The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-05-05
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There are several popular reiheules
for the grub, or worms in the head,
such as the application of tar to their
noses, and the growing of parsley iii
the pastures as preventives; and the
use of snuff, spirits oftnrpentine, to-
bacco smoke, &C., to the nostr!is to
dislodge the worms Some th'hk
that only poor sheep sn'lrr, as in poor
quarters the worm is not sustained
he asccnds into the head, and per
hans into the brain while in the we'll
conditioned sheep he is nourishcd
by the mucus Of the nos.r,I, and ha-
wing abided his time in comfortable
quarters, leaves in the spring with
out iniuring the sheep.
Foot rot is generally caused by
sheep going in wet pastures where
the soft wet land stops the issues IN
the feet, causes inflammation, and EN-
couraces a long unnatural growth Of
the hoof, for ifsheep be allowed their
own way, they will range on land,
and wear down the hoof as it grows.
As a preventive OF this disorder,
and powerful auxiliary in curing
for management more than medicine
let the sheep range freely on high,
dry, gravelly lands. Give in their
salt one twentieth part oisnlPhur'
As remedy, pare or rasp down
,ho;r Loft, or rub them down with
pumice stone if they are long, and
wash in soap suds. Take sixteen
parts ofblue vitriol, (sulphate OF cop
per,) one part of alum, pulrerized
very finely, make them into a paste
with honey or lard, or tar and lard
and apply to the sore, altcrparing or
rasping the hoof. Or use blue Wit
rol and whitehead, made into paste
with linseed oil or tar. Running on
freshly burned lands is good
.Sca5.-We copy the following
from the American Veterinarian,
wlicl. we could confidently recon-
mend to the public, as containing al!
the valuable information that we
could collect on the disease OF ami
mails. The price is only fifty cents,
and every man who owns only SIN
gle animal should have ono.
This is one Of the most dcstruct-
i've diseases that sheep are liable to
in this country, 1t is so contagious,
that where it has once entered a
flock, it generally passes through 1t,
unless stayed in It's course.
CGuSe.-It is the work of Il para
sitical insect of the dcdruS family,
similar to the itch in the human race.
Symploms.-It first makes its ap-
pearance on the shoulder and back ;
the animal rubs itself against every
object, the irritation constantly IN
creasing till it tears ont the wool
with its teeth, and exhibits intense
suffering. Little red postuies will
appear along the back, and are sue
cccded by dry scab.
Remedy.-Chancellor Livingston
recommends spirits ofturpcntinc and
hogs lard, parts not named. One
says he tried it with success.
.7nothrr-Apply an ointment Of
three parts grease and one ofturpcn-
tine.
.MoMcr.-Anoint the parts affect
ed with mixture of equal parts o!
tar and grease first wash in strong.
soapsuds, and dry well.
.9u3tier.-A correspondent Of the
American Farmer had two hundred
sheep, forty were badly affected
with scab in November. At shear
ing time he had lost one hundred.
lie cut sixteen pounds of tobacco up
fine and boiled it. He put the liq-
uor into cask, and, when cool e.
nough to use, he put a gill Of spirrs
of turpentinc into the cask, and re-
peated it for every twelve sheep.
The sheep were put into the liquor
up to the head and ears, moved IA
round so as to be thoroughly wet and
then drained. He did not loose "a
mother, and the ticks were destroyed.
One writer says the liquor may in
jure if there be more than a quarter
OF a pound of tobacco to gallon.
\ year ago last fall, an old distin-
guished farmer from Ohio, went into
one Of the northern counties Of the
Platte Purchase, and entered prai-
RE, and in connection with his son,
commenced ploughing and sowing
wheat on the sod. They kept on in
dastriously ploughing and sowing as
long as the weather would permit,
and during the winter got the rails
and fenced the field The number OF
acres our informant could not give,
but the wheat grew heavy, and yield
ed twenty-five hundred bushels; the
labor of only two men! on new sown
ground, besides breaking and fen
cling the wild land The valley o