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TESTING WOOL. 
A toweny recipe for testing when wool is dry enough to shear is to put four 
Mauls (3 inches) into a board for legs, and place a bit of tin about 6 inches 
“{uare on top, making a miniature table. Puta lighted candle underneath till 
the tin gets hot (not red hot). Then puta lock of wool on top, and hold a 
Mirror about 83 inches above the wool. If the wool is wet a moisture will 
‘ppear on the glass; if very slizht or none, the sheep are fit to shear. 
TREATMENT OF WORMS IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
Mn. D. Hurcunoy, M. R.C.V.S., Chief Colonial Veterinary Surgeon in Cape 
Colony, says, in reference to Cooper’s dip :— 
___Cooper’s dip, or a compound of arsenic, has established itself in the 
| “onfidence of the farmers of the colony as an effective remedy for the expulsion 
| “tapeworms in lambs and kids, and many have used it with equal success in 
| “llyes and also in ostriches, although an occasional mishap may occur from want 
Care in measuring the dose carefully. 
A. teaspoonful of Cooper’s powder contains the dose generally given to ten 
Young sheep, which is practically 8 grains of arsenic each; a full-grown sheep 
Y get 4 grains. A tablespoonful would be four teaspoonfuls, or, roughly, 
29 grains of arsenic, suticient for forty sheep; two tablespoonfuls, 240 
Stains, sufficient for eighty sheep; and if that amount is dissolved in 2 gallons 
of water, which is 160 oz., that would make each dose for a young sheep 2 fluid 
neces, or a wine-glassful. Lambs under three months should only get half that 
Wwantity ; three wine-glassfuls of such a mixture would be a sufficient dose for 
“horse. Experience shows that calves under three months old should not get 
“Nore than the dose given to a young sheep, and when only one month old no 
Nore than is given to a lamb. 
_ _ 1 may just remark that when this powder is mixed with salt and given dry 
the mouth there is ordinarily a proportion of it wasted, hence the dose is not 
‘Ocertain. On this account many farmers give Cooper’s powder alone unmixed 
With salt. The dose is carefully calculated, which can easily be done by dividing 
_“ teaspoonful into ten equal portions and observing the amount of the dose 
en placed on the point of a ihe blunt pocket knife. The dose is taken u 
tn the point of the knife, a boy opens the sheep’s mouth, the knife is aera 
‘nto the mouth, turned over, and the powder left on the back of the tongue. 
| ,or lambs and kids this is much the simplest plan, and if they have been well 
listed before they may be allowed to go direct to their mothers to wash the 
Powder down. I am of opinion, however, that when the powder is given for 
““peworms to older sheep, which have always a certain amount of food in their 
‘tomachs, it is more effective when given in solution. 
A NEW USE FOR DRIED APPLES. 
Soar Frenchmen, it is said, with an eye to improving the morals of their 
‘Ountrymen, have been in search of some beverage which might take the place 
popular favour of absinthe and other strong and dangerous drinks now in 
| 'se. They have found it at last in *‘piquette,” a sparkling, fruity beverage, 
‘omposed of dried apples, raisins, and water. This combination is allowed to 
‘tand until fermentation takes place, and is then bottled, with the addition of 
‘ttle sugar, or served directly from the cask. Piquette is not only good, but 
; " very cheap, and it cheers but does notinebriate, unless taken in inordinately 
_.“ge quantities. In 189s, 50,000,000 gallons of this new drink were consumed 
france. It is quite as palatable as cider, it is said, while it never reaches a 
Sndition when its use would not be allowable even by teetotallers in a teetotal 
°mmunity. The recipe for piquette is as follows: 5 lb. of raisins, 5 lb. of 
tried apples, and 5 gallons of water. Put in an open cask and let stand three 
‘Re Bottle with a half-teaspoonful of sugar and a bit of cinnamon in each 
_ Sttle. 
