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cure; but three are sure, provided the tobacco 

 be properly prepared, and the sheep, after the 

 final dipping, be changed on to a new range and 

 into new (not cleansed^ corrals. It is never 

 safe to put sheep back into an old corral, even 

 after it has been whitewashed, unless at least 

 two months have elapsed." 



Recipe No. 7. 

 Mr. F. H. Austin of Colorado Springs, Colo- 

 rado, says: a decoction of tobacco, 25 lbs., ar- 

 senic 2i lbs.; sulphur, 5 lbs.; to 100 gallons of 

 water, is the standard Colorado dip; preferable 

 to anything else; that they use a tank 30 feet 

 long, and make the sheep swim in the solution, 

 through its entire length. 



Recipe No. 8. 



Mr. W. D. Currier of Lookout, Wyoming 

 Territory, writes : " We know tobacco is a sure 

 cure, 1 lb. (stems and waste) to the sheep, and 

 it can be bought at 2 to 3 cents per pound. In 

 California and Oregon they use sulphur and 



