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[July, 1912. 



it for wire-worm (haarwonn, in sheep 1 

 lb. of Milestone to be dissolved in sixty 

 bottles of water, and that 1£ ounces to 

 5 ounces of the solution be given to 

 lambs and sheep according to age,) 

 three to six months old lambs getting 

 1£ ounces and so on until 5 ounces for 

 those eighteen months old and over. It 

 is always best to mix the quantity re- 

 quired for the whole lot and then dose a 

 few to try the effect, picking out the wea- 

 kest for the experiment. Like all worm 

 medicines the best results are attained 

 when the sheep have been fasted for 

 twenty-four to thirty hours and being 

 kept away from water for the rest of the 

 day on which the sheep are dosed. It is 

 not safe to leave the dosing to natives as 

 great care is required, for if a little only 

 gets into the lungs inflammation of the 

 lungs will be set up and may cause the 

 death of the animal. 



Stockholm Tar.— The writer has had 

 success in the treatment of wire-worm 

 in sheep by administration of Stockholm 

 tar. The dose is one or two tablespoonfuls 

 on the tongue, repeated two or three 

 times within intervals of four or five 

 days between the doses, and where sheep 

 have got too weak to stand bluestone 

 Stockholm tar will be found a safer 

 remedy to use. 



Calomel is often given in cases of gall- 

 sickness and is a very useful remedy for 

 this complaint. Cattle take 1 drachm or 

 60 grains, and it is best given dry on the 

 tongue as it will not dissolve in water, 

 and if put into a bottleful of water and 

 well shaken up it will be found that the 

 beast gets the water and the calomel all 

 sticks around the inside of the bottle. 

 A better plan is to place it dry on the 

 back of the tongue, it can then be 

 washed down with a bottle of water, 

 eight hours afterwards give 1 lb, epsom 

 salts dissolved in six bottles of water, 

 the action of the salts being hastened if 

 the water is warm. Calomel can also be 

 given to dogs in 10 grains doses for 

 biliary fever, it can also be used for the 

 inflammation of the eyes which is so 

 common in this country amongst cattle. 

 A little of the dry powder either being 



blown into the eye or placed inside lower 

 lid, it will often clear up the so-called 

 film in a few days. A little applied as 

 dry powder to saddle galls and sores 

 quickly dries them up. 



Cooper's Dip can be used as a very 

 effective medicine if care is used in its 

 administration, but as it contains arsenic 

 it must be remembered that it is very 

 easy to poison stock with it unless 

 reasonable care is used. It is a very 

 good worm and blood medicine and is 

 also a preventive of geilziekte in sheep. 

 It is usually given dry mixed with com- 

 mon salt, the dose of the mixture for a 

 sheep beiug one teaspoonful, but for 

 geilziekete it will be necessary to give 

 three or four doses at intervals of four 

 days. It will of course be unnecessary 

 to point out that it is a very excellent 

 dip for the cure of scab in either sheep 

 or goats. 



Jeyea' Fluid, Little's Dip, Kerol, and 

 dip of this type may be given internally, 

 but small doses, say, up to half an 

 ounce, are quite sufficient and although 

 very much larger doses may be given 

 without appearing to do any injury, 

 the desired result is attained with the 

 smaller dose. In cases of chronic cases 

 of indigestion in which the animal fre- 

 quently becomes hoven, any of these 

 dips are effectual in checking undue 

 fermentation and acidity ; for animals 

 with sore mouths or injuries to the 

 tongue or lips, a solution makes a 

 nice gargle or mouth wash. As a dressing 

 far wounds and for syringing out 

 abscesses they are hard to beat, but 

 of course must be used in weak solution, 

 and in the treatment of strangles 

 (nieuweziekete) in horses a little placed 

 into some boiling water at the bottom 

 of a bucket, then some hay, straw, or 

 similar material placed on top so that 

 the animal cannot scald his nose, and 

 the bucket placed at the bottom of a 

 sack with its mouth tied to the noseband 

 of the headstall, will enable the animal 

 to inhale the steam which arises, and 

 will bring away any discharge and help 

 to bring matters to a head very much 

 quicker than without the treatment, 



