CARE OF SHEEP 173 



Dipping, twice a year is possible, is really indispensable to the health 

 and comfort of the flock. The improved condition of the fleece will alone 

 repay every dollar spent in dipping when Conkey's Nox-i-cide Dip and 

 Disinfectant is the liquid used. But dipping does even more than this for 

 sheep. Where the dip is an antiseptic, such as Conkey's Nox-i-cide Dip 

 and Disinfectant is, it does a good deal more than merely clean the skin, 

 cure scab, remove the scab mite, ticks, lice and fungoid parasites of the 

 wool. It opens the pores, and helps the body get rid of the poisons in 

 the blood. It increases the general health as well as bodily comfort of the 

 animal. It improves the wool. Not all dips can be safely used, as .some 

 will injure the wool on account of their acrid nature, or if, not harmful in 

 this point will stain it and thus spoil its market value. Of course avoid 

 dangerous lime and sulphur mixtures, or those with arsenic in them which 

 will injure the sheep if they chance to get any in their mouths while dipping; 

 and which are almost sure to injure the lambs if the ewes are not thor- 

 oughly dry before the lambs have access to them. This applies to tobacco 

 dips also, and besides tobacco dips spoil the wool. 



THE DIPPING A convenient size for the dip trough for a small flock 

 TROUGH is 12 ft., with slanting sides, so that bottom of trough is 



about 8 inches, while the top is thirty, deep enough to 

 keep the whole animal under except the head. Keep the dip at a tempera- 

 ture of 100-110 degrees. Of course when fresh water is added for tempera- 

 ture the right proportion of the Dip and Disinfectant must also be added. 

 From the trough the sheep goes to a detaining pen with sloping floor 

 running back to the trough, so that all liquid draining from the animal 

 will run back to the dip vat. 



NO HARM TO With Conkey's Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant there 



LAMB OR SHEEP is no danger to nursing lambs, as the mixture will not 

 even nauseate the animals. If the sheep itself swal- 

 lows a mouthful or two, so much the better, for its properties are also 

 antiseptic and will help to kill internal germs and heal any diseased places. 

 It will set up coughing and sneezing if a little gets into the nostrils and 

 so help to dislodge the bot-fly. Used after shearing Conkey's Nox-i-cide 

 Dip and Disinfectant will heal any cuts. After shearing is the time some 

 farmers dip; as it is far more economical than when the whole heavy fleece 

 must be soaked up in the dip liquid. Shorn sheep with any cuts in the skin 

 from shearing are exposed to blow-flies, arid consequent serious trouble 

 Conkey's Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant heals such places. 



FLIES In summer, flies are the terrible sheep enemy, especially summer 

 blow-flies. Much can be done to lessen trouble by proper care 

 of the rumps, cleaning and clipping the filthy locks and treating with the 

 same disinfectant solution. Dipping every six to eight weeks during the 

 season will act as a fly preventive. Or the Fly Knocker can be used on 

 face and hindquarters, which are most liable to attack. Some sheepmen 

 plough up the earth so the animals can grovel their noses for safety, 

 which seems to be their instinctive means of protection. Daubing the 

 sheep's nose with common tar, is a good practice; especially if the tar is 

 softened up with Conkey's Fly Knocker, which destroys any eggs in the 

 nostril and will keep the bot-fly from alighting again. The sheep muzzles 

 should be smeared every second or third day with this preparation. See 

 more about these bots or gid flies on page 180 under Diseases. 



