The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06

| HHA ll 1e h2l ho lal8 I1FNis hs1 ,from becoming diseased. Healthy
 adult animals seldom become affected
 with this disease, and the greater part l Of the loss occurs among young ana weak animals. However, If the con- ditions are favorable for the sheep to 1 become infested with this parasite | the death rate among the mature ani- mals is also heavy.
 This disease is not as difficult to treat successfully as is generally be- | lieved. The preventive treatment Is lvery important It IS based on keep ling the sheep in a healthy. vigorous | condition, and among surroundings Iunfavorable for the entrance Of the
 eggs or larvae Of the parasite into I the digestive tract with the feed. Drinking surface water and perman- | ent pastures especially If pastured close, are favorable for the production
 of the disease. The preventative
 measures that are most practical to 1 use under the local conditions can be judged best by the person in charge of the flock, and the success of this part of the treatment will depend on the precautions that he deems neces- sary and the thoroughness with which they are carried out.
 Sheep raisers who have lost sheep from this cause in former years, should
 not wait until the disease develops in | the flock before using medical treat ment. The following mixture is recommended by Dr. Law. and has given excellent results: Arsenious acid, one drachm; sulphate of iron, two drachms; powered areca two ounces; common salt, four ounces. This mixture is sufficient for thirty sheep and can be fed with ground feed once or twice a week. In case the symptoms are already manifested, 2 IA sf~ &1z aorr frrS fyy1 or three weeks. In giving this rem-
 edy in the feed, the necessary precau- tions should be taken, or each animal may not get the proper dose. Tur- 1 pentine is largely used in the treat ment of stomach worms. It is admin iistered as an emulsion with milk tone I part turpentine to sixteen parts or milIl). The emulsion should be well shaken before drenching the animal. l The dose is two ounces for lamb
 and four ounces for an adult, and to be effective, should be repeated daily for two or three days.
 R. A. Craig, Veterinarian. are no drifting gsnows. Even in the Purdue Ind, Experiment Station.
 BOII Weevil.
 I MT. w D. Hunter, special agent Of
 the United States Department or Az, ricultdre, has been making boil weevil | Investigations in Texas on the strength of which the department reportse
 "On the whole is is undoubtedly l true that there are more, boil weevtls | in the cottAn fields of Texas at this | time than at the same time last year. In two cases, one in the eastern and one in the extreme southwestern DOT | tion of the state, the pest are very much more numerous than last year.
 Throughout the counties consisting or
 the valleys of the Colorado ana Brazos, considerable increase over | the numbers present last year at this time has been noted. In Navarro, El- | lis, Dallis and other surrounding coun- | ties there are no more weevils pres ent than last year. North of the lati- tude of Ellis county in the centrai part of the state. it is not at all pro
 bable that the weevils will materiaily effect the crop of the present season.
 In East Texas, however, the damage is certain to be great. ThroughouI l the remainder of the .state the dam age to be done from this time on | depends entirely upon the cimatic
 conditions. If the weather remains dry comparatively little damage VIII be done, but in any case more than last year. Wet weather, which IS Ia vorable for weeviIs would very greatiy
 increase the damage.
 | Pear Blight
 1 Blight is the most serious trounie with which the pear grower has to contend and is responsible for the death of more than nine-tenths of the | pear treees which have reached bear | ing age. It attacks all varieties, ana | is found in all parts of the country. There is no such thing as phght | proof variety, though trees of some l varieties suffer much more severely l than do those of othere.
 | This week we have several lettere asking how the disease can be cured or prevented, but we can give no sat is Factory reply. Treatment which seems perfectly effective in one orch | ard is liable to prove a complete fail ure when used elsewhere, and we know little more how to prevent the
 disease now than was known when | it made it's first appearance fifty years ago Practically all we really know | os the disease s that it Is contagi- ous disease. which is caused by germ in the same way that hog cnol- era Is spread among swine or yeiloW feN , among people. No remedy yet known has proved reliable in all cases
 hut scores of new treatments are be- | ing tested, each year, and we nave no doubt but that one will finally bo
 found.
 A valued Tennessee correspondent writes T don't know what you nave | for the blight cure but have a sure shot at feast 1t has proven so when ever tried. If you haven't anything
 would like for .ou to try my remedy: It is crude carbolic acid, with pone meal. The way I apply 1t Is to get
 three gas piper and .bo,,f Insert s,sSt sFGu0q oq fen inches; i'll the pine with bone meal
 and pour in the crude carbolie acid; 1t will stop the blight in a very snort time and 1t will make the foHaee very dark green" A Mississippi cor
 respondent who has been very sue sue cessful with a large pear orchard writes. q have kept my trees wholly
 free from blight. and have cuTed s6 trees which were badly aneeteo' py giving the trunks and larger branches sn occasional washing with potash: dissolve a pound of concentrated iye
 in a gallon of water and apply with a swab on the end of short stick using 1t early in the spring and once or twice during the summer" We have never tried either of these treatments.
 but the carbolic acid looks 80 reason able that we shall try 1t at once, As the blight Is a germ disease, carbolio acid is ona of the strongest germ de-