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intestinal parasites. Everybody is trying to find a remedy. We, 

 as I spoke about, use hurdles with our flock and give the lambs 

 fresh pastures every day. "We let the ewes follow the following day 

 where the lambs ran the first day. Then we wean as early as 

 possible. Our lambs are dropped in February mostly, some in 

 March; we wean along about the middle of July; then we turn 

 the lambs on either rape or fresh clover pasture. If farmers would 

 do that, I do not think they would have any trouble with parasites. 

 The trouble is that they will insist in pasturing their old blue 

 grass, old sod pastures. Now, if there are any questions, I will 

 be pleased to try to answer them. 



The President: You will understand this subject is now open 

 for discussion or questions any one may desire to ask. 



Question : I would like to ask if there is any danger of lambs 

 in clover, bloating or scouring? 



Mr. McKerrow: Of course, we pasture our lambs on clover; we 

 run the hurdles on clover too. If your clover is real young and 

 short, there isn't much danger of scouring your lambs. I will 

 say, as soon as we wean our lambs we drench them with what is 

 called Santovin, prepared by Stephen Pettifus & Sons, Mahusbury, 

 England. We havn't lost any at all, from any trouble whatever. 

 I think it acts as a good preventive from disease. 



Question : Have you had anj^ experience with tobacco and 

 salt? 



Mr. McKerrow : No, we havn't used it. We have used nearly 

 every other preparation, I guess. 



Question : What would you suggest as a preventive from 

 these worm? 



Mr. McKerrow: As I have just mentioned, we have tried sev- 

 eral remedies. The most successful, I should say, was drenching 

 with Santovin. 



The President: There being nothing further, we will proceed 

 with the next subject entitled, "Buying, Feeding and Selling the 

 Steer for Profit," by Prof. John G. Emboden, of Decatur, 111. 

 We are glad to be able to state we have Prof. Emboden with us 

 this afternoon. I believe most of our farmers have read of some 

 of his work in the different Agricultural papers over the country, 

 and I take pleasure in introducing Prof. Emboden to you at this 

 time. 



