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this incline is placed a cleated board, up which the sheep walk out 

 of the dipping- tank. Suitable pens for holding the sheep before 

 going into the tank are necessary. The sheep should walk out of 

 the dipping tank upon a water tight platform, so inclined as to 

 drain back into the vat. This saves dipping material. 



. The writer has used many different kinds of dip. Some of 

 them home-made, but most of them some kind of proprietary dip. 

 Among the home-made dips which have been successfully used 

 are lime and sulphur and tobacco. Formulas for compounding 

 these preparations will be found on another page of this bulletin. 

 Among the proprietary dips which have been successfully used are 

 the coal tar preparations, variously named Zenoleum, Naphtholeum, 

 Car Sul, Hygeno, MacDougal's Sheep Dip, and poisonous dips 

 such as Cooper's Sheep Dip, and others. All of the coal tar prep- 

 arations are improved by the addition of sulphur. Care should 

 be taken to follow explicitly the directions on the packages of dip. 

 and in all cases the dip should be warmed to a temperature of 105 

 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit. It is better to use soft water, and the 

 addition of concentrated lye to the water until it has a soapy feel, 

 will increase the efficiency of the dipping material. The sheep 

 should be carefully protected from cold until the fleece is dry. 



Another time to dip the ewe flock is in the spring, at shearing 

 time. If the ewes are shorn after lambing, the ticks will leave the 

 ewes in large numbers and collect on the lambs, and unless the 

 lambs are dipped at this time the parasites will prey upon the 

 lambs to such an extent as to interfere seriously with their growth. 

 The writer has known lambs to die, and apparently from no other 

 cause than the presence of a large number of ticks at this period 

 in the life of the lamb. 



WINTER FEEDING OF THE EWE FLOCK. 



Providing the ewes secure the proper amount of exercise and 

 are sheltered as suggested, the success of the flock at lambing time 

 will depend very largely indeed upon the kind and amount of feed 

 given the ewes. Fortunately, sheep require a large amount of 

 roughage, and may be maintained at a comparatively small cost, 

 providing the right kind of roughage is available. No better 

 roughness for breeding ewes has been found than clover, alfalfa, 

 cowpeas or soybean hay. If one has abundance of any one of these 

 nitrogeneous feeds with good corn stover, they can maintain the 

 breeding flock successfully by feeding a very small amount of 



