The Iola register., 1890-07-25
scAs IN sHeEp. :
Remedies Used In Australia TO Cure This
tt Dread Disease.

Dread Disease.
On this subject an Australian CORE
spondent of the Breeders Gazette write.
to that paper as follows: As Australis
is the only sheep country which has Of
fectually stamped out scab in sheep. II
may well be permitted me to offer ad
vice on the subject to other 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, itsuccumbs in about
forty seconds when the 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 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.
l 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
?. R. GORDON,
Chief Inspector of Stock.
Brisbane, Queensland.
The instructions referred to in the
above letter are as follows: E
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 leaf
or manufactured tobacco and 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 a 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
Dughiy mix the sulphur with the hand
IN bucket or other vessel with water
to the consistency of Cruel before put
ting it in the bath, and keep it we'll
stirred before immersing the sheep, so
IS to keep all the PARTICLES of sulphur
afioat
LIME AND SULPHUR (HYDRo sULPHUREI
OF LIME.)
Take in the proportion of ten pounds
If sulphur to five pounds of quicklime
a large proportion partially slacked);
,oil in ten gallons of water; keep mixed
~ constantly stirring for about ten min
ties, or until clear dark brown orange |
;olored solution supervenes. Then
make up the dip or bath to the required |
quantity by mixing one gallon of this |
olution with three gallons of hot water. |
I rock or unslacked lime can not be |
rocured use double the quantity, that |
8, equal proportions of lime and sui
hur.
DIRECTIONS FOR USING THE BATH.
emperature.-Never allow the tenn.
erature to fall below 110 degrees nor
0 exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Duration of Bath.-Never less than
fly seconds for the second and not
ess than eighty seconds for the first
nd third dressings. The whole body,
18th the exception of the head, to be
ept completely immersed during that
Ime. The head to be immersed on the
heep being placed in and taken out Of
he bath. Never allow the sheep to be
xposed to rain for at least one day
fter dressing.