The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-22
FOR SHEEP TICKS.
Use This Kerosene Emulsion on Them Like
n Christian.


n Christian.
Six lively sheep ticks will make the
existence of a laplb miserable, and a
dozen will ruin all hope of profit in
lamb feeding however generous the ra-
ton From careful observation I am
sure that sheep ticks annually cause
more loss to American flock owners than
all other sheep parasites combined As
soon as the flock is shorn the ticks go
from sheep to lambs, and thereafter the
poor things have to fight for existence.
was once offered a bunch of lambs
very cheaply which the owner said were
all run down" A careful examination
satisfied me that their only trouble was
'Eticks. This was late in the fall, and
after buying them I had them at once
shorn. On one lamb were found over
1000 ticks. After their f1eeces were off
the lambs averaged less than IS pounds
each. I treated them for ticks, fed
through till spring and sold them with
an average weight of 80 pounds, MAX
ing more clear profit per head on them
than upon any sheep or lambs fed before
or since.
We may tell flock owners to dip in
this, that or the other preparation, many
or all of which are sure death to ticks,
but the average American shepherd will
not do it. He has not the conveniences,
and it takes too long, and he regards it
as altogether too much trouble for the
man with from 25 to goo sheep.
1 have tried a score or more of reme-
dies, but after all have only recently ex-
perimented with the kerosene emulsion.
Its virtues are that it is cheap, easily APP
piled, perfectly harmless and dead
shot to. ticks. To make the kerosene
emulsion put into any convenient recep-
tacle soft water and soap in the proper
lions of a gallon of water to half gal
Ion of soft soap or half a pound of any
good hard soap shaved up into slices.
Stir we'll, and when the soap is dis
solved and the whole boils add 2 gallons
of common kerosene. Immediately stir
or agitate violently tho mass until it
mixes and looks a good deal like cream.
1t takes about five minutes of lively
work to do it we'll When thoroughly
emulsifed, add as much soft hot water
as there is in emulsion and thoroughly
stir the whole together. 1t may now be
kept any length of time ready for i'm
mediate use and viii readily lnix with
any quantity of cold water, soft or hard,
although rain or other soft water is
much the best The emulsion mixes
much more readily and with half the
labor and remains more permanent when
soft water is used. With hard water add
more soap OF a little washing soda.
To apply to the flock take one gallon
of the emulsion thoroughly stirred for
each 10 sheep and add to it four gallons
of soft water. II warmed, it is better.
Crowd the sheep into some corner or pen
so as to bring them into d compact body,
and having well mixed the emulsion
sprinkler spray or sprinkle the flock
until thoroughly vet In order to reach
every part of every sheep the flock should
be occasionally stirred around or made
to change places, exposing all parts to
the action Of the emulsion. There need
be no fear of using it too freely, as no
harm will accrue to sheep or wool if
twice the quantity or twice the strength
be used Nor viii it injure their eyes if
it happen to get into them OF harm the
sheep if sWallowed-in fact it is an ex-
cellent vermifuge.
As will he seen, each gallon contains
but two-sevenths of gallon of kerosene,
and as this treats 10 or more sheep its
cost is merely nominal, as in few places
does kerosene in quantities cost as much
as 10 cents per gallon 1t is equally de-
structive to lice on horses cattle or hogs,
ana uScO at double CnS ABOVE SUrGn&5In Is
valuable to spray the henhOuse. If
sprayed or sprinlsled over the hens at
night while ON the rOOsts about once a
month, there will never be louise on
the hens or in the house. With this
remedy so cheap, so readily obtained
and so easily applied the flock owner
who lets his sheep or lambs be eaten up
alive with ticks and thus neglects to
provide for his own is worse than
heathen.-G. S. Woodward in Amer
ican orr on f771.i=t