If the scurfy ears are only a part of a general Scurfiness of the skin, the condition of the animal needs attention.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
At other times, and this perhaps more often when the eruption first appears on the head, its onset is more gradual, and slight Scurfiness and redness at the top of the head are first noticed, and then a little crust forms there which is firmly adherent, and is, therefore, often not entirely removed as it should be, and thus bit by bit the mischief extends until its cure becomes tedious and troublesome.
"The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases"
Charles West, M.D.
The hair brush should not be too stiff, as this increases the tendency towards Scurfiness of the head.
"A Practical Physiology"
Albert F. Blaisdell