182 SECOND THOUSAND QUESTIONS IN AGRICULTURE 



same way. Then another ewe went lame in one front leg and today 

 she can hardly use her front legs. Two sheep have died. 



The trouble is due to an organism called the Bacillus Necrophorus, 

 and is usually caused by infected mud or water. Keep your sheep on 

 a hard, dry floor until the ground dries up. Let them stand for thirty 

 minutes in a warm two per cent solution of creolin daily for a few 

 days, washing and scrubbing feet and legs thoroughly. 



Mite in Dog's Ears. 



I send a bug we find in our pet dogs' ears. It bothers them very 

 much until we get them out. They are in in the winter as well as 

 summer. 



Your dogs are troubled with a mite. First clean out and syringe 

 with a two per cent carbolic acid solution and dry thoroughly, then 

 inject the following: Napthol, 20 drops; sulphuric ether, 1 drachm; 

 olive oil J4 ounce, and close the opening for fifteen minutes with 

 cotton. 



Dog With St. Vitus Dance. 



My shepherd dog had distemper this spring. He seems to be all 

 right except his front legs and neck. His head keeps jerking, and when 

 he lies down it is just the same. 



Your dog has (chorea) St. Vitus dance. He will outgrow this in 

 a few years. This is secondary to distemper. 



To Cure Mange on a Dog. 



My pet dog has some kind of skin disease. His skin is very red, like 

 fire; and he is itching and scratching all the time; has holes on his back 

 and tail. 



The following treatment carefully carried out will cure your dog. 

 Internally give one ounce castor oil and one ounce syrup of Buckthorn 

 mixed together. After this purgative has acted, get one-half ounce 

 Fowlers Solution and give five drops of this twice daily until gone. 

 The above doses are for dogs weighing about forty pounds ; doses 

 in proportion for other weights. Externally give dog a good bath in 

 hot soap and water, using a brush and being sure to scrub off all 

 scabs and scales. Then immerse animal in a lime sulphur dip for five 

 minutes. This is composed of lime eight parts, sulphur 24 parts and 

 water 100 parts. Your druggist can make this for you. Repeat the 

 bath and immersion in the sulphur dip three times at intervals of ten 

 days. After the bath, thoroughly dry the animal and apply and work 

 in thoroughly all over the skin the following, which your druggist can 

 make up for you: Oil tar, one ounce; flowers of sulphur, one ounce; 

 oil cajuput, one ounce and neutral oil, enough to make one quart. 

 Keep the dog on a light diet. 



