120 FITTING SHEEP FOR SHOW RING AND MARKET. 



symptoms of maggots appearing, the shepherd should make 

 a thorough examination of the victim, and use such means 

 as will prevent the maggots from spreading over the body, 

 which, if neglected, will most assuredly result in the death 

 of 1 the poor animal. As soon as the pest is located, the wool 

 should be shorn. off the infested spot, the maggots picked out, 

 the wound washed and anointed with zinc ointment, Where 

 the sheep has been unnoticed for any length of time or other- 

 wise neglected, and the maggots, in great numbers, having- 

 had the opportunity of pervading a large territory, more 

 stringent measures must be adopted. Alcohol and sassafras 

 mixed and rubbed over the spot the maggots have taken 

 possession of will drive them out in a hurry; but I think 

 it far preferable to pick or scrape them out and destroy them, 

 for if left alive they may seek other hunting grounds on the 

 same animal. 



In the case of maggots finding their way into the scrotum 

 of newly castrated lambs, care must be observed that every 

 one be removed, or the chances are that the animal will 

 die. Sometimes they will bury themselves so deep in the 

 flesh as to be overlooked by even old experienced shep- 

 herds. Turpentine and sweet oil poured into the wound 

 will sometimes dislodge them, but generally when they have 

 once buried themselves in this locality the lamb is lost, as 

 they usually find their way to the bowels. 



Where the shepherd is a careful and keen observer no 

 great loss or inconvenience need be experienced in this coun- 

 try from the attacks of the maggot. When ewes and lambs 

 are thoroughly dipped in some good standard dip, just after 

 shearing, the maggot is not usually found to give much 

 trouble. 



