The Sheep- Scab. ^3 



been shown to be the first and only cause of this 



quickly spreading disease. No more safe and 



certain cure can be prescribed than a decoction 



of— 



Tobacco and Sulphur 



with soap or concentrated lye. Tobacco, how- 

 ever, should always constitute the chief ingre- 

 dient of the dip prepared to destroy the parasitical 

 mites causing the scab. 



There are a number oi patented prepared dips 

 which are more or less effectual; most, if not all 

 of them, having tobacco as the base of their 

 composition; there are also certain arsenical 

 preparations, mercurial ointments and other com- 

 pounds of mineral poisons, that are sometimes 

 used; but to handle the latter with safety, a 

 greater knowledge of chemistry is required than 

 usually falls to the lot of the average shepherd. 



Much has been said and written on the various 

 prescriptions and modes of treatment, and a more 

 definite statement concerning the poisonous and 

 non-poisonous remedies or dips, may not be 

 deemed out of place. A large sheep owner in 



