The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-07-23
agricultural department.
CONDUCTED BY ALBERT CHAPMAN.

carbolic Ac.d for Foot Rot, scab, &c.
"Can foot rot in sheep be cured 7" asks
Il correspondent III am told that it can.
not, and my experience seems to confirm
the opinion" 1t is certain that not one
farmer in ten ever does cure an affected
flock. And the reason is that they do
not dress the whole flock, and stick to it
until every particle Of the virus is killed
The farmer who thinks he cannot kill
quack grass, would be very apt 20 think
he could not cure ioot.rot--and we might
quote any number OF cases to sustain his
opinion. This Kind OF negative evidence
proves nothing Ii you try to get rid OF
quack you mus, kill every root Of it, or
it will spread, and in few years the
land will be rs foul as ever. And 80
with ioot.rot. You may nearlv cure it,
but 1t the virus is not completely destroy.
ed the disease vii, break out again. It
Is SO with scab iu sheep. Tao ouly way
to cure it is to dress every sheep. After
shearing, it is an easy matter to cure the
scab, us the eheep can be dipped every
week or ten days until the cure is certain.
ly effected, Nothing is better for this
purpose than stroug solution Of carbolic
soap. 1t would BE- well it we all dipped
our entire flock Of sheep and lambs every
spring and fall. We should then seldom
hear anything Of the scab, aud ticks would
be abolished. bought barrel Of crude
curbolic acid for SIS, aud use it very
freely for disiniectant. A quart oil
carbolic acid aud "a gallon Of petroleum
is capital wash 10 use as paint or wash
on all the woodwork about pig pens, heu
house. etc. 1t is death to every species
Of verulin except rats aud mice, aud |
imagiue they do not love it. | do uoI
myself object 10 the smell, but | suppose
others do, as have heard my meu call
it "diabolic" acid--perhaps, owcver,thiN
was only mistake in chemical nomeu-
olature.
This spring l washed the trunks and
largest branches oi all my apple, pear
and cherry trees with mixture Of soap,
carbolic acid, and lye from wood ashes.
~ hiicu cNci uil VI hiVoSt hhu hoS ~ S"'-
ly improved the appearance OF the trees
! smear the roosts 10 the hcn-house with
this. and am not troubled with lice. Ii
is a capital thing to wash pigs with. And
for dip for sheep nothing is equal to it
1t kills every tick, and if used strong
enough and often enough enough is said
to be a certain cure Tor the scab-and |
think there can be no sort of doubt about
it. 1t is the most penetrating substance
know anything about. have used the
crude acid alone mixed with waterway
quart Of acid to six gallons of water
for dipping sheep, but prefer the soap.
For foot-rot this crude carbolic acid is
the cheapest and most effective remedy.
But prize it not so much as q cure as
a preventive. have no foot-rot among
my sheep, and no symptoms Of it, but l
wash the feet of every sheep and lamb
two or three times a year with this acid
simply as a preventive. Sheep are FIRE.
quen,ly driven along our roads that have
the foot rot, and the most careful farmer
may get the disease into his flock. Where
sheep are sent to common resort fol
washing, | would wash their feet with
carbolic acid before they were sent, and
again at shearing time. With a small
brush the acid quickly applied
Harris in Am. Agriculturist.