Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-24
SCAB IN SHEEP.
Remedies Used in Australia to Cure This
Dread


Dread Disease.
| On this subject an Australian CORE.
spondent of the Breeders Gazette writes
TO that paper as follows: As Australia
| is the only sheep country which has eff
/ fectually stamped out scab in sheep, it
may well be permitted me to offer ad-
vice on the subject to ether countries
] inclose copy of instructions issued by
me to my staff of inspectors for the
dressing of sheep. These are insisted
on by the governments Of each of the
Australian colonies and have never
| been known to fail
The tobacco and sulphur cure is
equally efficacious with that of the
sulphur and lime cure but the latter is
preferred for the reason that it is much
the cheaper and is more easily pre-
pared.
You will notice that we insist on
using the dip at high temperature
The reason for this is that we find by
actual experiment that whereas the scab
acarus will live for some minutes in the
mixture when cold, it suecumb BIS in about
forty seconds when the temperature is
10 degrees Fahrenheit
It is essentially necessary to a per
feet cure thatthe sheep swim or float in
the bath. SO that every part of the body
shall be in contact with the mixture:
the head should be pressed under just
prior to the sheep leaving the bath.
Many hundreds of thousands of sheep
have been cured in the Australian coll
onies by means of the above dips with
out the loss by death of single sheep.
] have not known single dressing,
carefully prepared, to fail: but our
Legislature compels three dressings in
the case OF all sheep imported from
other countries whether diseased Or not
P. r. GORDON,
Chief Inspector Of Stock.
Brisbane, Queensland.
The instructions referred TO in the
above letter are as follows:
Either one or the other Of the fol-
lowing preparations must be used in
dressing imported or infected sheep:
TOBACCO AND SULPHUR.
Quantities.-One pound of sound leal
or manufactured tobacco an one pound
of flowers Of sulphur to five gallons Of
water.
Mode of Preparation. -Infuse the to-
bacco the night previous to dipping by
boiling the water and adding the to-
bacco in proportion not exceeding one
gallon of water to one pound Of tobacco.
Allow the infusion to stand all night in
the boiler well covered over Mix the
bath with hot water to the desired heat
and strength in the morning. Thor
oughiy mix the sulphur with the hand
IN a bucket or other vessel with water
u [,fr
ting it in the bath, and keep it well
stirred before immersing the sheep, 50
as to keep all the particles Of sulphur
afioat
LIME AND SULPHUR (HYDEo sTLPHURET
OF LIME
Take in the proportion of ten pounds
of sulphur to five pounds of quicklime
"a large proportion partially slacked):
boil in ten gallons of water: keep mixed
by constant stirring for about ten min
utes or until a clear dark-brown orange
colored solution supervenes. Then
make up the dip or bath to the required
quantity by mixing one gallon of this
solution with three gallons Of hot water.
If rock or unslacked lime can not be
procured use double the quantity, that
is, equal proportions of lime and sui
phur.
DIRECTIONS FOR USING THE BATH.
emperature.-Never allow the tenn.
perature to fall below 10 degrees nor
to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit
Duration of Rath.-Never less than
fifty seconds for the second and not
less than eighty seconds for the first
and third dressings. The whole body,
with the exception of the head, to be
kept completely immersed during that
time. The head to be immersed on the
sheep being placed in and taken out of
the bath. Never allow the sheep to be
exposed to rain for at least one day
after dressing.