110 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. 



salts have been placed on the market which the 

 manufacturers claim will prevent and destroy all 

 parasites in sheep, but at this time the writer is 

 unable to state whether these products will do the 

 work satisfactorily or not. Some breeders claim 

 that feeding tobacco prevents parasites. Others 

 recommend the use of turpentine and wood ashes, 

 mixed with salt. 



Sheep should never be allowed to drink stag- 

 nant water from old ponds or mud holes in which 

 all sorts of insects live. When sheep are allowed 

 to drink such stagnant water, covered with a green 

 scum, they are liable to become infested with 

 parasites and also contract many diseases such as 

 anthrax and others nearly as serious. The writer 

 wishes to again impress upon flockmasters the 

 great danger of allowing their sheep to drink such 

 stagnant water. Fresh, pure water should be pro- 

 vided for the sheep every day of the year, and as 

 much of it as they want. The idea so commonly 

 held that sheep do not need water is entirely 

 wrong. Sheep should always have access to fresh, 

 pure water, since they need it just as much as any 

 other farm animal. 



TREATMENT FOR STOMACH WORMS. 



A number of remedies can be recommended 

 wliich have proved satisfactory for destroying 



