1 078 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



parts thoroughly, extract the maggots and touch the wounds with the 

 following : 



No. 11. 1 Part creosote, 



4 Parts alcohol. 

 Mix. 



Bathe dally with tincture of myrrh. 



Prevention. — Keej) the sheep well tagged by shearing from under the 

 tail and thence diagonally down the thighs. 



VI. Intestinal "Worms. 



The presence of intestinal worms is seldom known to the ordinary ob- 

 server until after the death of the sheep, when they may be found by 

 dissection. If the worms are thus found, the presumption is good that 

 other sheep are seriously infected, for, as a rule, unless they are abund- 

 ant, they do little or no harm. 



What to do. — As a simple vermifuge, when their presence is suspected, 

 ordinary wood soot, mixed with the salt the sheep naturally take will do 

 good. In fact, if sheep are allowed plenty of salt, with the soot mix- 

 ture once a week, when worms are suspected they will do well enough ; 

 or give every two weeks, in ground feed, the following, which is enough 

 for 80 to 100 sheep: 



No. 12. 2 Pounds common salt, 



1 Pound sulphate ot magnesia, 

 ^ Pound sulphate of iron, 

 % Pound powdered gentian. 

 Mix. 



For good simple vermifuge for round and thread worms, to be given 

 as a drench, take 



No. 13. 4 Ounces linseed oil, 



J^ Ounce oil of turpentine, 

 Mix. 



If the sheep are known to have tape worm, give in molasses and water 

 the following : 



No. 14. 2 to 4 Drachms po\vder»?d areca nut, 



10 to 20 Drops oil of male-fern. 

 Mix 



The first quantities for small, and the latter for large sheep. 

 In the case of a large sheep, administer half a pint of linseed oil on the 

 following day. 



Vn. The Kot or Liver Fluke. 



CauseSr — Small flat worms {Fasciola Ilepatica and Distomum Lan- 

 ceolalum) in the liver, called the liver fluke, are the cause of rot. 



