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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 26 
Lice, Not Ticks, on Sheep. 
.7. S. W., Niagara County, N Y.—Mr. 
II. A. Smith writes about a serious visi¬ 
tation of lice on his sheep. He says that 
all his neighbors laugh when he men¬ 
tions such a thing, and asks if they are 
common on sheep, and what will rid the 
sheep when they are infested. Luckily 
for the flock owner, lice on sheep are not 
very common ; in fact, they rarely occur 
on the oily, gummy breeds. But on the 
more open-wooled, drier-fleeced sheep 
imported from England, they are quite 
often found. The body of this louse is 
of a pale yellow color, with darker 
bands, and its head is a dull red. It is 
sometimes called the red-headed louse. 
It is first found on the sides of the neck, 
and then on inner sides of the legs at 
arm and thighs. When allowed to be¬ 
come very thick, and in warm weather, 
the pests will spread over much of 
the body. They cause much misery to 
the sheep, more in fact than ticks, and 
sheep will rub much of their wool off in 
their efforts to rid themselves. If there 
is no place where they can rub their 
kegs, they will stand and stamp to re¬ 
lieve the intolerable itching. Lice more 
often afflict the dry-wooled sheep than 
is supposed, as they are so small that 
the casual observer would not notice 
them, even when shearing the sheep. If 
they are not very numerous they will 
be mostly in the neck and under the 
legs, and may be killed by using an oint¬ 
ment made of one pint of lard oil, three 
ounces of flowers of sulphur, and 25 
drops of carbolic acid. If the latter can¬ 
not be obtained, creosote may be substi¬ 
tuted. Mix this thoroughly, and rub all 
affected parts well. If thoroughly done, 
one application will be sufficient—if not, 
repeat in a couple of weeks. 
If the lice are thick, I prefer to drench 
them with a kerosene emulsion made by 
heating together two gallons of rain 
water and one gallon of soft soap, or one 
pound of hard soap dissolved in one gal¬ 
lon of soft water. When boiling, add 
one gallon of kerosene, and whip or 
churn violently for a few minutes, or 
uniril fully emulsified. To this, when to 
be used, add two gallons more of hot 
water—soft water is best—and stir well. 
The infested sheep can be washed, sprin¬ 
kled or dipped in this mixture—it makes 
no difference which, so long as they are 
wet all over with the mixture. The 
emulsion has the further advantage that 
it will cure all kinds of skin diseases or 
eruptions, and has a benefisial effect on 
the growth of wool. 
Hens and Totacco. 
G R. H , Locki'ort, N. Y.— In a recent 
IlURAi., I). L. B says, “ put lard and 
sulphur on the hen roosts, sprinkle plas¬ 
ter and lime all oVer the roosting room, 
and sulphur and ashes in the nests, and 
no more lice for a year.” He also says 
that a man ought to be arrested for 
spraying hens with tobacco. 1 think 
D L B.’s hen lice can’t be as rugged 
as ours, for that treatment will not kill 
ours. He doesn’t provide for killing the 
lice on the birds, which is what the to¬ 
bacco is for. I don’t think it is inhuman 
to dip a hen in tobacco water when some 
people are “ steeped in it.” The reme¬ 
dies given above are good as far as they 
go, but they leave the lice on the hen. 
When I read of the tobacco, I procured a 
two-pail kettleful, shut up the hens, and 
next morning warmed the water, sat 
down over the kettle, and dipped the 
hens up to their heads, squeezed their 
feathers as dry as I could handily, and 
let them go I had a boy catch them, and 
could dip them rapidly. The hens didn’t 
stop laying for an hour, ate an extra 
midday meal, and showed no signs of 
sickness, but the fumes of the tobacco 
naade me feel sick. When I treated the 
second house to the weed, I sat next an 
open door and felt all right. I haven’t 
seen a hen louse since I used the tobacco, 
although I have examined the fowls. I 
like coal-gas tar better than anything 
else to paint the cracks and undersides 
of the roosts where the lice lodge in the 
daytime. I apply the tar with a pail 
and paint brush. It is effectual, and one 
coat lasts a long time, though where one 
can, it is much better to whitewash, as it 
is more cheerful. Lard and sulphur are 
good as far as they can be used, but be¬ 
fore I had treated the roosts for our 400 
fowls, I’m afraid the superintendent of 
our pie foundry would veto the appro¬ 
priation of lard. 
Broom Sed^e Hay. 
H , Athkns, Ga. —The quickest way to 
make a pasture field of land well set with 
Broom sedge, is to build a good fence 
around it and keep stock enough on it to 
prevent j linted stalks from starting. A 
farmer near here makes over a ton of 
hay to the acre, and sells it at from $10 
to $20 a ton. He always cuts before 
jointing, and cuts often. Georgia •attle 
will eat anything. I mowed a load last 
fall after a slight frost; the sedge was 
fluffy and the Japan clover in the bottom 
was red, but my neighbor’s cow thought 
it as good as cotton huUs Your Vir¬ 
ginia correspondent should enclose as 
ntuch as he can keep eaten down, and 
burn or make hay of the rest. There is 
very little difference between the de¬ 
spised Broom sedge of the South, and 
the over-praised Bunch grass of Mani¬ 
toba. I think the Sedge is the better of 
the two, and will give more feed than 
Bermuda if cared for. 
Blfir Work With a Little Potato. 
E. W. B., Ogdknshuro, N. Y.—From 
the piece of Carman No. 1 potato received 
last fall, I now have about 25 strong 
plants in four-inch pots, and as many 
more cuttings in propagating beds about 
ready to plant. Some of the first started 
are showing tubers. The plants seem to 
be strong growers with healthy, dark 
green foliage. 
“We Want It—Bad.” 
M. G , Kingston, Pa. —I would like to 
emphasize a remark made by Tub R. 
N.-Y. some time ago concerning fertilizer 
distributors. Why doesn’t somebody 
make one ? It seems to me that there is 
a loud call for a simple machine, some¬ 
thing like a grain drill, with force feed 
from both wheels, that will carry a half 
ton of fertilizer and that will sow any¬ 
where from 500 to 2,000 pounds per acre. 
A Batter Sabstltnte. 
H., Athens, Ga. —In this town, butter 
averages 25 cents, sweet milk 10 cents a 
quart, and buttermilk 10 cents a gallon. 
All the sweet milk not sold, is churned 
together and used for baking, as the 
average Southerner knows nothing of 
yeast or good bread. The kitchens are 
always either too hot or too cold to make 
it properly. If Webb of Albuquerque, 
can’t sell his milk that way without 
separating, he might work off some of it 
in skim cheese or German pot cheese 
made by heating the buttermilk till it 
In writing to adyertlBers please always mention 
Phi Bubal. 
A Running Sore 
“Six years a.eo I had a running sore caused by 
milk leg A year ago I could not walk 1 had heard 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla spoken of very highly and de¬ 
cided that 1 would try It. After the first bottle I 
Hood’s pSr; 
Cures 
lelt a great deal betiur, »nd tow alter taking six 
bottles I am well.” Mrs. E. BKXty.M, Box kS, Wllls- 
boro, N. V. Get Hood’s and only Hood’s. 
Uouil's I'llls are purely vegetable. 25 cents. 
curdles, then drain off the whey, and 
flavor with salt, and caraway seeds or 
sage. Hang it up to dry in a cool place 
away from flies, in a muslin cloth with a 
little pepper on it. This is an excellent 
substitute for butter in hot weather, and 
would make its own local market. 
A Taxation Talk. 
L M. W., Adams Center, N. Y.— After 
reading so much about different ways 
of raising taxes, and about so much 
personal propprty escaping taxation, I 
would like to inquire through the 
columns of The Rural why church prop¬ 
erty should be exempt from taxation. I 
am a church member and, to a certain 
extent, benefited by this exemption, but 
this is not a question of benefits but of 
principle. Honesty is honesty, whether 
it benefits us or not. We claim in this 
country to believe in complete separa¬ 
tion of church and State. It is perfectly 
plain that if the property of the church 
is exempted from taxation, other prop¬ 
erty must be additionally taxed to make 
up the amount exempted, or, in other 
words, the rest of the property is specially 
taxed to pay the tax on the church prop¬ 
erty. It is a gift secured, not by volun¬ 
tary contributions of the people, but by 
compulsion from the taxpayers. An 
atheist or other person who does not be¬ 
lieve in religion at all, is compelled by 
tax to help support the churches. This 
is not according to the first amendment 
of the Constitution, the doctrines of 
equal rights, or the Bible. A Western 
secular paper gets it about right when 
it says that the church is, or ought to be, 
purely a religious institution, voluntarily 
supported by those who accept its tenets 
or beliefs, or not at all. The State is, 
or ought to be, purely a secular institu¬ 
tion, existing solely to preserve civil and 
national rights, liberty, equity and 
justice, extending equal protection to all 
but favors to none. In New York City 
alone, there are $55,588 725 worth of 
church property exempt from taxation. 
What must it be in the whole country ? 
If this enormous amount were taxed, it 
would help ease the burden of some dis¬ 
couraged farmer. I 
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