The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-04-26

wooden dipping tanks, fenced yards and
wood for marking the sheep. Three
illustration cuts make clear the ideas,
without which the description would be
partially unintelligible.
"Ihave purpssely refrained," he said,
Iron speaking of the dip for large herds,
until l had made plain the use of the
tanks, etc. As before stated. for
'spotting,' sheepmen differ in regard
to dips. but ninety nine in every 100 will
agree that tobacco, in its various forms,
comes nearer the perfect dip than any
thing else. Some prefer prepared to-
bacco. which can be procured any
where. This is diluted variously,
according to its strength, fifty, seventy
i've and 100 gallons of water TO one
clippings, sweepings, etc; others again
use the lower leaves, generally sold in
SEQ pound cases. with some sulphur
mixed with it. The usual method OF
manipulating tobacco dip is to have one
or more boilers contiguous to the dip
ping tank, holding from 200 to 500 gal
lens of dip or water"
Here follows description of how to
construct these boilers of galvanized
iHen, set in brick work.
Heat the water to near boiling, put
your tobacco in the sleeping tank, or
barrels will do, ten pounds of tobacco
to the barrel, fill with hot water, cover
well and let it remain eight hours and
it is ready for use, and will be found
hot enough, which should be about 120
degrees, or as hot as you can bear your
| hand in The addition of sulphur or
prepared sulphur dip (Which greatly
prefer) adds to its efficacy Some
sheepmen use sulphur dip alone, gener-
ally hot; directions are always or. the
can.
Carbolic dips are numerous and all
have advocates. Lime and sulphur are
used extensively in California. and will
do very well when the sheep are shorn.
| There are numerous other dips, poison
GUS and non-poisonous, on the market,
all asking place in public favor-all
have friends = but notwlthstand--
ing ell the patent dips offered
to The public, none, IN my
opinion, can compare with the tobacco,
impregnated with sulphur. 1t is the
"old reliable" and when others fail, 1t
can be depended upon. Always procure
the strongest possible, use it as hot as
you can bear your hand in. put in ten
pounds Of sulphur to every 100 gallons
of dip, keep it well stirred, and you
have dip that is sure death to the
living acarus. 1 say living, for no dip
will Kill the egg embedded in the skin OF
the sheep, without destroying the wool
germ, consequently second dipping is
imperative. ] suggest ten days apart.
for during that time the eggs hatch, the
insect is weakened by the previous dip
adhering to the wool, he makes poor
Roadway. and the second immersion
catches him Sometimes when the
sheep are densely wooded. like
the Merinos. third dipping Is
necessary, for the more dense
the wool on the sheep the better lodg.
mept the insects have, the better pro-
tected from the vet and storms of Win
ter, and the hotter and longer they
must be retained in the bath, as the
oil in the wool repels the dip. Many
sheepB,en shear twice year for the
scab; others twice one year, once the
next. and use no dip. For thin and
long wooded sheep it will do, but for
short wooded sheep, many objections
can be offered.
[ would recommend liberal supply
OF sulphur to be fed with the salt during
the hot summer months, but none in
the winter. From to 6per cent. of woolis
sulphur, and the more sulphur the more
destructive to insect life. l always re-
commend liberal use of dip in the
spring, during, or Immediately after,
shearing, which is generally in May or
June. A herd will then take off little.
over one quart to the sheep, while in
the fall it will require one gallon, often
more.
In the spring the feed is bstter, the
days are longer and warmer, the sheep !
are gaining in flesh, the sulphur is more |
abundant. the wool grows faster, and
the sheep are thriving and lively; then |
is the time to annihilate the acarus. I
One gallon of dip applied then is worth |
two in the fall.
Never fail to dip the lambs; if the |
ewes have the scab the lambs will also, |
and if allowed to escape dipping will |
surely convey it to the herd, besides it |
is extremely difficult to detect the scab
in young lambs particularly if
so0rc east Ta85en 0n and, u possible
ten days after, leaving no living
acarus to propagate. In localities
where convenient, and where the ex-
pense would be too great for one. sew
eral frequently join and build corral (
and dipping tank, each paying his pro- |
portion of the general expense. accord /
ing to the number of his sheep dipped. /
By careful selection of ground, ex- /
penses may be greatly reduced. The
dipping station Should be near stream
If possible. 4
In closing this article, would remind |
the sheep owner that only by vigilance |
can he successfully keep down the scab.
and that the old saying is a true one,
that one scabby sheep will infect and
spoil the whole flock. /
KANosH, Utah. CHAs. CRANE.