The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-10-27
Eoot.ROt In Sheep,

A correspondent of the Germantown
Telegraph gives bis experience with this
disease in late number Of that paper q
follows:
To ,hvse interested in sheep, I would
like to offer what in my case has proven .
sure remedy fol foot-rot, one of the great
est, if not the greatest scourge to which
the sheep-graxer is subjected. Wet
weather is especially calculated to encour,
age the spread of the disease where the
germs already exist.
To years ago, about this time, l bought
lot Of sheep for fattening from = neigh.
Dor, and on sorting them out l noticed
one or two slightly lame; but the dealer
and honest man for drover assured me
be had examined them, and that they we're
only foot.sose from driving; aud as | had
had sheep lame from the same cause be-
fore believed him. Two weeks from
then | had pretty mess. Fully one halt
the fock we're lame, many Of their feet
swarming with maggots, and the sheep
compelled to crawl about on their knees
had heard Of toot-rot, but had never
seen it before, but here l had the veritable
disease, and knew no more how to treat
it than the vorito. applied to the deal
er from whom l got them-an extensive
grazer, owning more than = thousand
acres of land, and feeding hundreds of
sheep yearly. He said he believed there
was no remedy, that sheep once having
it were never cured. sought informa-
ton from other sources, heard of reme>
dies and tried them-coal, OIL bluestone,
sulphuric acid, aqua fortis, spirits terpen-
tine, ETC., checking the disease bat not
curing it.
Finally l procured "MoreIl's American
Shepherd" iu which TO und the following
treatment, recommended by Professor
Youa,t, which | viii. abbreviate. Pen the
sheep in q we'll Uttered stable or yard, and
with an assistant, bucket Of warm water,
tasin of dissolved chloride of lime, q
skillet Of boiled rine tar, vial Of butter
of antimOny with swab in it, and sharp
knife, go to work. The assistant to
catch and hold the patient you FIRST wash
the foot, cleansing thoroughly, then, par
ing away every particle of loose hoof
and exposing the diseased portions,
you wash with the solution Of chloride
of lime to remove oil matter and flowing
blood then apply the butter of antimony
to remove all matter and flowing blood
then apply the butter antimony to every
healthy appearance, more severely where
fungus granulations have been cut off, or
small ones are springing up, allowing a
few minutes for the caustic to do its work.
Apply the pitch in warm state, and if
the foot has been very much denuded of
its honey covering, wrap it with tow or cloth
to protect it till new horn can form, which
X5ilfl be soap raiEf fo clre In my 'hasa"rtIIsS tIIsS
ounces butter Of antimony and one pound
of chloride of lime dissolved in gallon of
water are enough for 25 sheep.
Change your sheep to another pasture
when treated, and avoid putting others
where the diseased ones have been till the
frost of Winter have had time to purify
the earth where they have trampled, for
foot-rot is more infectious, perhaps, than
AS q preventive, pastur,ux lnrti On rougn
billy land, driving them back and forth
along dusty road, or over a barn-Aoor
where air-saeked lime has been strewn, or
even over lime heap in a bar or gateway
are beneficial; and as an ounce of preven
tion is worth pound Of cure. it is well t.
try the preventive as curing is trouble
some work, even with the best remedy.