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young sheep throve remarkably well and came into the shed as 

 two-tooths fully as large as ordinary four-tooths. It was generally 

 believed in the district that there must be some principle in the 

 turnip that gave the weaners immunity from the disease, but it is 

 much more probable that the food gave the sheep sufficient strength 

 to resisyt it. The cultivation of the land may have the effect of 

 destroying the larval worms. The sheep farmer should, if possible, 

 avoid bringing any sheep infected with worms on to his run, and 

 in this lies the advantage of breeding up the Hock from thoroughly 

 healthy originals and drawing the same from Hocks that are known 

 to be sound. I give the following remedies that have been tried 

 and recommended by Australian pastoralists. 



On the Jimbour estate, salt and chloride of potassium, in the 

 proportion of ten of the former to one of the latter, is said to have 

 given relief. 



An American remedy is, a tablespoonful of turpentine in four 

 times as much oil. Of this mixture a tablespoonful is a dose for a 

 sheep. 



The remedy generally used in Queensland some years ago, 

 when the worm was very bad, was i oz. arsenic, I oz. washing 

 soda, i oz. carbonate of soda, boiled in two quarts of water for an 

 hour and kept well stirred. Add ten gallons of cold water, and of 

 the mixture a gill is a dose for a grown sheep. This remedy was 

 strongly recommended, but I fancy many of the lambs died from it. 



A Victorian remedy is, i quart of turpentine and n quarts of 

 milk, well mixed. Of this mixture 3 oz. is a dose. It must be kept 

 well stirred or the turpentine will separate from the milk. 



Running turpentine along the back from the withers to the 

 rump is said to kill the internal worms, but it is a very severe 

 remedy. 



SCAB. 



This is a skin disease caused by a minute insect, which is very 

 difficult to distinguish without the aid of a powerful magnify. ng 

 glass. The.-^e insects multiply in warm, moist weather, when there 

 is a rush of green grass. The disease has not been seen in Aus- 

 tralian Hocks for many years, and as all imported sheep are care- 

 fully examined there is not much danger of its being again intro- 

 duced into our flocks. The old idea that scab was generated by 

 low conditioned sheep bjing exposed to severe weather without 

 sufficient food has long since been exploded. The insect (Acanis) 

 must be present, or the shetp will never take scab. 



Arsenic was used as a cure in the propoition of from j to ^ oz. 

 to the gillon of water. It killed the scab insect, but it occasionally 

 k lied a good many of the sheep, particularly when asuclcU n change 

 from warm to cold wet weather occurred immediately after dipping. 

 Some of the dips for tick are used for scab in countries where it 

 still exists, and they are said to be very effective. Tobacco is a 

 safe and effective cm e in the proportion of i Ib cf tobacco to 8 



