The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-07-24


most every fam They VIII yield as
good % profit for Tie money invested
as auy other animal, and they come in
handy to keep down weeds and bricrs.
A Few years ago / had a field that was
grown NJ in grcanbriors ana vines so
that 1t was almost impossible TO get
through H.. / hacked the vines down
ana when they got dry set Gre to them.
Isst fire 20 every Crceubr,cr patch that
would burn. and turned the sheep into
thc field. The sheep kept every young
creenbrigr sprout nippcd close TO the
ground / made Il q rule TO set every
patch aAre as soon as It was dry
enough to burn, and at the end Of three
years the sheep had the field so well
killed out that It was ready for the
pillow Ii would have been almost I'M
possible to kill the briers by grubbing
rs they continue to sprOut as long as
Z root Is left in the ground. The sheep
killed them by keeping them so closely
nipped TO the ground that they could
have no show at all. There are many
weeds and brush that can be killed in
the same way and thus be turned into
wool and mutton. Many do rot keep
sheep on account Of the difficulty of
keeping them healthy. The sheep
seems to be heir to more troubles
from parasites than any other animal
There is the sheep tick, ,he sheep louise,
the CAD fay and a number Of different
kinds of worms that trouble the sheep.
I. is thought by many that the sheep
tick will not stay on a fut sheep, but
the reason for this is the fact that q
sheep cannot stay fat and be troubled
with ticks. Whenever any consider
able number of ticks attack a fat
sheep it begins to lose flesh. so tie
poorer the sheep is the more ticks theyc
are likely to be found. While the
sheep louise is common it is as bad if
not worse than the tick. The sheep
louise is very small and is about the
same color rs the Sleeps skin, so it is
difficult to detect them. If a sheep
is seen biting his sides, first one side
and then the other. and pulling out
wool from his sides with his teeth,
the chances are that he is troubled
with lice. | always look for lice when
I see wool in a Sleeps mouth OF see
it biting its sides. A very good remedy
for both lice and ticks is to give the
sheep sulphur in their food two or
three times a week. Neither lice nor
ticks will stay with sheep fed sulphur
/ regularly The cad fly lays its eggs in
the sleeps nostrlls during the months
Of May and June These hatch az ]
| develop into the grub that troubles
| the sheep and is known as grub in the
head. If sheep have a dark place to
resort to during the heat OF the day
+ they can get aw2y frcm this t20uh.2
to some extent Snedring tar on The
feed trough is also q valuable cid to
the sheep in combating these flies, as
the scent Of the tar on the sleeps nose
will to a considerable Cytcrt keep tho
! AlISN NV az 1utAN al NlNllt Il nuuDtl
Of intestinal worms that infest sheep
the only remedy for these is some
good worm powders or some Other
remedy that will destroy the worms
Often a change of locality for sheep Is
the best thing that can be dore fol
them; if a large number of sheep are
confined on the same pasture the fielt
will boone infested with sheep para
! sites and become unfit for sheep pas
ture until the sheep have been KEEP
Off of it for a considerable time. A
few sheep kept on a farm usually
! prove more profitable than a large
| number Sheep raiscrs often make thu
mistake Of attempting to keep toc
many sheep. They get diseased anC
do not yield the great profit expected
OF them. The owner is likely to get dis
couraged, and the next thing we haa
from him, his entire flock is sold ant
he invests in something else, persuaded
that there is nothing in raising sheep