Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-09-28
DIPPING SHEEP FOR ScAs.
Prot. Thomas Shaw Gives Some Sug-
gestions for the Treatment
of Sheep.

The dipping Of sheep is practiced to
free them from ticks and also from
the presence Of the scab mite. The
proprietary dips are used for the pur-
pose as a rule. although the bureau
OF animal industry still favors the use
OF the lime and sulphur dip, although
much evidence has been brought for
ward to show that II Injuries the wool.
II applied just after shearing the
sheep, this result would not follow.
Prominent among the proprietary dips
are chloronaptholeum, zenoleum and
certain preparations with tobacco as
the principal element in their potency,
The following is the fomula for
making the lime and sulphur dip:
Take eight to eleven pounds OF un.
slaked lime and add enough water to
Stake the lime, sift into this three
times as many pounds of flower of sui.
phur as there were pounds of lime al
the outset. Boil the mixture from two
to three hours. adding water when
necessary. Pour the mixture into a
tub, vat or barrel that It may be
drawn of through a spieot without
sediment. When using this din. il Is
greatly Important 10 keep the sedi-
ment out of the mixture.
The common form of the infection
known as sheep scab causes greater
loss to the sheep industry in the Unit
ed States than any of the external
parasites which prey upon them. 1t /:
produced by minute insects. many OF
which are too small to be seen with.
out the aid Of a microscope. Usually
however, II tuft of wool Is pulled
out near the edge of the infected part
little moving objects may be noticed
By the naked eye near the base u tn
wool fibers. or among the scales al.
herring to them. They ir: tie t.;
skin oy biting. this causing Ga 'naam.
nation which produces an itching ant
gives the sheep no rest. The inlam.
nation Is accompanied by scab forma.
ton, under which the mites live
The rubbing of the sheep carries the
scab to new centers, and thus thu
work OF torment is frequently carried
on simultaneously on different partl
Of the body. The wool soon becomes
taggy and finally drops of in various
places
The remedy, as intimated, is dip
ping. The sheep should be dipped
twice with an interval of eight to tel
days between the clippings. The sec
ond dipping is given to destroy an,
mites that may have Matched out sub
sequent to the first dipping. As sool
as dipped the sheep should be removed
from their old surroundings and pas
ture grounds for a period Of at leas
20 days. The eggs hatch In two o
three days after they have been laid
When the focks are small. says tn
Orange Judd Farmer, the dipping ma.
be done In water-tight box made 70
the purpose, into which the sheep ar
lifted. They may also be dipped Il
galvanized vats made for the purpose
When large lots are to be dipped, how
ever, tanks made for the purpose ar
necessary, through which the sheel
are made to swim, and from whicl
they are made to emerge at the farthe
end. The construction Of these canno
be given to this paper. Sheep bough
at the stockyards may usually be dip
ped there, but It ought to be remem
bered that for scab one dipping is no
enough. The preparation Of the pro
prietary dips is outlined in the direc
tons that accompany them.