The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-29
AGRICULTURAL.
STOMACH WORMS IN SHEEP.

ment Station, began to ole. Ihey con-
tinued to drop off at intervals until
thirty per cent. of the flock had died.
Post mOrtem examinations were held
in almost every instance and there
seemed to be no other cause for the
trouble than the stomach worm, (Strong
ylus contortus. After allowing the
trouble to continue for two months, or
until about the first of September, we
began the benzine or rather the gaso-
line treatment. At this stage of the
trouble but few of the flock appeared
healthy and some of them were quite
thin in flesh; there was every indica-
tiOn that from one-third to one-half of |
the remainder of the flock would sue
cumb to the disease. The gasoline |
treatment seemed to check the trouble |
at once as we did not have a single |
death after beginning the use of it.
This treatment, as followed out in
this instance, consisted simply of Civ
ing gasoline in fiaxseed tea in the form
of drench. To describe more accu-
rately; about one gallon of flaxseed was
placed in a cheese cloth sack and Sc
curely tied, then put into kettle con-
tanning at least two gallons of soft
water, placed over the fire and allowed
to steep for couple of hours. The
sack was then removed and allowed to
drain out into the kettle while the tea
was cooling. When the temperature
was reduced to about that of freshly
drawn milk we measured out into a
nurse bottle four ounces of the tea and
poured into it, for each sheep weighing
from 60 pounds to 80 pounds, one ordi-
nary tablespoonful of common gasoline;
then placing the thumb over the mouth
of the bottle it was shaken vigorously
for at least half minute, after which
it was poured quickly into small-sized
drench bottle and at once given to the
sheep.
In giving this drench care is required
not to strangle the animal; it should be
set on its rump and held between the
knees, using care not to throw the top
of the head farther back than the line
of the back of the sheep.
1t is not necessary to make the tea
fresh for each Treatment; it may be
made in quantity, but should be warm
ed before adding the gasoline, as il
will emulsify more readily and will
lpossibly be a little more palatable, as
the warming makes it less adhesive.
Before giving the treatment we house
the sheep in the evening and allow them
to remain without anything to eat unit
ten o'clock of the day following; then
this dose is given and the lambs are
allowed to remain without food or wa
ter three hours longer; we then lei
them eat until evening. We repeat the
same housing, fasting, dosing and feed
ing for two more days-or three days il
all. After a week has elapsed we re
peat the three days treatment ant
again ten days later repeat it the thirt
time.
From our experience with the flocl
of 1898 we had reason to believe tina
the above treatment had been the
means of destroying the worms. Dur
ing the late fall and winter months W,
gave similar treatment to some of oul
young sheep and to all the older one
without a single instance of bad effects
and we certainly believe that the treat
ment of the entire flock was a decided
. help to them.
About the middle of July this season
our lambs began to die as last year
| An examination of three dead one
gave evidence of the same trouble. TIL,
first of August we began the above de
scribed treatment again, and while i
: has not yet been completed we hav'
o found, after the first three doses wer
given, that number of lambs ha'
9 passed worms which we were able t.
< identify in the droppings. This is cer
: tainly good evidence that the gasolin
treatment will do the work. Certainl
it is worthy of trial where the lamb
are dying as they are in many flocks
1t should be added that we have, in
few cases, used milk to mix with tn
gasoline instead of the flaxseed tes
and have not found any objection to i
Though our experience with the fla1
seed has been quite satisfactory, tn
milk would be much more convenient
most cases if satisfactory results can b
obtained.
The treatment above described ws
first proposed by Prof. Oh. Julien, {
the School of Agriculture at Grignol
France, and published by him in Al
males Agronomiques in the winter {
1878. Prof. Julien used benzine
S, his experiments.
At the suggestion of the Ohio Static
y Mr.. J. E. Wing, of Mechanicsburg, b.
gan using this treatment in the seasC
of 1898, and has since used it very e,
tensively. Mr.. Wing substituted gas
:. line for benzine, the gasoline beir
= easier to obtain, and possibly even be
- ter for this purpose than benzine,
cause it is more volatile. Under da
,s- of August 10, 1899, Mr.. Wing writes:
''Probably this treatment has BET
more widely tried by my neighbo
than by any other community. The
have been few losses by the lam
getting little into the windpipe al
strangling, but this is unnecessar
One man has given 1000 doses and new
lost sheep or lamb from the effec
he' of it.
ga safe dose seems to be a tabl
. spoonful for mature sheep, down
two teaspoonfuls for spring lambs; b
the dose should be measured in a mea