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Dr. H. J. Detmers, in a re[)ort to the Coriimissioner of Agriculture, 

 1883, ou the diseases of slieep iu Texas, recoiu mends the use of tartar 

 emetic as follows : A half pound of tartar emetic is to be dissolved iu 

 12 quarts of water, and from 1 to 2 ouuces of the solution, contaiuiug 

 from 5 to 10 grains of the remedy, is to be given each patient, depend- 

 ing on its size. He recommends dosing out of a small 2-ouuce vial, 

 and in small swallows. 



Good, nourishing food, and a dry yard in summer, or a healthy, well- 

 ventilated stable in fall and winter, are advisable. In giving medicine, 

 drench from a horn, a spoon, or a stout glass bottle. Bottles are always 

 liable to break. Let an assistant throw the sheep onto its haunches 

 and hold it between his legs, back toward him. With the lower jaw 

 seized in his left hand, from the left side, he can either seize the upper 

 jaw or pull out the cheek-pouch with his right. The medicines are 

 best administered while the sheep are thirsty. Small doses may be 

 diluted, but a dose of 4 or G ounces is m »re apt to run directly into the 

 fourth stomach than larger doses; otherwise, some of the latter might 

 be diverted into the second stomach and fail of an immediate effect. 



The following recipe was recommended to the readers of Field and 

 Farm, August 7, 1889, as a preventive remedy for worms in sheep. Mr. 

 Gr. B. Bothwell, of Breckenridge, Mo., who used it for fifteen years with 

 success, is its author. 



Salt, 1 bushel ; air-slaked lime, 1 peck ; sulphur, 1 gallon ; pulverized rosin, 2 quarts ; 

 put iu trough with cover, where sheep can have free access. When sheep become 

 thoroughly iufested with worms death is almost sure to follow, but the above, if 

 kept before the sheep, will surely act as a preventive. 



A uiore complicated arsenical recipe for worms, the source of which 

 is unknown, is as follows : 



Take of arsenic, washing soda, and carbonate of soda, each 1 ounce; 

 put them into 2 quarts of hot water; boil, and stir for one-half hour, 

 then add 10 quarts of cold water. The dose for a lamb, after weaning, 

 is one-third of a gill. If the lamb is not very sick give but one dose, 

 but if badly affected repeat iu nine days. 



