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stead one of the dips prepared from coal tar, 

 using it strong and hot, and entirely eradi- 

 cated seal* from his range, so that it did not 

 again reaiipear during his occupancy of it. 

 There is no douht tliat scab can he entirely 

 lianished irom the ranges if men can be edu- 

 cated to it, and have instilled Tvithin them a 

 living conscience that vill lead them to do 

 tlieir i)lain duty toward themselves, their 

 Hocks and llieir neighhiors. The obstacle to 



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complete scab eradication is the ignorance 

 and criminal indifference of the lower class of 

 slieep owners and the aliettors of these crim- 

 inals are often the state inspectors, who very 

 often make of ins])ecti.on a farce and give to 

 their friends, or to others for a consideration, 

 clean bills of liealth when scab is really wide- 

 S|n-ead. To give them the benefit of a doubt, 

 however, these inspectors very often would 

 Hdt lie alile to recognize a case of scab were 

 tliey to see it except in the last stages. There 



