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Dr. Smeed. It would. 



Secretary Brown. What is the nature of the mixture you 

 use? 



Dr. Smeed. There are a good many mixtures that make 

 a good sheep dip. A strong sokition of tobacco will do the 

 work, but I do not consider it the best. Sheep do not like it. 

 A sheep is a good deal life myself. I do not like that, so I do 

 not recommend the tobacco dip. As I stated yesterday, there 

 are several carbolic sheep dips on the market. In fact, there 

 are so many of them on the market that it is hardly worth while 

 to speak about them in detail because undoubtedly many of 

 you have read the advertisements. If you cannot purchase one 

 near by, you can go to a drugstore and get a pint of pure car- 

 bolic acid and mix it with a pint of soap, dissolved in any kind 

 of soft soap. Mix it all together in a solution, and use that 

 in the proportion of one part to one hundred of water. The 

 soap is simply used so as to make the carbolic acid a little 

 more solvent. If it is not used it will not mix well with the 

 water. But by mixing it with soap it will mix with the water, 

 and it makes a very good remedy. If you cannot purchase 

 any of these prepared carbolic sheep dips, you can get pure 

 carbolic acid in any quantity you want and mix it up yourself. 

 When the mixture is properly made it makes a very good 

 remedy. 



Secretary Brown. I suppose there are a number of gentle- 

 men in this hall who are interested in poultry. This is not the 

 first time that the State Board of Agriculture has secured 

 speakers upon that subject. A year ago Mr. Delano, of Mill- 

 ville, N. J., presented a paper on " Thoroughbreds versus 

 Mongrels from the Farmer's Standpoint." I have a few pam- 

 phlets which contain the address of Mr. Delano, and any mem- 

 ber of this audience can obtain a copy by calling upon the com- 

 mittee at the rear of the hall. 



The President. The program, for the first thing this 

 morning, calls for an address on " Poultry Management," 



