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soon disappear altogether; but it strikes the author that ticks are as natural to 

 sheep as lice are to hairy animals, and that they must be thus destroyed when 

 ever they appear. K fowls are permitted access to the sheep yards they will 

 eagerly search for ticks and pick them out of the wool, but we would rather 

 trust to the more effectual process of dipping. Not long after this process of 

 dipping, a careful examination of the lambs should be made, and if there is 

 only occasionally a tick seen, every one of them must be snipped with a pair of 

 small scissors; but if very many are left from a want of proper penetration of 

 the dip into the wool, it must be repeated, to make a thorough destruction of 

 them, to eradicate them from the flock, before cold weather sets in. 



Scab in Sheep, Successful Remedy.— Quick silver, 1 lb. ; Venica 

 turpentine, % lb. ; spirits of turpentine, 3 ozs. ; melted lard, i}^ lbs. DmBO- 

 TiONS— Work the first articles together thoroughly in a mortar; then mis sato 

 the warm lard and stir imtil cold. Apply to aU scabs, and all places indicating 

 the disease — at shearing, or whenever any indications appear — use a swah^ o^ 

 spoDge, in applying, rubbing carefully when the skin demands it. 



Eemarks.—A farmer of Olney, Oregon, who had used it 10 years saya 

 "It saves wool and sheep." There is not a doubt of the success of this oint- 

 ment for scab in sheep, and I have not a doubt, either, but what it will cure ali 

 eruptive skin diseases of persons. If less in amount is needed, keep the same 

 proportions. Let it be apphed in fine weather, else keep the sheep under sheda 

 for a few days; lest cold drenching rains might cause irritation from the quick 

 silver, which is mercury. (See Scab Remedies also for other animals. See 

 Sulphur and Salt, Valuable for Sheep, above.) It is also claimed that sulphur, 

 moistened with Spirits of turpentine, and rubbed into the sores, will cure it I 

 am, then, of the opinion that it is caused by an itch mite, the same as itch, oa 

 persons, which sulphur will kill ; then why not cure scab, which is an itch, on 

 ^eep, dogs, and all other animals. 



Sheep Marking Ink.— Take linseed oil, 1 pt.; litharge, 2 ozs.; lamp. 

 b'**ick, 1 oz. Boil together, and it is ready to use; and it will not crisp or injure 

 thl wool. 



Sheep, Wash to Prevent Them from Barking Fruit Trees.— 

 The following wash is recommended as a sure preventive of sheep barking fnait 

 trees: " Take soap, the dirtier and stronger the better, and make a very strong 

 suds; dissolve J^ lb. whale oil soap in every 6 gak., and into this stir, with 

 brush or old stub of broom, sheep manure until it is as thick as good whitO' 

 wash, and with this mixture wash the trees as high as the sheep can reach. It 

 will be found that no sheep will come near enough to rub against them for at 

 least two months, the time depending much on the amount of rain. Keep the 

 mixture handy, and repeat the application as often as necessary — twice in • 

 summer will often suffice. Sheep running among fruit trees should have plenty 

 of good fresh water; it is thirst that first induces them to gnaw the bark, but, 

 after they have once got a taste, they eat because they like it. The above mix^ 

 ture will effectually keep them away, and, besides it is a very good application 

 for the health of the trees, keeping the bark smooth and fine, and killing any 

 insects that may come in contact with it." 



