Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-24
scAB IN SHEEP.
Remedies Used In Australia to Cure This
Dread Disease.

Remedies Used In Australia to Cure This
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 we'll be permitted me to osser adj
vice on the subject to other countries
inclose copy of instructions issued by
me to my staff of inspectors eor the
dressing of sheep. These are insisted
on by the governmentssof each of the
Australian colonies and have never
been known to fail
The tobacco and sulphur cure is
equally ef1cacious 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 scaL
acarus will live for some minutes in the
mixture when cold, it succumbs in about
forty seconds when Che temperature is
no degrees Fahrenheit.
1t is essentially necessary to a per-
feet cure that the sheep swim or float in
the bath, so that Gsery part OF the body
shall be in contact with the mixtures;
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 col
onies by means of the above dips with
out the loss by death of single sheep.
1 have not known single dressing,
carefully prepared, to fail; but our
Legislature copspels three dressings in
the case of all sheep imported from
Sther countries whether diseased or not.
P. R. GORDON,
Chief Inspector of Stock.
Brisbane, Queensland.
The instructions referred to On Che
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. pound of sound leaf
or manufactured tobacco and one pound
of flowers of sulphur to five gallons OF
water.
Mode of Preparation. -Infuse the to-
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 sta1l all night in
the boiler we'll covered over. Mis- the
bath with hot water to the desired heat
and strength in the morning. Thor
oughiy mix the sulphur with the hand
in bucket or other vessel with water
60 the consistency of Cruel before put
ting it in the bath, and keep il we'll
stirred before immersing the sheep. so
as to keep all the particles Of sulphur
af1Oat.
LIME, AND SULPHUR (HYDtsa suLPHUgE1
OF LINE.J
Take in the proper tea Of tan pounds
of sulphur to five pounds Of qnieklime
"a large proportion partially slacked);
boil in ten gallons of water: keep mixed
by constantly stirring FOG about ten min
ties, or until cleae dark-brown orange
colored solution suparvene& Then
make up the dip or BATH to the required
quantity by mixing ono gallon OF this
soIa ton with three gallons Of hot water.
If rock or unsfackeA lime can not be
procured use double the quantity, that
is, eq ua& proportions as time and sui
phur.
DIRECTIONS FOR USING 9HE BATH.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. allow the TEN.
perature to fall below lac degrees nor
to exceed 100 degrees Feheeahett.
Duration of Bath.-NeFef less than
fifty seconds for tha second and not
less than eighty secondA for the Qrst
and third dressings. The Whole body,
with the exception OF the head, TO be
kept completely immersed dariag that
time. The head to be immersed or. che
sheep being placed in and taken cut %
the bath. Never allow the sheep'to be
exposed to rain for at least one day
after dressing.