342 SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA 



stomach worm disease with more or less success. 

 Several of the coaltar dips on the market are rec- 

 ommended by the manufacturers for the treatment 

 of worms, and the action of some of them is much 

 the same as that of coaltar creosote. 



The Department of Agriculture does not recom- 

 mend the use of any particular proprietary remedy, 

 and as the action of some such agents is very un- 

 certain it is suggested that, if it is desired to use 

 them, they be used with caution and only in ac- 

 cordance with the printed directions on the package. 

 Whatever remedy is used, it is wise to test it on 

 two or three animals before the entire flock is dosed. 



START WITH A HEALTHY FLOCK. 



It may be that the reader has a flock of diseased 

 sheep. He has had much trouble with stomach 

 worms, or the nodular disease has invaded the flock, 

 or he has had bad losses from tapeworms. Shall he 

 therefore go out of business? 



That, indeed, may be his best course. To get rid 

 of the diseased flock, first fattening the sheep as 

 well as possible, and to let the land rest for two 

 years will be quite sure to make the land clean, 

 ready for a new flock. But there are certain objec- 

 tions to this course. First, he gets out of touch 

 with the sheep industry, and that is bad. Then he 

 begins to devote his land to other purposes and it 

 is harder to again start with a flock. And there is 

 the very real and practical difficulty that it is im- 

 possible to be sure that the new flock is free from 



