1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
273 
THE BREEDER’S WAYSIDE. 
Dipping Shaep. 
Sheep are subject to two animal para¬ 
sites that cause them much irritation, 
and, oftentimes, suffering, viz., ticks and 
scab. Ticks are common on sheep gen¬ 
erally, but scab is not so common. Ticks 
are very irritating, and cause sheep to 
rub off wool and feed badly. Scab 
causes the wool to peel off in bunches, 
and sheep so affected become pitiable 
objects if the trouble is not stopped. 
Scab is a contagious disease, and is so 
regarded by the Bureau of Animal In¬ 
dustry of the United States Department 
of Agriculture. So serious is this dis¬ 
ease regarded that at all stockyards of 
importance sheep to be sent away as 
Stockers or feeders must be dipped un¬ 
der the eye of a Government inspector. 
The Union Stock Yards at Chicago have 
fine accommodations for doing this 
work, and the rule for dipping is rigid¬ 
ly enforced. Formerly, when this rule 
was not a law, many scabby sheep were 
sent from great stockyards into the 
leak less, be easier to shift about and 
last longer. There are numerous good 
commercial sheep dips sold on the mar¬ 
ket, and these can be purchased to ad¬ 
vantage, especially for use when dip¬ 
ping simply for ticks. The dip for scab 
is a more serious matter. Where scab 
occurs the sheep should be dipped twice, 
at 10-day intervals. A homemade to¬ 
bacco dip may be made for scabby sheep 
by taking 20 to 24 pounds of tobacco, 
and soaking in sufficient water to cover 
for a day, followed by boiling for an 
hour and drawing off after six to 10 
hours. This should be diluted to 100 
gallons, and its effectiveness may be in¬ 
creased by adding 20 pounds of flour of 
surphur to the dilute liquid. Dips should 
be warm, at 90 to 100 degrees tempera- 
tui'e. All sheep should be dipped right 
after shearing, and the suckling lambs 
also, for the ticks go from the shorn 
ewes to the lambs. I also regard it as 
a highly desirable process to dip all the 
sheep in the Fall after frosts have come 
on, just as the sheep go into Winter 
quarters. The writer has handled and 
owned sheep for years, and can speak 
from experience in this matter. 
It is not a difficult thing to dip sheep, 
and the benefit from the operation is so 
great no farmer should for a minute re¬ 
gard it as too much trouble. Inoident- 
HOMEMADE DEVICE FOR DIPPING SHEEP. Fre. 113. 
country for feeding purposes, where 
they introduced the trouble among 
healthy flocks and so contaminated 
farms and districts. 
Scab makes its appearance in a very 
insidious manner, so that it may be in 
a flock some time before it is discovered. 
In the last address made by the late 
Governor Mount, of Indiana, who was 
an extensive sheep feeder, he stated to 
the Indiana Wool Growers’ Association 
that he had bought sheep in Chicago 
that were apparently all right, but that 
scab appeared later on, and diu him 
great damage, so that he had to ship the 
sheep back to Chicago. This occurred 
before the present dipping law now in 
force. Many flock owners never dip 
their sheep, although the practice is be¬ 
coming more and more common. Yet 
everyone should, for if tnis were done 
the amount of scab or ticks would 
amount to an insignificant trouble. One 
can dip a good many sheep in a short 
time with comparatively simple con¬ 
veniences. The illustration in Fig. 112 
is a representation of quite a cheap yet 
convenient arrangement suited to any 
farm. On the left is a small pigpen, rn 
which is a gate about 2^^ feet wide. A 
small hole has been dug in the ground 
in front of this gate in which is placed 
a steel sheep-dipping tank, one end of 
which comes to the gate. Backed up 
against the end of the tank on the right 
is a common wagon body, such as Is In 
general use all through the West. This 
is placed so as to incline slightly toward 
the tank, with one side a bit higher than 
the other. A rough, inclined platform 
then extends from the front of the body 
of wagon to the ground. The sheep to 
be dipped are placed in the pigpen, and 
one at a time are pushed into the dip¬ 
ping tank, where for a minute or so it is 
well soaked with dip, the solution being 
deep enough entirely to submerge each 
sheep. When non-poisonous dips are 
used the head of the sheep should be 
pushed under the dip at least once or 
twice. After the sheep is well soaked 
It is led up the Inclined end of dipping 
tank into the wagon box, where it will 
drain off, and the liquid will run back 
into the tank for use again. As fast as 
the sheep drain off the heavy dripping 
dip. they tan be let out the front end 
of the wagon box over the inclined way 
to the ground. 
One may make his own dipping vat, 
but for a comparatively small sum a 
steel tank can be bought that will be 
lar better than one of wood, for it will 
ally, it will be appropriate to state here 
that I have our pigs dipped also, to kill 
lice, and more than once we have dipped 
our chickens. Some of the commercial 
dips made from coal-tar preparations 
can be used in this way to advantage, 
for if the animals or birds swallow a bit 
of the dip it is beneficial in case they 
have worms or anything of that sort. 
Zenoleum is a good dip. Persons inter¬ 
ested in this subject can no doubt secure 
a free bulletin on sheep scab from the 
United States Bureau of Animal Indus¬ 
try, Washington, D. C., by applying to 
this address. The Indiana Agricultural 
Experiment Station can also send out a 
limited number of bulletins on this same 
subject to those who apply. Persons de¬ 
siring special help in this matter can no 
doubt obtain it by addressing their re¬ 
spective State agricultural experiment 
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