Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-07-18

OGNeA~1 AoAHNoi JoNho ohNA JULIUS
August 81 to September 81; sheep
and swine, September 25 to Oct.
IA.
In answer to an inquiry as to
which is the best sheep dip of the
several kinds advertised for the
killing of sheep ticks, @. D. Smead
in the National Stockman says.
This is a question which is diff
cult to answer. In fact there sew
eral dips put up by manufacturers
and placed upon the market that
believe one to be just as good as
the other; several Of them l have
tried and found all effective in de-
stroying the tick. 1 can best an
swer by stating how the various
dips kill the ticks and leave it for
readers to choose the one that
suits them best. OF the various
sheep dips placed upon the market
by different firms, some prepared
one way and some another, there
are but three agents used as the
ingredient that does the killing of
the ticks, viz, arsenic, carbolic
acid and tobacco. The dips con-
tanning the arsenic are put up in
the form of a powder, which is
mixed with water, forming a solu-
ton in which the sheep are to be
dipped. The dip containing the
carbolic acid is in a liquid form,
generally of a black color with a
smell like coal tar. When mixed
with water makes a white, milky
like solution. The tobacco dips
are sometimes in powder, some
times a solid and sometimes a
thick liquid. The carbolic dips
are usually called non-poisonous,
which is true as far as the sheep
is concerned, but still will kill
sheep ticks and most other para.
sites that inhabit the skin of the
sheep. The tobacco dips are not
poisonous when used as directed
or without the sheep swallowing
considerable quantities of the so.
luton that they are dipped in. The
arsenical dips are both poisonous
to the sheep and the ticks pro-
viding the sheep gets any great
quantity of the solution in its
mouth. 1t therefore becomes nee.
essary to use all the arsenical dips
with caution. Some flock owners
do not understand how any agent
can be of a non-poisonous nature
and yet kill ticks, lice and seal
mite. This l will endeavor to ex,
plain: The tick, the louise anC
most other parasites do not have
lungs and breathe through the
mouth and nose, but breathe
through capillaries or pores of the
skin. If any element is therefore
applied to them that inhames then
skin or causes it pucker up, itstop'
their breathing and they die. We
thus see that when we dip sheer
whose skins contain ticks or Other
parasites in a carbolic or other dir
made strong enough to inAamt
the skin of the parasite that it viii
be killed. The arsenical dip GOV
ers the skin of the sheep with
light coating of arsenic which the
tick or louise gets a quantity o.
when he bites the sheep, and ii
therefore poisoned in the same
manner that the potato bug is kill
ed by eating the leaves of the po
tato vine that has been sprayed
with paris green solution. Lime
and sulphur we're once used in con
nection with the arsenical and TO
bacco dips, but it is not so largely
used at the present time. AS fa
as the danger lies to the human
family in using any of the dip
mentioned there is none whateve
if used carefully and as directed
tobacco dip may sicken the stom
ach of some who use it, and tn,
carbolic dip may make the skin o
the hands and arms smart for
short time after the dipping ha
been done. The arsenical dip o
course is an actual poison, anC
when used must be handled will
care. But unless those who d'
the dipping get the solution il
the month, the man need have n,
fear, as not enough will adhere t,
the hands and arms TO do an,
harm if washed Immediately afte
the dipping is finished, aud n,
harm will come TO the sheep i
ewes sucking lambs are kept from
the lambs for two hours after thl
| dipping and the flock kept in th.