384 BuKEAU OF Farmers' Institutes. 



What is pood for scab on sheep? 



Mr. Cook. — I suppose that means *' What will remove scab on 

 sheep? " What do you say, farmers? 



A Farmer. — Use some one of the carbolic sheep dips. There is 

 nothing better to cure sheep scab. 



Dr. Smead. — Turn the sheep on its back, then pour a pint or 

 more of some one of the sheep dips, from an old teapot, into the 

 wool on the sheep's belly. It will go directly to the skin, covering 

 it all over, without wetting the wool. 



Why do cows chew pieces of boards and the siding on the barn, and 

 what do they want when they have salt before them all the time? 



Mr. Converse. — It is caused by a lack of mineral matter in the 

 food. A little ground bone mixed with the grain ration will cor- 

 rect the habit. 



Mr. Powell. — No doubt there is a deficiency of mineral matter 

 in the food. Straw, cornstalks, timothy hay and other such foods 

 are short of this mineral element. I would add some wheat bran, 

 linseed meal, gluten or cotton-seed meal to the ration. We seldom 

 see cattle chewing bones or boards when running in pasture in 

 summer, nor when their rations are properly balanced in winter. 



What is the best remedy for small white worms in horses? 



Dr. Smead. — I suppose that refers to pin worms. There is 

 nothing better than the skins of potatoes. Peel off the skins, 

 having them thin, and give every morning about two quarts; do 

 not feed them anything else, until after an hour. 



What shall we use to kill nits on a horse? 



Dr. Smead. — There are many things, but one does not always 

 want to use the same thing on a horse that he would on another 

 animal. Steep a handful of tobacco leaves in two quarts of water, 

 then wash the horse. One application is enough. 



What should be done with a cow that is to freshen in hot weather, to 

 liferent loss from sickness or death? 



Mr. Cook. — Keep her in the barn and feed her a little hay, some 

 grain and a little grass. Do not turn her out into a good pasture 



