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cern ourselves with the cure of afflicted lamhs. 

 Tlie writer has dosed liundreds. For a number 

 of years he has, on the same fanu, had no cases 

 to dose. Moral : there is something in manage- 

 ment. But there is something in cure also. 

 Therefore the writer appends parts of a bulle- 

 tin of the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry 

 prepared by Oh. Wardell Stiles and issued in 

 July, 1901. The writer has faith in the gaso- 

 line treatment and was the first man in Amer- 

 ica to administer it. His brother has had bet- 

 ter success with carbolic acid than coal tar 

 creosote, using 12 drops for a mature sheep, 

 given in milk. The bulletin follows: 



TREATMENT FOR ROUNDWORMS IN SHEEP, GOATS 

 AND CATTLE. 



Sheep, goats, and cattle suffer from the 

 effects of roundworms. This is especially true 

 during wet years. These parasites are found 

 particularly in the lungs, the fourth stomach, 

 and the bowels, and, when present in large 

 numbers, they may result in the death of 5 to 

 50 per cent of a flock. For some of these para- 

 sites, treatment is possible; but for others, 

 treatment has not been found altogether satis- 

 factory. ■ 



Roundworms which live free in the fourth 

 stomach or in the bowels may be expelled by 

 using various drugs in drenches. A long list of 

 medicines might be mentioned, but many of the 

 drugs most highly recommended frequently idil 

 to effect a cure. Failures are due to several 

 causes: The drug itself may be of little or no 



