The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-12-07
PRACTICAL
FARM NOTES
REMEDY FOR WORMS IN LAMBS.

REMEDY FOR WORMS IN LAMBS.
1t has been long while since you
have had anything in the columns of
the Gazette from my pen. For some Is
years my work has been for and among
railroad men. but all the while, how
ever, my home has been on Willowedge
Farm, which has never been better
stocked with shorthorns, Oxford Downs
and Poland China hogs than now. My
son-in-law looks after the farm and
stock. He brought me in the other day
some late issues of the Gazette, and
have been much interested in reading
what some of your correspondents have
written in regard to this worm trouble
with our lambs. For four years past
we have lost large per cent OF our
lambs by this trouble. l will not say
l have found a perfect remedy, yet I
want to let my brother farmers who
have been suffering with this worm pest
know what 1 have found.
Last fall friend of mine sent me a
gallon of what is called "germol' to use
as a disinfectant about our hog pens
and yards as a sort of preventive of
hog cholera. We used it in our hen
house and on colts that were infected
with lice and also as a sheep dip for
ticks, and found it so effective that it
occurred to me it might be death also to
those stomach worms in our lambs, and
we ventured to try it. l took out and
opened the stomach of lamb just dead
and found the coat of the stomach lit
orally covered with these hair-like
worms. l made little dish out of a
part of the stomach and turned on some
turpentine. l could not see that it az
fected the worms any more than so
much water. l then made another dish
with another part of the stomach and
turned on little of the germol, and
l do not think that there was a live
worm left at the end of 20 seconds. 1t
is deadly poison to insects and worms,
but does not affect animal life. 1t is
a powerful disinfectant and one part of
germol to 100 parts of water destroys
all insect life and germs most effectu-
ally. We have been giving it to our
lambs, and in except one or two cases
where the lambs were very weak we
have lost none since. We are also
putting a small quantity into the swill
fed the pigs. We have no sign of dis
ease among them. I am satisfied if we
had given our lambs a dose of this
when we first noticed any trouble we
should have saved all of them In CIV
ing it to the lambs we diluted it in water
In the proportion of 100 OF water to one
of the germol. Where we have been ac-
custOmed to use carbolic acid on sores
and wounds like barbed wire cuts we
find this is far better, and we use it al
out the severe pain caused by the acid
l look upon this as an invaluable REM
edy for us farmers to have on hand.
Webster Co., la. L. S. Coffin.
Remarks-GermOl is one of the now
popular tar disinfectants of the same
character as zenoleum, chloro-nap-
tholeum, and others, all of which emu,-
sify we'll with water, and are effective
as disinfectants and sheep dips Our
preference has been for zenoleum, as a
substitute for the more expensive Gre
Olin pearson, but we have no doubt
that germol does what Mr.. Coffin claims,
which, by the way, is not new purpose
for germol, zenoleum, creolin, ETC., each
of these having been successfully used
as a vermifuge for some years past.
germol, zenoleum etc, may also be used
safely and with benefit In one to two
drachm doses in water for stomach flat
ulence in horses, and both are of great
use for wounds on all animals-Veter-
mary Editor Gazette.-Rreeders' Ga
Zette.