394 MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF SHEEP 



food within a creep and then removing the dams from the 

 yards while they are eating. If the lambs are to remain 

 with the dams, it is specially important that the latter 

 shall be put onto fresh grazing at the time of turning 

 them out to graze. When the pastures are changed fre- 

 quently, the lambs are much less liable to take up the 

 germs than when they graze closely. If the lambs are 

 fed heavily on supplemental foods, they are much less 

 liable to succumb to the attacks of the disease. This is 

 probably owing to the greater power of resistance which 

 the liberal feeding brings to them. Such foods as oilcake 

 and oats are well suited to such feeding. Where the fod- 

 der is fed in racks rather than on the ground, the hazard 

 of taking up the germs is obviated, and the same is true 

 when the water also is pumped up from wells into 

 troughs from which it is taken by the sheep. 



Several remedies have been used which have proved 

 at least reasonably effective when properly administered. 

 The two that stand high in favor at the present time are 

 known as the turpentine and gasoline treatments respec- 

 tively. Of these the latter is now more commonly used. 

 The spirits of turpentine is best given as an emulsion, 

 obtained by mixing it with milk. The dose for a lamb 

 three to four months old is a teaspoonful of turpentine in 

 about six times the quantity of milk. The two should be 

 well mixed, which is accomplished by shaking the com- 

 bination. The gasoline is given in flaxseed tea of thin 

 consistency or sweet milk. The dose is from one tea- 

 spoonful to one tablespoonful, according to the age and 

 size of the animal to be treated. The gasoline is poured 

 into a bottle containing 4 ounces of the tea or milk. Two 

 teaspoonfuls of the gasoline are required for a 50-pound 

 lamb. The two are well shaken before being adminis- 

 tered. A small measuring glass, known as a graduate, 

 should be used in measuring the ingredients. This treat- 

 ment has practically superseded the turpentine and also 



