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How THE FARM PAYS. 



of sheep will be stricken with it. Even the land is infested, and at 

 least two years are required before the soil, the fences and the 

 buildings can be safely used for another flock. 



The remedy for this pest is to dip the sheep in a strong decoction 

 of tobacco and sulphur. Four ounces of coarse tobacco and one of 

 sulphur are steeped in each gallon of boiling water but are not boiled 

 with constant stirring. "When the temperature is reduced to 120 



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degrees each sheep is plunged into the liquid and held in it all except 

 the head for about one minute, while the scabs are broken up by the 

 hand or a rough cloth or hemp rubber. The sheep is then removed 

 onto a draining floor from which the drip runs back into the dipping 

 vat. A boiler near by is used to keep a supply of the liquid hot, to 

 replenish and maintain the heat of the dipping vat. 



