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pentine, or benzine is from one and one-half table- 

 spoonfuls to two tablespoons (not teaspoonfuls) ac- 

 cording to the size of the sheep, while the amount 

 of milk and of linseed oil is the same This 

 treatment, when repeated for each animal for 

 three successive mornings, will 

 certainly, if handled right, be a 

 cure for stomach worms. Of 

 course, each time the sheep must 

 have been deprived of all food 

 over night. The dose may be given 

 every alternate day in case the 

 lambs have become very weak 

 before the trouble was noticed. 

 Some authorities recommend that 

 another single dose of the mix- 

 ture be given ten days after the 

 third dose. In former years the 

 writer used only the milk and 

 gasoline for dosing, but in later 



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years he has also added linseed 

 oil, for the reason that lambs take this mixture 

 more easily and do not mind the strength of the 

 gasoline so much when it passes through the 

 mouth and throat. This linseed oil also helps to 

 carry off the worms that are killed, but does not 

 weaken the dose in any way. 



