Sll lCh:i' SI'X'I'KjN. 149 



SHELTER. 



Sheep barns or sheds need not be expensive strtictui-es, as it is only necessary to 

 provide shelter that will keep out wind and water, and at the same time admit of 

 proper ventilation. About three to three and one-half square feet of shed room 

 should be allowed for each sheep. Sheds opening to the south arc preferable, as 

 they provide the most protection. 



By giving your sheep such care and attention as tliey need, together w-ith good 

 feed and breeding, they will produce wool and mutton of the best quality, and in 

 large quantities, and be a Hock in which their ow!ier will take much pride. 



TAGGING. 



This is important and should be performed as early in the spring as possible, 

 certainly before the sheep are turned to grass. 



DISEASES OF SHEEP 



DISTEMPER. 



In Distemper, there is a slight watery discharge from the nostrils and eyes — 

 there is a depression and more or less loss of appetite. The breathing is not 

 changed unless the bronchial tubes are affected ; the animals seldom cough. At the 

 end of a w-eek, unless the animal gets relief, the discharge from the nostrils becomes 

 thick and pus-like, and sometimes tinged with blood. The eyes are half closed and 

 the lids are gummed w-ith a yellow secretion. There is a loss of appetite, and the 

 animal will die unless promptly treated. 



Treatment. 



Immediately upon noticing the first animal affected with Distemper, the entire 

 flock should promptly receive Sheep Tonic as a preventive treatment. The Sheep 

 Tonic should be thoroughly mi.xed with their salt, and placed in a sheltered trough, 

 to which they may have free access. No salt shovdd be given in any other form 

 during the treatment. A solution of Disinfectall (one oz. to a gallon of water) 

 should be used to sponge, out their eyes and nostrils. The sheds should be 

 thoroughly disinfected (2 oz. Disinfectall to a gallon of water"). Gunny sacks dipped 

 in this solution should be hung around through the sheds, and a sack half full of 

 shavings saturated with Disinfectall (full strength), and hung over the sheep, is of 

 great benefit in such cases. 



See Prescription Xo. 180, page 1S2. 



GRUBS IN THE HEAD OF SHEEP. 



This is caused by the eggs of the gadfly being deposited in the nostrils of the 

 sheep in July and .Vugust. From the nostrils they find their way (in a maggot form) 

 through the sinuses, causing much pain. When the gadflies are seeking the sheep' the 

 animals will crowd together with their noses to the ground, stamping violently at 

 times, and will run from one place in the pasture to another. When the maggots 

 reach their resting place they attach themselves by their hooks and are not casilv 

 dislodged. 



Treatment. 



Treatment consists of an operation which none but a comnetent veterinarian 

 should attempt, and this is not practical excepting upon valuable sheep. For this 

 reason a more simple and cheaper treatment is required, which consists in giving 

 the sheep, which are usually in a ner\-ous, run-down condition, the Sheep Tonic, the 

 dipping of gunny sacks and hanging them just above the heads of the sheep, and 

 thi'iroughlv spraving the sheds with a strong solution of Disinfectall. 



Sec Frcscri'ptiun No. 181, page 182. 



INDIGESTION. 



Give Sheep Tonic according to directions and medicate all salt given. 

 See Prescription Xu. 182, page 182. 



