Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-02-18

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NJ. B.. Biisha,n, Esq.-Drar Sir | no.
urrd yous call upon me. in the CuItiv,tor.
tbec l5tl) bat. ~ / very much dislike The
~ cotrm 10 r%rtrfi~e ui undertaking 10 er.
F tighten 'h' world with he result of .yp-ri
mems 4Ut .uiis ma 10. a.m 81, unt ers.u "a,
Instruct others bsior- W. hail understand what
We wrlc about ourselves. ! hal concluIcd to
Walt 1871 ] irit an enurc confidence in regard
lo The rrnriy "" have been irving for srabs.
"f worms. In he heads Of sheep. The use
OF tobacco traicr i no discovery of ours. and
al "" h'pe to do in addition TO wha: has
been b'iorr said anil written. will be to give
some licls ~ reference 10 The destructive in
sect ~ question. lis habits. aud The b.s, time
and mod" OF administering the remedy. The
~ l. not vrry correctly described in the GU.
uvaior. u j. of a light drab color, when
seen towering about hocks. and depnsitss
c~enrlfrg maggo' at thu nose of the sheen
We have oiteu taArn hundreds OF them. alive
a1d active. from a single fy; sometimes at.
ter the iy was drad. aui in catching the fires
ir our hands. we trs. discover that they were
literally hlet with The moving worms. ready
io pas directly into the head. the moment
thy were lodged Of the nose Que O, m.
sfus bat them twice dep siied al his oun
nose, Will" at work among the sheep. las;
hall. the act "t depositing is done almost
a. quick as lightning. The flies are q, work
during The summer aud fall. till the weather
becrncs cold.
The worms. when S9mewh hat naturrl. will
live tnr several hours. in tobacco water as
strong as ley, and in spirits of ru~rpentiue.-
ihe emily chsnce OF expelling them. is during
Their infancy, and before they advance igh
INTO tie head; which they 4, not do. un Ter
fve o. SIX weeks after th~y AZ FIR: H.
at thc nose. There g Two, Il not more. s,ts
IN year we e. certain of two, from hndjng
ttr"tcrel ones Ia the heads Of lambs not over
our months OLD. We are not vet certsin
that two sets are not mitured into flies, from
ideprsites Of The same s-aspn.
We commenced using ,hr tobacco water
about tlir last Of July, ia the following inan-
ner: In The brst place, we used the tobacco
upon alt hui a part OF h. TAT sheen which we
intended TO kill. marking those we did no,
use il upon, 50 ~ to distinguish them At once
from those upon which il had been used
We only founi a single worm in one Of ma
ny heads we examined, of those to which we
applied ths tobacco; ini thai one, was found
II the cavity above the eye-l mean but one
living one,-Ne found number of dead ones
II those heads-a thing we had scarcely ever
met with before. We also found the mem
bnnce which lines all the cavities that con
meet with the nose, had a very clean AMI
healthy appearance. The nosrs { the whole
flock llnnie lately became clean, aud have
ever since continued TO he more SO, than any
sheep ! ever saw, AMI, in iact, the entire
countenances OF the fl iek are changed for the
BITTER. We next commenced killing the fat
sheep. 10 which NJ tu.acco had been applied,
an ioun in several OF their h-a Is, a number
OF living worms OF different SIZES, though not
mituted. The membrane, or lining, IN
those heads whore worms were found, was
lniained, and swollen TO three or four times
the natural thickness, AID the cavities filled
to some extent. with pus, or mucus, or d mix
ture Of both. Whtre NJ worms wee found,
the membranes appeared precisely as where
III. tobacco had been used. We took, about
this time, on, of ihosr 10 which tobacco had
been applied. (sone days before aud charged
his nos, with hundred /, 81 The little masgota,
which we took 1ut Of som nie, we had caugh;
Tor the purpos.. We kiile this sheep about
tour weeks alter this, and found his head
swArnIng with the little worms; bnt not one
81 thrm Wss above The eve. THY WIRE ab ut
three or Tour times as large as when we y 1t
them iato his nose. We went over our S ore
sheep. applying tobacco to all OF them, three
times dufing the season; and as we have lost
! one ot consequence since we b'gan 10 use il.
we begin 10 ttank it about time To recommend
the practice 10 Others. Ous flock are unIsu-
ally healthy. We Use a liquor as strong Us
one pound oil strong tobacco will make d gal
lon oil water when II has been boilel-lh1t
*, Il pound Will make a gallon OF tea tit iol
us'. In using it. we turn the sheep ON their
oarks, into a little trench dug in the ground
IN k.I. hAiI H., iii. -. -, -. 49,
held back on the ground, we inject, with
some ioTee, about a tablespoonful ui liquid
mioracil n%ostril, p~oiatiug the syringe 30 -
70 have the liquid pass into the cavities il,
the heal, instead of falling into the windpire,
or the throat. Ii the snimals appear to te
SICK, and are not able 10 stand Tor a little
time, lArTt ncet b. no alarm; We have never
idlured onr, IA 8 ing over oil our young and
Old, thfte times. Two persons will 20 through
with several hundred IN a day.
lam inclined 10 think, that the fy is much
more numerous some seasons than Others; and
that whrn they once get themselves ausrtered
upon d large dock, they viii be likely to STAY
with 1t, tli they are DESTROYED ia somr wsy.
! would recommend the burning OF oil the
heads OF sheep thai die in warm wealth r, i'm
medidlrIy, ds the WORMS crawl out and be-
come flies. woaid use the tobacco twice.
dt least between spring and fall; and, with
ont iail; about tn last OF October. To u.s. il
through the summer will prevent the in
crease OF flies. and assist the dock to com.
lnsnce the winirr IN iuii ,isor, and in better
condition. Many are DESTROYED during the
warm season; aud many more, BY beiug en-
%leebied, are doubiy exposed 10 The fv Ia The
tail, and are repaired 10 sink under il The mex,
winter. | thlnk every shepherd mus, have
non ed the act, that some SHEEP would re-
MANI unn>utlly thin add poor DUNG The
Whole at tue warm season; aud fsil to sst in
ord By the use oi The best oi feed. .tnsy
lie found that tobacco will reli We som. Of
them enllrely; such has been the result with
lis.
Large Hooks are much more expose TO the
ny as wei as other evils. than small onrs:
"hleA Has led 10 the foolish prejudice agains.
me constitution oil fine sheen. Ii may
De seen all over the country, that those who
Keep nae Shcep, are srIeraliy pretty iull stock
eli lur WAIST iAil lAes occu.y; and lb,s. vh,
are partial 10 Co,r,rr CUES, generally ken, b I
d ,e", Tor the ldai they aoIk. Onl, rrvers,
thi'' dHd another ,tot, wpati be heard. about
DAD constitutions, Want oil sz aud weight II
fleece, IN line sheep.
l "a are bdTAliis up the wroig tree, Mir.
EdiloF, when yoi advise ,our readers to 20 10
mf. !r"ett, 81 Vermont, or 10 Mr.. Blakcsley
- connecticut, Tor good sheep: ior, much
F"'i a"Ihs shIu ihuse 81 either oil these gen.
uctnvii, Can he iumid oil OVER WasLi,9 an,
a"d barrr counties, Pa, Brook and ONO
counties, Va, and an Jefferson, Cslumb,u,,
a4d stark, counties, in hi, state. lii,.
Ano" 70 hea fact, aud | am prepared TO prove
IT, have had a personal knowledge ol the
true character ui tax two Il uks have mem
toned, Tor y"oTs. aud | do not mean to CO,
tfasi tiirm with SaXouy hocks at all, on ac.
count 81 your strong proposition ia furor Of