnd that, to all appcaranr« tl.o Mr.cp nre clean.

Our iT.fnrirnlion frnm nil (j inrtori tnuU to- sh . that the disensi- h On flip il ( Wine ; i-nd ii n lo !, Imped Hint Ihc f>hrrp-f/,imet« will not i,-],,\ m th. H rtprlmni. This n i|,p more imj-orlmi 1 on ai count of the fpnrful r«va K ci the fi p,,b in m iUn r in V,rtotia. wlitp it hnn spread like wildfire nironff Ibp im. landed (locKs. ft reported by some teccnt nrrivnl, fvn lane/, (lint there nre nn inercdililp lutmhcr or »cntbyßbecp in the. diatriet of Wimmem.

The protection of their own properly from no dcntnietivc a scourge, w i|l, n0 ,; 011 ],t in most in" Blanco, be n sufficient inducement to the »|icop" f.-irmerr, to pcr»cYPre in theu^eof remei'iei, bu l nownuld remind tho leu prudent ot the pmiliii-o llin net impoßM on iie»lcf t. An idea linn pone nhroul lint it v inoperative— and thin to n ccitain <xtrnt ii true, tho Crnwu having been defeated in its ilfcmxiii to enforce it in the loner nnd after" wnnh in the lii s l,cr Court. Hut n civil unit hnj l-een the recovery of Uie penillylaj a dtbt duo to tli- Crown The result of thii prnrecdinff it in im. poisiblr to foivicc ; but, iimuld it provo surre»iful tin re enn be little doubt that nin-ilnr Btcpi will bo tnl.cn (ißninit other holdi ri of diioo«c(l nhopji whrif 'nicst ni noil a? mo<t profiUble cfiiirso ni]'| be, (o drive awny the peatikncn «<i ti on ni pesdhle.

Uißcvidcnt from the fc« uistnnrr'i we lmve rilul, tlml by the use ol proper rrinciliet they mny linfirsi nnlainted flocka, while on tha other handl.y nrgli(;encc they may impiir the vnluc of tlicir jirnpiity, nml mhjert thciiiEclvci to thn _ncnnltie» orilie prricnt Act, »houM it prove (fTcrtunl, or of nno'lior, wnich tnny be pnaicd dnrinjr the nppronch'nC <,rt<inii, sliould it, aflcr its third trial, bo found « ii n ling.— Adelaide obicrecr.