The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-01-06

that showed the disease but little, if at
all, were passed through cur public
stock yards and to the feed lots OF The
corn sections of the country. thereby
Injecting both, and from these places
II MAS carried to other sections, often
times over long distances. A great
many theories have been advanced 10
explain this peculiar action of the dis
case all of which probably contain
some truth. bu, none OF which fully
cover the ground and it is very prob
able that a number of factors enter Into
the question. For instance, ii is sup
posed that in cold weather the bite is
more severe and irritating because the
blood supply OF The skin is not so good
then AS Il is in warm weather and the
parasite would have to go deeper into
the skin for it's food. Again the para
site is not compelled TO keep so close
to the skin To keep warm in the sum
mer as il does In the winter. The feed
is. as a general thing. much more
abundant during the summer than win
ter n the animal can get enough to
live on n also To feed the parasites.
1t is also probable that the rains of
! spri1g and summer play an important
part by washing away more or less of
the oruSts. eggs and also live para
sites.
The formation of the crusts would
seem TO he IA very important factor to
the parasite. for they live between the
crust and the skin and ii is here that
the cggs are laid and Matched and the
young develop. Thus it Will be seen
that The crust forms a protection for
the parasite and this may in part ex-
plain why the crusts are usually 80
much thicker in old than in hot
weather. The parasite may see 10 1t
that they are thickes when he needs
the most protection from the cold.
While The disease is rarely. il ever IA
tai of itself. indirectly it causes much
loss. both in death and loss of feed,
especially when feed is scarce and nigh
priced, because it takes much more
feed To keep AN animal that is affected
with Scab that it does one not affected.
And when feed becomes short Il badly
infected animal VIII die of starvation
much sooner than a healthy one, and
when feed is plenty it is often difficult
to keep the young cattle growing.
Treatment.
The disease Yields readily to the
proper treatment. This consists in al,-
plying to the entire body OF the affected
animal some substance that viii de-
stroy the parasite but not iniure the
animal. This is best accomplished by
dipping. 10 do this il is necessary TO
have a water tight vat large enough
to hold a sufficient amount OF fluid to
cover The entire animal when il is
placed in the vat. The remedy To he
used is usually mixed with water TO re-
dnce it to the required strength and
placed in The vat and the animals are
placed ia it. The kind ana size of the
VAT To be used Will depend largely upon
the number OF cattle to be clipped.
While there are u great number OF
patented or secret dips, solne of which
seem to work fairly wen, there are
others of very little or uo value. their
chief merit being that they are easy To
: use. Experience has demonstrated thai
the lime and sulphur dip is the cheap
: est AN! most effective and least harm-
8 lul TO the animals when properly pre-
1 pared. The following is the directions
issued by the United States bureau OF
/. animal industry for making the lime
a and sulphur dip:
Take s pounds of unslacked lime ana
: "A pounds of flowers OF sulphur
E Weigh both the lime and sulphur. Place
the u~nslaclsed lime in Il mortar box on
some suitable vessel and add enough
e waite: TO Stake the lime and form a line
paste or lime putty. Sift into this
lime paste the flowers of sulphur ani
stii the miXture We'll To make 1ot
5 gallons of dip place the sulphur ant
D lime paste in u kettle on boiler with
+ about 80 gallons of boiling water anC
c boil the mixture for two hours at least
stirring the liquid and sediment: ado
d water when necessary TO maintain tn,
L quantity. Pour the mixture and sedi,
$ ment into q large tub or barrel PLACED
$ near the dipping VAT and provided witt
Il bunghole about A inches from tn,
b bottom, and allow it ample time (fro1l
two to three hours or more, ii neces-
sary) 10 settle. The use of some kin,
of a settling tank provided With
I b%unghole is an absolute necessity, I'M.
e less the boiler is so arranged that 4
n may be used for both boiling and set
+ Ting. When fully settled. draw off th,
e clear liquid into the dipping vat an'
e add enough warm water to make 10.
e gallons. A double precaution agains
: allowing the sediment to enter the va
e is to strain the liquid through ordinar,
bagging as it is drawn from the barre
n or settling tank. The am direction
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