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sediment to settle. Then the clear liquid is drawn off into the dip- 

 ping vat and to it is added water enough to make 100 gallons in all. 

 The sediment should under no circumstances be used for dipping 

 purposes. This dip is cheap, most efficient and non-toxic, but is 

 only suitable for shorn sheep and in flocks having scab. 



The following dip may be used in sheep with full fleece and as 

 a preventive against scab in those free from it: Manufactured to- 

 bacco, 1 lb. ; flowers of sulphur, 1 lb. ; water, 5 gallons. The tobacco 

 is soaked in cold or tepid water for twenty-four hours, and, on the 

 night before the dipping, bring the water to 212° F. for a minute 

 and allow the tobacco to remain in it over night. Mix the sulphur 

 in a pail with water to the consistency of a gruel. Then strain the 

 liquid from the tobacco (and press the remaining liquid from it) 

 and to this add the sulphur and enough water to make the propor- 

 tions as above (Rutherford). 



The sheep after dipping must be turned into a clean yard or 

 barn. When scab attacks a flock the apparently healthy as well as 

 the infected should be dipped — the sound ones first. There are 

 innumerable other dips containing arsenic (arsenous acid, i l / 2 lbs.; 

 iron sulphate, 10 lbs.; water, 100 lbs. — Tessier), creolin (i 1 /^ gal- 

 lons in 55 gallons of water), and many others, including excellent 

 patent and proprietary dips. The method of using differs with the 

 kind of dip. 



Sarcoptic mange in sheep caused by the S. scabei, var. ovis, 

 attacks the animals about the upper lips, face, forehead and spread- 

 ing to the entire head. At the beginning 3 per cent, lysol or creolin 

 solutions will cure. When scabs form, soaking in oil and washing 

 with soft soap should precede the use of oil of cade, sulphur oint- 

 ment ( 1 to 4), or the mixture of oil of turpentine, 4 ounces; flowers 

 of sulphur, 6 ounces; and lard, 1 lb. (Moussu). These remedies 

 should be well rubbed over the affected area daily with a brush. 

 Septicemia— Pyemia— Sapremia— Blood Poisoning. 



Septicemia or blood poisoning includes pyemia and sapremia 



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