340 .DR. LEGEAR'S STOCK BOOK. 



In preparing the above, put the tobacco in the water and boil, 

 and stir in the other ingredients while the liquid is still hot. 

 In this dip the head may be dipped occasionally, while dipping 

 the rest of the body. The sheep may remain in the liquor, as 

 hot as can be borne, four or five minutes. 



A dip very much used in Australia, where immense flocks are 

 kept, is the following: 



Tobacco leaves 10 pounds. 



Sulphur 10 pounds. 



Water 50 gallons. 



Boil the tobacco in the water, and add the sulphur 

 while hot. 



THE SCAB LAW. 



The following is the new scab law passed by the Texas Legis- 

 lature, May 7, 1897: 



An Act to prevent the introduction of scab disease among sheep 

 in the State of Texas, and to prevent the spread of and secure 

 the eradication of same, and providing a manner of examin- 

 ing such animals, together with the manner of taxing and col- 

 lecting costs therefor, and making it a misdemeanor to vio- 

 late the provisions of this act, and prescribing penalties for 

 such violation. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of 

 Texas: That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be 

 unlawful to import into this State, or to move from one county 

 to another, or to move from their accustomed range on to lands 

 owned or leased by any person, without permission of such per- 

 son, any flock of sheep in which one or more such animals are 

 infected with scab, and any person or persons violating any of 

 the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 



