You know we've had warm, moist weather all through July, and I'm afraid of foot-rot.

Then they're sometimes troubled with overgrown hoofs." "What do you do if they get foot-rot ?" asked Miss Laura.
"I've various cures," he said.

"Paring and clipping, and dipping the hoof in blue vitriol and vinegar, or rubbing it on, as the English shepherds do.

It destroys the diseased part, but doesn't affect the sound." "Do sheep have many diseases ?" asked Miss Laura.

"I know one of them myself--that is the scab." "A nasty thing that," said Mr.Wood, vigorously; "and a man that builds up a flock from a stockyard often finds it out to his cost." "What is it like ?" asked Miss Laura.
"The sheep get scabby from a microbe under the skin, which causes them to itch fearfully, and they lose their wool." "And can't it be cured ?" "Oh, yes! with time and attention.