From the New-England Farmer.
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Preserve your Sheet from the Cad Fly.


There exists, in some parts of the coun-
try, species Of fly, which naturaliYts call
sstrus opis, Of the same genus with that
which deposits eggs in the hair of horses,
and causes botts. This fly attacks sheep,
from about the middle Of August to the mid
die of September, deposits its eggs in the
nostriis of the animals, aud causes those
zyormS, which SO frequently destroy them.
The Mechanics Gazette recommends rs
preventive, covering the nostrls of sheep
with list Of gauzy substance, through
which the animal can breathe, and keep
ing it in its place by some adhesive sub
stance" We doubt, however, the prac-
ticaDiiity Of excepting it in its place" by any
"aelhesive substance" Another preventive
which sheep owners tell us is effectual, is
to keep the noses of the sheep constantly
smlrched with tar, from about the middle OF
Augusi to the tier end Of September. If
the sheep swallow some Of the tar, SO much
the better, as it prevents or cures the rot,
and confirms their health.


Ii the fly has performed its mischievous
function, and the seeds of the disorder are
already sown, you may make use OF the fol-
lowing


"Take half pound of good Scotch snuff,
pOUE tMu IUaIta VI OOliliS Ns.lCl vi y, otli ~
and let it st ind till cold, inject about table
spoonful OF this liquid md sediment up each
nostril of the sheep with syringe. This
must be repeated three or four times at
proper ais, from the middle of Octo-
ber to the first of January; the grubs are
tho. small, and are much easier destroyed
than afterwards, and have not injured the
sheep as they will, if deferred until later
Half am ounce Of asafetida, pounded in {
little water, and added to the snuff, viii
make it more ehie.tual. The owner OF the
sheep need not be alarmed when the opera
ton is performed, to see the sheep very
drunk and apparently in the agonies of deatt
as they will in few minutes recover.
never knew any bad effects to follow. DR..
snuff may be blown up the nose with aquili
and have good effect; but it is tediou
dirty job. have tried vinegar and blue dy
with but little or no success"


Instead of ''Scotch snuff" decoction Q
tobacco will answer the purpose. A gen
tleman who owns a large flock of sheep, in
forms rs that he had used it with pcrfec
success. Spirits of turpentinc have bee
injected into the nostrils of sheep, as a re
medy for worms; but that substance ap
pears to possess one material isadrantage
which should preclude its use for that pur
pose, viz. when thrown into rae nostrils
kills the sheet as we'll as the worms