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SHEEP DISEASES. 



In cases where the scabs are extensive, "hand- 

 dressing" should be done to soften the crusts. 



There are a thousand and one methods of 

 making up the dip and procedures in dipping. In 

 actual practice one soon learns to make the best 

 of facilities at hand, and forget the specific in- 



LEGEND Scabby buck with entire hindquarters and flank af- 

 fected. The discolored area is due to dip 

 stain from hand dressing. 



U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 713. 



structions laid down by some person who has pos- 

 sibly never been within a thousand miles of a 

 real sheep camp. The man who is ingenious 

 along these lines, and who can "get along" with 

 the sheep men, is one of the most valuable assets 

 that the Federal or state governments can pos- 

 sess. Unfortunately, merit has been little recog- 



