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One quart castor oil. 

 One quart glycerin. 

 One pint hydrogen peroxid. 

 One pint tincture iodin. 

 One pint spirit of camphor. 

 One pint sweet spirit nitre. 

 One pint tincture of iron. 

 One quart olive oil. 

 One gallon turpentine. 

 One gallon pine tar. 



Two hundred, twenty-grain powders containing equal 

 parts potassium permanganate and powdered alum. 

 Several two-ounce dose syringes. 



Disinfectants. 



As prevention of disease and parasites is of the 

 utmost importance in sheep industry, a knowledge 

 of disinfectants and their germicidal powers is 

 necessary. 



On the western range, very little disinfecting is 

 necessary except in infected corrals, shearing or 

 lambing sheds, or feeding lots. 



Official disinfectants as designated by the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry mention the following : 



1. A five per cent solution carbolic acid. Due 

 to its present high price this is very little used. 



2. A three per cent solution of liquor cresolis 

 compound. This is a coal tar product. Many 

 other well known coal tar dips such as Kreso, 

 Sanax, Lysol, Chloro-naphtholeum and the like, 

 which are merely trade names of the different man- 

 ufacturers, are good and efficient. 



3. A 1 to 1,000 solution mercuric chlorid. On 

 account of its dangerous properties to animals 

 from licking it, this is not much used for sheep. 



4. Chlorid of lime, one pound to one and one- 

 half gallons of water. 



5. Formalin, one quart to five gallons of water. 



