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success, not only to prevent but to cure the rot in sheep. Whilst one person is administering the medicine, another should be employed in stirring the ingredients well to-

gether. N.B. The sheep should be kept fasting two hours

after the medicine. It is adviseable that the person who mixes up the ingredients, as well as he that stirs them together, should use a large wooden spoon, lest by using his hands too freely, the compound should take off the skin.

ANOTHER RECEIPT.

Two ounces diapente in a quart of brandy for twenty sheep, given as a preventative, three times, at Michael- mas, Christmas, and Candlemas.

FOR THE WATER.

To prevent sheep from dropping of the water, take one pound of tobacco, and boil it in seven quarts of water one hour.‘Then put to it four ounces of saltpetre, one ounce black pepper and two ounces of spirits of turpentine.—Two spoonfuls of this mixture are given to the lambs about a month after they are taken from the ewe, and two more spoonfuls about a month after the first. Great care must be taken to shake it well together, before it is given, otherwise the turpentine will swim on the top.