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It was said to be even more destructive to the parasites than the bath of poke and tobacco juices . In point of fact , we found it quite efficacious , also less sloppy and disagreeable to use ; but it rendered us even more sick , so ill in fact , that we were fully a day in recovering from the effects . None save a well-seasoned old smoker of tobacco can use the fumigator with impunity . There had been a `` sea-turn '' during the morning with the wind southerly , and toward noon it set in rainy . The sheep were turned out to feed for a little while , but at nightfall were driven indoors again . The Old Squire took scrupulous care of his flock during washing and shearing week . A few weeks later we drove the flock down to the barn and touched the nostrils of all the sheep and the older lambs with tar , to prevent a certain species of fly from depositing its eggs and larvae there , causing what was known , later in the year , as `` grubs in the head , '' an affection that often causes many deaths in neglected flocks .