From the New York Farmer. DISE.aSES OF SHEEP.
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l hear compisints of great mortality among sheep, particularly among those which are in the best condition, and late dropped lambs of last year, with out satisfactory cause being assigned for such mortality. lbeg leave, therefore, to suggest the cause, and to recommend remedy for the evil.

 The winter has been uncommonly se- were, the ground almost constantly CO., yered with snow, and sheep have, con. been precluded their ordi- nary exercise, their usual supply of green food, and debarred also from access to the ground. They are much in the condition of a ships crew, who have subsisted, in long voyage, who'll ly upon salted provisions. I will not say that earths constitute }ood for sheep; yet am satisfied, that, in the absence, atleast Of green food, ii long wif'ter,they are essential to their health. l will not attempt to explain their physi- cal effects; but it is evident they take them in. .inconsiaerable quantities, from the analysis of their dung, by kirwan. who found in lO5 parts, 37 parts lime sand and clay. while COW dung cave but l3, and horse dung l6.

 l am told on credible authority. that a gentleman. who was losing his sheen. without apparent cause, had occasion to use some clay about his house in the winter, and observing that his sickly flock ate it with avidity, he caused a load to be placed in their yard, much of which was devoured, and his sheel speedily recovered.

 As c,.re, therefore, would fccom- nend clay to be placed in the sheep syar7i. wi'ii:i' can, at worst, Sio 70 harm. SIS the animals will not cat 1t unless