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SHEEP These ticks stay in the wool, only getting down to the skin occa- 

 TICKS sionally to suck blood. So long as they cling to the wool they 

 do not bother the animal; but if neglected they multiply until 

 there is a continual itching and biting, keeping the sheep in torment. Lambs 

 are the worst sufferers. The only treatment is dipping, using Conkey's 

 Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant in a solution (1 gallon to 67 gallons of 

 water); hold in this dip a little over two minutes, then stand the animal 

 on dripping board while you squeeze the dip from the wool. In this way 

 each sheep will use up l /2 gallon of the mixture. Usually it is necessary to 

 dip a second time, two or three weeks from the first, to destroy nits. Give 

 the sheds or pastures rest for a week or so. Clean up the old quarters and 

 disinfect with Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant thoroughly. 



SORE This condition is distinct from the true foot and mouth disease, 

 MOUTH being simply ulceration. It is not contagious; but the germs 

 remain in pastures or sheds, and wherever the mouth is torn or 

 scratched by the forage, these germs enter and inflammation sets in. In 

 the same way, if the feet are cut by brambles, the germs enter and the 

 animal goes lame. 



Treatment Remove the scabs and wash the sores twice daily with Nox-i- 

 cide Dip and Disinfectant solution, 1 teaspoonful to a 

 pint of warm water, 1 part to 100 parts water. Clean up all lots and sheds, 

 and disinfect. This will prevent further infection. 



STOMACH These worms cause a great deal of trouble to sheep, and loss 

 WORMS of profit to owners. They are usually found in the fourth 

 stomach where they gorge themselves with the blood of the 

 sheep, and cause an unthrifty, dull, lean and weak condition. The skin is 

 pale. Sometimes a loose, painless puffing or swelling shows under the 

 jaws. The animal has diarrhea and great thirst, but may or may not relish 

 food. 



Treatment is difficult with any medicine; but the following has been suc- 

 cessful: a solution of Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant, 1 tea- 

 spoonful in a pint of water, shaken up to a milky fluid or emulsion, given 

 every other day for three days in doses as follows: Lambs, four to six 

 tablespoonfuls; sheep, eight to ten. Dose should be on the empty stomach, 

 and no feed or water allowed for three hours after. This medicine will 

 have to be given as a drench to each animal separately, or if this is imprac- 

 tical, try as easier method, mixing with the feed Conkey's Worm Remedy in 

 its pure state, allowing 1 tablespoonful to 5 sheep. Treat the infested pasture 

 by burning it over in the fall or spring. To be safe, infected pasture should 

 not be used by cattle or sheep for a year unless thus burned over. Old 

 sheep can resist stomach worms much better than young lambs. Sucking 

 lambs first get infected by sucking at the foul locks of the dam. Later 

 they pick up the eggs while grazing on the same pasture with the ewes. 

 The best plan is to treat the ewes all winter, giving daily access to Stock 

 Vigor mixed dry with barrel salt, 1 part to 9 parts of salt, which will act 

 as an anti-parasite, and keep the animals otherwise in fine condition. At 

 all times, whether in feed lot or pasture, keep the Stock Tonic Salt where all 

 the sheep can get at it. When they can get it just as they want it, there 

 will be no danger of their taking too much any time. Mixed in this pro- 

 portion, 10 Ibs. of Stock Tonic to 90 Ibs. of barrel salt, you have an effective, 

 home-made, cheap, veterinary salt, costing you less than 2y 2 cents a pound. 

 Estimate 1 pound per head for 60 days. The cost is nothing in comparison 

 you practically insure your flock. 



