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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 18, 
CHEVIOTS FOR VIRGINIA. 
Will you give further details as to Cheviot 
sheep and their management? How would 
they compare with Shropshires for this sec¬ 
tion? A. R. L. 
Barboursville, Va. 
The Cheviot sheep, being originally 
from the Scotch hills are particularly 
hardy, and better adapted to hustling for 
their food over hilly pastures where the 
feed is often not very abundant, than is 
the more closely built Shropshire, that 
has come from a section where food is 
easily gathered. While I am an admirer 
of the Shropshires, and have kept them 
for many years with good success, I 
know that in many instances they have 
not given satisfaction; and without ques¬ 
tion the reason is that they have lacked 
the English care, feed and shelter that 
to a large degree they must have to do 
their best. The Cheviots are excellent 
shearers, and of a kind of wool that is 
now much in demand. I do not know 
the kind of soil or pasture A. R. L. has, 
but if it is such as is ordinarily thought 
suitable for sheep I would certainly ad¬ 
vise the Cheviot rather than Shropshires, 
if he can secure good ewes for what he 
can afford to pay. 
The same rules as to management of 
Cheviots will apply to all mutton breeds. 
First, don’t turn out too soon in the 
Spring; or if they have an early run, where 
they can get green grass—frozen grass or 
stubble is always an injury. Keep up the 
feed of good fodder and some grain 
until the grass gets its full strength. 
Better to shear before the sheep go out 
at all, if they can be well housed for a 
time immediately after the fleece is taken 
off. They will be less likely to take cold 
than if it is done after they have suf¬ 
fered the extreme heat of their fleeces, 
and then are left to lie out in the damp. 
There will then be less loss of wool, from 
its coming off and getting dirty. After 
shearing dip sheep and lambs in any of 
the carbolic petroleum dips. If the pas¬ 
ture is scanty a field of Dwarf Essex rape 
to which they can run will help very 
materially. Shelter from the cold Fall 
rains in dry well-ventilated stables. Feed 
good wholesome fodder, clover hay pre¬ 
ferred. Supplement with enough protein 
feed—grain if necessary—to keep them 
in good condition. Feed plenty of roots, 
or silage. Let them have access at all 
times to good clean water. These are 
the essentials, but success will only come 
with sheep, as well as anything else, by 
attention and care, and looking after the 
little details. e. van alstyne. 
AILING ANIMALS . 
Horse Out of Condition. 
We have a hay horse 10 years old, which 
since July has developed worms. Many reme¬ 
dies have been tried, but without success, 
and the animal is thin and peaked, and has 
little life. Tell me what lo do. for I cannot 
afford to lose him. His feed is 12 quarts oats 
per day, and hay, all raised on the place. 
New York. l. 
1 do not think the worms are causing 
the trouble. I advise you to take your 
horse to a competent veterinary, and have 
him examine the molar teeth. If you will 
then report this case again and name 
the remedies you have used, and state 
whether this horse has ever been sick, or 
had azoturia or laminitis, I may be able 
to give advice. 
Cow with Mange. 
Will you kindly tell me what ails my cow? 
She has something that looks like mange, 
breaks out in a fine rash and very soon the 
hair falls out. The place is soon covered 
with dry scabs. She has been milked for five 
months; eats and drinks well. 1 feed hay, 
cornstalks and 10 quarts of wheat bran and 
ground corn mixed per day. s. 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
Cattle have four kinds of mange, and 
from your description this cow has the 
most common one. It is caused by a 
parasite whiclt lives in the hair follicles, 
and appears as stated. The little parasites 
get from one animal to another, and 
cause much trouble and annoyance, es¬ 
pecially on calves. With large animals 
T have had good results with a mixture 
of kerosene and lard, but it must be 
remembered that the dry scabs must be all 
removed every time, and the mixture 
applied eveW third day. If this disease 
gets on the young calves it may be nec¬ 
essary to dip them in some sheep scab 
dip, such as tobacco water or kerosene 
emulsion [Zenoleum is good.— Eds.]. Prep¬ 
arations of mercury or arsenic should 
never be used, as they may cause poison¬ 
ing. 
Lice on Colt. 
How can I rid my young (six months) colt 
of lice? It is a bad case, for he is completely 
covered with them. The lice do not burrow in 
the skin; are only in the hair, but thick 
there. m. r. 
Lakeville, Conn. 
There are a number of species that may 
live on the horse, and I will give treat¬ 
ment that will apply to any one of them. 
Go to the greenhouse or cigar shop and 
get two pounds of tobacco stems; then 
take a tin pail or a kettle with about 
four or six quarts of rain water, place the 
same on the stove and when the water 
has come to a boil place one pound of 
the tobacco stems in this water and let 
boil five minutes; then take mixture from 
the stove and cool. When cold wring 
out the water from stems and throw 
them away, and place the water in an¬ 
other pail. Then place two quarts more 
of water in the pail and heat; then add 
about two ounces of common soap, cut 
up fine. Let the water come to a boil, 
add one pint of kerosene oil, and stir 
well one minute. See it does not boil 
over. Remove from the stove and add 
this to the tobacco water and then add 
sufficient water to make about 10 or 
12 quarts of the mixture. With a pail 
of good soapsuds wet the colt over from 
the end of his ears to the end of his 
tail, and then apply the pail of mixture in 
the same way with a cloth or sponge. 
With a flat stick scrape out all the water 
from the hair that can be removed, and 
then wipe the colt over with a cloth to 
get the loose water from the hair. Cover 
with a blanket and keep the little fel¬ 
low moving every few minutes until he 
is dry, and an hour after; this application 
will kill all the lice that are hatched, but 
there is nothing that will kill the young 
lice in the egg, and as these eggs will all 
be hatched in a few days it is plain that 
the colt will require the same application 
on the ninth or tenth day following. The 
second application is as important as the 
first, and should not be overlooked or 
neglected. If you cannot get the tobacco 
stems the other mixture will do the work. 
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