On the rot in sheep / By Edward Harrison.

  • Harrison, Edward, 1759-1838
Date:
1803
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the rot in sheep / By Edward Harrison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    heavy beasts and many sheep early in the sum¬ mer ; his pastures were thinly stocked with sheep only for the rest of the year; the rot was extremely destructive in every part of the parish, except in his closes where it never ap¬ peared. This exemption from the general ca¬ lamity of his neighbours, he attributes partly to his land being always well covered with grass,- and partly to his grazing during this year entirely with sheep. In wet weather, beasts and horses by treading the ground, leave foot marks where the water stagnates, and in consequence of it, as he believes, the rot is produced. To give more weight to the opinion of this gentleman, it may be proper in me to add, that my informer has been an active and vigilant occupier of land on a large scale, for a great number of years. When the murrian prevailed among cattle, his father, a very intelligent yeoman, made great purchases of beasts, and was so successful in preserving and curing his herds, that he is re ported to have acquired a large estate by this national misfortune. i have observed that sheep are most liable to rot immediately after losing their fleeces, and in the month of November when the cold first begins. No rot can be contracted in the spring season, till the sun’s influence is become considerable, but when the disposition is once D 2
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