As  soon  as  he  has  served  all  the  ewes,  put
him  in  a  pasture  alone,  and  it  is  better  that
he  be  kept  by  himself  the  whole  year.
Never  use  the  same  ram  mor«  than  two
seasons.    Never  sell  the  best  ewes  at  any


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price.  Whenever  yoa  buy  a  ram,  buy  the
best,  whatever  it  costs,  and  the  flock  will
improve  in  quaUty,  will  be  hardy  and  profit-
able.
For  Marking  Sheep. — Pot  into  a  pan  a
quarter  of  a  pound  of  lampblack,  two  ounces
of  Venetian  red,  and  linseed  oil  enough  to
make  a  good  paint.  Mark  either  with
stamp  or  brush.
To  Cure  the  Foot-rot. — Put  into  a  quart
bottle  a  quarter  of  a  pound  of  blue  vitriol,
one  ounce  of  verdigris,  a/nd  fill  up  with
chamber-ley.  Put  a  quill  through  the
cork,  turn  the  sheep  on  its  back  in  a  trough,
open  the  hoof  and  scrape  out  clean  with  a
knife  all  the  diseased  flesh,  put  on  a  few
drops  of  the  above  mixture,  and  a  cure  is
effected.  If  there  are  but  two  or  three  lame
ones  in  a  flock,  put  some  of  this  mixture  in
the  feet  of  all  the  sheep  in  the  flock — with
this  mixture,  an  ouce  of  prevention  is  worth
more  than  a  pound  of  cure.
,  To  Cure  the  Stretches. — Administer  a
table-spoonful  of  pulverized  saltpeter  im-
mediately or  the  sheep  will  soon  be  past  all
cure.
