72 SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA. 



dipped sheep into their sheds so that they may 

 rub their wet fleeces against the wood work 

 and disinfect that. 



Dip the "vshole flock every spring if there 

 are ticks, immediately after shearing, being 

 sure that no sheep or lamb escapes. 



After the flock is clean it will remain clean 

 if newly bought sheep are dipped before being- 

 added to it. There is no necessity to dip a 

 clean flock. 



At shearing time should the owner shear his 

 own sheep and ^here be biit two or three ticks 

 to each animal he should cut them in two with 

 the shears and dip the lanibs. 



There is no more need of having ticks on a 

 sheep farm than there is of wolves. 



FALL TREATMENT OF THE EWE FLOCK. 



The ewes being brought presumably to new and 

 fresh pastures and rid of their vermin thrive ad- 

 mirably. If grass is not abundant they ought to 

 have a little extra feed at this time, as it is 

 Nature's way to make them gain then. A 

 field of rape in wliich they may run, alternat- 

 ing at their pleasure with grass, makes them 

 improve rapidly. Pumpkins fed on grass, 

 seeds and all, are excellent for the ewes. Not 

 only are the pumpkins good feed, but their 

 seeds, besides being nourishing, have in them 

 great medicinal virtues. Pumpkin seeds are 

 efficient vermifuges. One of the best treat- 

 ments for tape worm in the human subject is 

 the infusion of pumpkin seeds. Worms destroy 



