FOOT ROT IN SHEEP.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 185, 14 June 1879, Page 2

FOOT ROT IN SHEEP.

I have obtained the following simple recipe for the prevention and. cure of foot rot in sheep, from a gentleman who' has tried it successfully; and I send it to you hoping that y.ou will find it a place in your columns for the benefit of the unfovtnato sheep afflicted with that painful disease, and to those of their owners who care to prevent it I may mention that the gentleman who gave mo the information gave up keeping sheep altogether for some years because , the land on which thoy grazed ( seeuie(l|favoj'able ,tp ; . the ~ development .of Jhe jJisease,. 'i; Si pep. s , tliis reqijpo he has never had any diiliculty:- r iii : J?Gppmg them sound To prevent the appearance of sheep rot, so common among sheep grazing on damp pastures, take up tho sheep once every three or four weeks, examine their feet carefully, and take away any dead or broken part of the hoof, so that no dirt can lodge in the crack, taking caveon no account, however, to draw blood, or cut into the quick.' If any sheep is sore oV raw about the " claws," apply a salve colhposed of Milestone vitrol |oz (crushed to a powder), lard 20z., and Venice turpentine 30z., well mixed together, pare tho hoof, and keep the sheep in a dry place for four or five hours. If, after four or five days, there is no improvement, apply more salve; and if the diseaso has got underneath tho other hoof, pare the other hoof off, but without making it bleed, and nature will soon replace it by i another. On damp land sheep should not . be kept more than one or at most two . seasons. By these means farmers can always prevent either the disease or the t remedy from frbm ever becoming severe." , - Correspondent to tho" Field."